Well, another 3 days have gone by since Isaac's last poop on Saturday. Hence we decided to bring him to see Dr YY Yip this morning just to confirm everything is ok. The nurse also weighed him before the consultation and he is...... (drumroll)...... 6.8kg! There was another baby almost the same size at the clinic (though Isaac seems a little taller) and judging by the way his father carried him (his neck is very steady already), maybe he's about 4-5 months old. And Isaac is only 2 months+.. Even Dr Yip said that 'erm, he's quite a big baby for his age'. Hmmm... do i hear the undertones of 'erm, he's a bit overweight'??? But well, what can we do? He's drinking every 3 hourly as per usual and now predominantly breastmilk and the occasional formula. Well, we'll just have to continue to monitor him.
Okay, back to the poop. So we brought him to see Dr Yip and he said that his tummy feels alright and he looks well and more importantly, it's NORMAL! Dr Yip said that it's normal for breastfed babies to have poopless days, some even up to a week, coz the baby is absorbing the nutrients from the breastmilk and hence, don't have too much waste produced. Well, i certainly hope so! However, Dr Yip gave Isaac some oral mixture to help him to poo coz the suppository that Isaac received last Saturday is no longer in production! I'm not inclined to give him the medicine so soon coz he's still happy and drinking as per normal. I will monitor and only give it to him if he don't poop on the 5th day. And, this will be the 'pattern' until Isaac start to have solids! A few more months of worrying! Dr Yip also asked us to give him some diluted baby apple juice just to give him some additional fluids. Well, my mum has also been giving Isaac gripe water daily but still no poop!
Let's hope his poop will come soon!
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Note: Isaac pooped right after i published this posting! Yay! Finally!
Let's hope Isaac will have daily poops!
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