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She's not just getting up to hang out, as she eats a lot and passes out again fairly easily. I think her increased intake is directly responsible for our other issue. I cannot find a diaper solution that contains the ridiculous amounts of baby poop that come SHOOTING out of her. At first I just blamed Pampers, but Huggies aren't much better.
Just to put this into perspective: I'm talking about 4-6 blow outs per 24 hours and I'm doing a load of poop laundry alone every day. Because Cordelia has a sense of humor, she generally does this while she's eating, so I get in on the fun (which explains some of the laundry).
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I've tried going up a size in diapers, but then it comes out the too-loose leg holes and the back. Just this morning it was so bad that it got in her hair and behind her ear. BEHIND HER EAR. Is that not the most disgusting thing ever to deal with at 6:30am?
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This is why I laugh when people suggest co-sleeping as a solution for her increased eating at night. First of all, there is no way I'd get more sleep that way. I can barely tolerate co-sleeping with my husband. I need silence to sleep, not mention personal space. Also, I don't understand how women can sleep through breastfeeding. I'm tired as hell, but I still can't sleep when a tiny person is sucking on my boob, that's just not restful. Now with her poop habits, there is no way I'm having that anywhere near my sheets. Although that would be a fun way to include my husband on nighttime baby stuff....
The poop stuff is so bad that I've even considered calling her doctor, but everything seems to be normal and she's her usual happy self. We are going in two weeks anyway, so if it's still an issue we can talk about it then. I'm crossing my fingers this is just a (2 weeks and counting) phase. From what I've read online, some babies are just really ambitious poopers. I'm not sure she has more poop than other babies, it's more a velocity issue. We did not have this problem with Faith and I don't think I appreciated our luck.
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There is no real point to this post except as a way to record all of this so when I feel any twinges of baby fever, I can come back and reread this.
I also have a vain hope that someone has a solution to contain baby poop, or maybe even a reason for the sudden change in her habits. Knowing the "why" would make me feel better, I don't know how exactly, but it would.
If you don't have any helpful poop advice, maybe you can help me with another issue: pain in my right foot, in the arch of my foot. It's like a muscle cramp and I've noticed it for about 4 days and it's worse today. I'm icing it and resting, but has anyone else had this? Should I be panicking? (Silly question, I already am)
The poop dilemma? I got nothing. Arch pain = plantar fasciitis? I used to deal with it when I first started doing longer distances. It usually hurts worse first thing in the morning, gets better when you run.
ReplyDeleteI love problems that are solved by running.
DeleteStrange. My plantar fasciitis hurts worse from running sometimes (on a treadmill). But I flex my feet on the side (similar to doing a calf raise) of the treadmill and it helps.
DeleteI have no assistance for the poop problem either. Just a bad joke that both are 'running' related!
PF is super common after pregnancy. Do calf stretches.
DeleteI agree on the plantar fasciitis. Stretching is definitely important, try to stretch the arch out a little too. Fill a water bottle and freeze it. You can use that to roll along your arch for a little massage with the cold. Or try using a tennis/golf ball to massage the arch.
DeleteThe only thing that I've found holds the poop is cloth diapers. I haven't had a blow out since we switched. When we lost power during Hurricane Sandy and I had to put her in disposables since I didn't know how long we'd be without power, she had like 3 blow outs that day. It was awful.
ReplyDeleteBefore we switched, as soon as I heard any sort of pooping sounds, I always had to pick Molly up quickly so it didn't get everywhere, so I feel your pain. The worst was in the car seat while driving, because I knew she was pooping, but I couldn't do a darn thing about it, just knowing what was waiting for me whenever I was able to stop. I love my cloth diapers.
I'm in the same boat. But for people who don't want to do cloth, I'm not sure avoiding blowouts is going to get them to switch, since you're washing poop laundry anyway. But, it's far more convenient to contain the poop than to have it schmear everywhere else.
DeleteMy sister's baby is also a high velocity pooper, and I talked her into trying cloth diapers (Thirsties Duos covers + pre-folds) and they work like a charm - no blow-outs since she started. The poop will get on the covers sometimes but never on the clothes. I don't know if you've thought about the cloth diaper route, but if you're already doing a bunch of extra laundry it may not hurt to try it out.
ReplyDeleteAs for the foot pain, I would recommend getting it checked out by a podiatrist. I had a similar pain and it ended up being tarsal tunnel syndrome. I hope yours is nothing serious!
I co-sleep because I've also got a terrible sleeper (she's just now down to 2 wake-ups a night at 14 months) and I'm just too lazy to sit up to nurse at 3 am, much less get up and walk down the hall to her room.
I might have to try cloth. I'm already washing poop laundry, right?
DeleteYou could even try putting a cloth diaper cover over the disposable for an extra layer of protection!
DeleteHonestly, we had blowouts in Pampers and not really in cloth. I use Bumgenius 4.0s, but they make all in ones you can try. My husband would use prefolds when hell freezes over.
DeleteAhhhaaaa "I slept like a husband!" Yeah that doesn't sound like any fun and how the heck does it end up in places like behind the ear! You should focus on the positive here you have a very talented child! :-)
ReplyDeleteShe's very advanced :)
DeleteI've heard that popping a golf ball in the freezer and then rolling your arch over it after it's cold helps. It's going to hurt, but it might help release those muscles.
ReplyDeleteI read this as "pooping a golf ball in the freezer". I need more coffee this morning.
