A few years back I used to hang out with a couple of women from our apartment complex. I overheard one asking the other "Was it a poo poo diaper?" It was the first time I had heard the term and it made me very amused. Today I can talk like that and not bat an eyelid even!
"Today was a good day. He went poo poo da!" so declared a close friend who has very recently become a dad. And I can totally relate to that. Most days when I leave for work at the crack of dawn (sounds dramatic right though dawn is 7 AM for me ;-)) RK is asleep. And when I make the first call home from work one of my standard questions to his grandma is "Nalla vishayam irrukkaa?" (Is there good news today?) And if the answer is no we go on to discuss how many days it has been and if RK should be given gripe water that day. Then we debate on his ability to poo with his dependency on gripe water.
"Today was a good day. He went poo poo da!" so declared a close friend who has very recently become a dad. And I can totally relate to that. Most days when I leave for work at the crack of dawn (sounds dramatic right though dawn is 7 AM for me ;-)) RK is asleep. And when I make the first call home from work one of my standard questions to his grandma is "Nalla vishayam irrukkaa?" (Is there good news today?) And if the answer is no we go on to discuss how many days it has been and if RK should be given gripe water that day. Then we debate on his ability to poo with his dependency on gripe water.
At his 4 month checkup we asked the doc very concerned that RK does not seem to go potty every day and there sometimes is a gap of 4 days. His response - 'not to worry. Breastfed babies do not typically go poo poo every day'. But when they do after a gap it is usually a case of 'messy poo'!! If its been more than 6 days we were asked to send the doc an email. What good that will do I havent got a chance to try yet. Also for the very first few days after they are born breastfed babies pass more stools than babies who are not breastfed. This trend reverses apparently in the next months.
In the initial days after RK was born we would meticulously record every poo/pee. My mom was way too amused with this but seeing how serious we were she took it upon herself to remind us to mark every occasion of poo/pee. I remember her telling my dad about this on the phone and my dad was hysterical. He said "We didn't do all this with her (me) but tell her she turned out just fine!". Yeah, now I see that it was a way to keep us occupied and assure us that all was okay with the baby!
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About recording the poos and pees funny enough but I am also doing it now :) . At hospital we were given a babys diary , were we could put a plus mark for each poo/pee and mark when we breastfed, gave milk, babys duration of sleep etc. Initial days it helped me a lot, because due to tiredness or what I always forget when I last fed the baby.
Now I kind of remember. So I have started freaking with the diary writing. Some days I almost forget.
LOL Nisha. I am reminded of the initial days when RK was born. Same thing. You bring up a great point though. I think it also helps us remember when the baby fed last when we are groggy at a 2 AM feed!
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