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How many bowel movements should an infant have a day?
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Bowel movements: An infant can have as many as6-8 stools a day depending if he is on breast or bottle. Breast fed babies usually stool more often.
Answered 6/10/2013
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Varies: A newborn can have as many as eight to ten bowel movements a day, but as long as one no concern. Around 1 to 2 months of age, many babies go from having several bowel movements a day to going several days between bowel movements.
Answered 11/28/2017
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Varies : Every infant has different routine for passing stool, some may poop daily some every other day. Usually breast fed babies poop more often, after every feed. But regardless of the routine if baby is making normal texture stools and feeding well with normal weight gain, no need to worry.
Answered 10/14/2017
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