poop

Has anyone ever had a nervous breakdown because of poop? Quite frankly, I’m about to. Baby J (who is now 2.5 months, 15lbs, 24 inches long and wearing 6-9 month clothes) has got some seriously mixed body signals. The in signal is working over time and the out signal seems to be broken. J eats every 2 hours but only poops about once a week. I know breastfed babies tend to poop less but this is insane. After a couple of poopless days he gets understandably grumpy. After a couple of more days he is downright foul, screaming and crying ALL. DAY. LONG. He writhes in pain and even whimpers in his sleep. It is horrible for all of us. Today the screaming nearly put me over the edge. Daddy just gave him a little prune juice and water so we’ll see what happens.

To balance out the never-pooping baby we have a super-pooper 3.5 year old daughter. She poops constantly which would be fine except that she seems to prefer doing it in her panties. 3 times today. 4 times yesterday. A billion times in the last year. We have tried every techinique under the sun to have her reliably potty trained but nothing is working. It comes down to the fact that she just doesn’t care if she is wet, dry or otherwise.

Between the screaming from the poopless baby and the laundry from the hyperpooper, I’m certain to loose my marbles. Seriously people, it seems that the Ringling Brothers have come to town and set up tent permanently in my house. At least we’ll have a steady supply of popcorn…

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