Becoming a mum is a wonderful time. Better than you can imagine. Everyone says having children will change your life forever, but there are some unexpected consequences, not least the development of an obsession with poo!
When our little duckling was born, everything seemed to be running smoothly so to speak. We 'enjoyed ' regular dirty nappies which were dutifully changed. In fact, at times, hubby and I fought over who would take on the nappy challenge, just so that we could have the undivided attention of our duckling in the precious few moments that she was awake.
But all that soon changed. The poo disappeared.
Over the course of a few weeks, the poo started to dry up. Dirty nappies became fewer and further between until we realised a whole week had passed us by.
Although the thought of using fewer nappies and the resulting cost savings was initially welcomed, we were obviously concerned. The health visitor helpfully recommended a mixture of water and organic orange juice. A nice idea in principle, but when all you've ever tasted in your life is milk, the introduction of such a fruity offering doesn't always go down well. Several attempts to coax the duckling into drinking more than a few sucks-worth of juice from her bottle failed, although we were rewarded the following day with a 'lovely' nappy. Coincidence?
After several weeks of waiting for poo we became obsessed. How often should a baby poo? No one had any definitive answers, and I have yet to receive a satisfactory response - even the doctor didn't seem to know (but thankfully didn't seem to be too concerned either).
Phone calls from friends and family no longer started with traditional greetings of "How are you?" or even "Hello" - the magic words "Any poo yet?" preceded every conversation. More often than not, the negative response sparked several suggestions on how to resolve the situation, but on a few occasions we were able to recount the joyful 'episode' of duckling's dirty nappy.
Many future blogs will go into wonderful detail of how to deal with a week's worth of poo in one go but until then, I'm off to change a (dry) nappy!
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Oh what a to 'poo'. Speaking as a mother of two frequent flyers I'm actually drowning under the stuff. Hopefully the veg will kick in when she starts to eat.
ReplyDeleteWhat a positive introduction to life with a baby.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure many new parents have similar issues with their children and you'll get the right advice.
For what it's worth I always find sprouts do a good job, though it always depends on when you introduce solids - even if sprouts are exactly solid.
Good lukc I'll be returning.
It such a worry. I have found this webiste to be of help.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/dailycare/yourbabyspoo/
Its approved by the BabyCentre Medical Advisory Board.