{"id":2167,"date":"2013-12-09T08:21:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T13:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=2167"},"modified":"2013-12-09T08:21:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T13:21:31","slug":"diaper-dread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/09\/diaper-dread\/","title":{"rendered":"Diaper Dread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it happened.\u00a0 The moment I\u2019ve been dreading for 7 months (maybe even longer).\u00a0 I waited as long as I could to start Doodle on solids and while there are a lot of reasons why I chose to wait (almost 7 months) there is one that has been giving me anxiety: the poo.<\/p>\n

I know, I know\u2026it seems silly.\u00a0 And to anyone who doesn\u2019t have extensive experience with an exclusively breastfed baby, it probably seems downright crazy.\u00a0 BUT\u2026breastmilk poo is glorious.\u00a0 Alright, maybe not glorious cause it is still poo (and no poo is glorious) but breastmilk poo is the Best poo EVER.<\/p>\n

For those of you unfamiliar with breastfed babies, let me explain. Babies who are exclusively breastfed (ie no food or formula of any kind) have poos that are bright yellow and liquidy with small \u201cseedy\u201d bits (these are the indicators of a healthy breastfed baby).\u00a0 Breastfed poo also has a non-offensive smell.\u00a0 I think it smells slightly sweet though a friend describes it as smelling like buttered popcorn.\u00a0 It is also super easy to clean up, wipes easily off of baby\u2019s bum and if it does get on clothes, if you rinse it immediately and apply a little stain remover it will wash right out (if you can\u2019t rinse and spot treat right away it can take a few washes but always comes out eventually!).<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also been lucky to have to infrequent pooers.\u00a0 Breastfed babies\u2019 pooing frequency can range from going every time they eat to only going once every 7-10 days and anywhere within the range is normal and healthy. Honeybun was a pretty frequent pooer, at least once a day but my other two were on the less frequent end of the spectrum.\u00a0 Sugarplum was a once a weeker and Doodle has been every 4-5 days (though he goes 3-5 times on his \u201cpooing\u201d days).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, though, all the magic of breastmilk poo goes away pretty much as soon as you start solids or formula and you end up with \u201cnormal\u201d poos.\u00a0 I\u2019m talking the smelly, brown, lumpy, sticky poo that is the bane of most parents\u2019 existence.\u00a0 I have always said I would change breastmilk poo diapers forever if I never had to do 1 regular poo, but poo, unfortunately, is just part of the parenting game and you gotta do what you gotta do. Here\u2019s to looking forward to potty training (or maybe not\u2026)<\/p>\n

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Well, it happened.\u00a0 The moment I\u2019ve been dreading for 7 months (maybe even longer).\u00a0 I waited as long as I could to start Doodle on solids and while there are a lot of reasons why I chose to wait (almost 7 months) there is one that has been giving me anxiety: the poo. I know, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8,16,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-mommys-life","category-baby-business","category-breastfeeding","category-family-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions\/2170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}