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Baby did not poop for 5 days
My 2 months breast fed male baby did not poop for past 5 days and this is 6th day. When do we need to worry? What kind is home remedies can we try?
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Just a word of caution if you have hypothyroidism, get your baby checked too
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Dr. J Prabhakar Rao
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32 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
Passing stools daily is NOT important at this age,but the consistency is,which should be between loose watery and very hard.
As long as he's active and feeding normally and passing urine normally,with no abdominal distension,relax.
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