DeleteI had the same problem. Poop on the brain!
DeleteI second the golf ball. If it's plantar fasciitis pain or something similar, I've heard it helps. For me, I just take my shoes off and flex my feet a lot. Give them a good massage (the pressure seems to help). Yell at the treadmill. You know, that kinda thing!
DeleteI read that as "poop a golf ball" as well - I work with college students so I didn't really think it was odd... sad! My arch "fell" a couple of years ago due to a run. It was painful but found some ways to tape it online, and it really helped. Now, I always roll both feet on a tennis ball and it only hurts every so often.
Delete1. You are gross.
ReplyDelete2. I've already given you my solution to your pain.
I should always listen to you.
DeleteNo poop advice and for the foot, it will likely go away soon with what you are doing. I had something similar once but it was the shoes.
ReplyDeleteWas it your Wave Riders? Just curious. :)
DeletePOOOOP! Pippi gave me that for Valentine's Day, too. Who needs chocolate?
ReplyDeleteMy son went through a month long phase where every poop was a blow out. Ugh. I think it's normal??
ReplyDeleteThe arch pain could be a few things. Is your outer foot sore when you rub it...between your heel and your ankle? If so it could be a tight peroneous longus muscle.
No outer foot pain, it's just my arch. It feels bruised?
DeleteDid you know there are websites out there that actually have PICTURES of different kinds of baby poop and what it means? Although, sadly, "POOP EXPLOSION" is not one of the options. Maybe it's Cordelia's way of telling you she hates her outfits.
ReplyDeleteBaby poop porn? That so proves rule 34 of the internet.
DeleteDYING. DEAD.
DeleteI slept like a husband is probably the best thing I've seen all week.
ReplyDeleteI know you won't do cloth, but we never had an issue with Charlotte. Lena isn't in cloth yet, but her poop is so hard I just have to worry about it rolling away.
Your baby is strange.
DeleteWe have the same problem with Gabi. Her poop velocity is so insane that it's cleared the changing table when we've been caught with her pants down. I'm not kidding the kid has shot it 2 feet on more than one occasion and before she was a month old. All I can say is the cat is damn lucky she has fast reflexes. And Gabi shares Cordelia’s passion for blowing out while eating getting the Boppy and me in the process. With disposables she can blow out the front, back, and leg holes.
ReplyDeleteWe've used cloth from the start, and it does a much better job than disposables with the crazy poop. She's had a few blowouts with cloth, but only like once a week as opposed to but disposables she blows out EVERY time she poops (6-8 times a day when she was Cordelia’s age). I have to say, the thought of doing diapers in my washer grossed me out, so we have a service that does them for us for $20 a week. We added on cloth wipes for an extra $3 a week, which we love because diaper wipes bother her skin.
With the service it’s no extra work, really. We use pre-folds with covers. And, even if you did wash them yourself I don’t think it would be any more work than having to wash your clothes all the time and living in fear of poop blowouts.
That diaper service sounds awesome!
Deletewrap her in a chux underpad. Works for my old people clients.
ReplyDeleteAlso, my foot issue last summer started in my arch, but hopefully yours won't be quite so bad. Did you recently switch to neutral shoes from more stability shoes? That was my big issue. I haven't been able to run for a week because there is ice everywhere and I fell on my face this morning.
Also, if you turn into a cloth-diaper sanctimony i will personally slap you. Unless you go the cloth-over-disposables route, in which case, I know a certain blogger who can give you some tips with that.
Poop and foot pain- sucks! :-(
ReplyDeleteI hope both are temporary.
You could triple diaper - it works for other bloggers!
ReplyDeleteI actually use cloth - Bum Genius all-in-ones, and they do contain the poop much better because of the elastic on the back of the waist. The poopy ones are gross, of course, but I do so much laundry already (3 kids under 6) that washing diapers every other day isn't much different, and it's no more gross than washing poopy clothes.
I have noticed that the cloth ones leak pee more than disposables, though. So we put my 14 mo in a disposable at night (she usually doesn't poop at night anyway).
As for night waking, I always say it's going to be a phase, but my daughter is still getting up to nurse at 3AM almost every night. My husband never even notices that I've gotten up.
I got nothing for the poopy problem. I can empathize with the sleep like a husband thing though. I used to get so mad at my husband for getting more sleep than me.
ReplyDeleteI have a solution - cheese. Cheese blocks me up so I don't see why it wouldn't work on a tiny human with an immature gut. The fact that she has no teeth is only a little inconvenience that can be overcome if you chew up the cheese until it's in liquid form and deposit it bird-like into her mouth.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a solution for the poop or foot situation but I was just commenting to say that I can sleep when a baby is breastfeeding. My daughter used to get up every two to three hours to eat and now my son is doing the same. Our daughter slept in our bed and so does our son, the breastfeeding doesn't bother me so I usually go back to sleep a few seconds after he latches on.
ReplyDeleteI can't decide which I love more: some babies are ambitious poopers or changing it to "I slept like a husband". We need to vote for that change to be mandated.
ReplyDeleteHow old are your kids? I have a toddler and an infant too, but I think yours are a litle ahead of mine. When I read your posts I either get pissed or excited about what's to come.
ReplyDeleteNo advice for the poop, but I get terrible arch-related foot cramps/contractions when I wear flats or otherwise flat shoes for long periods of time. Wearing something with arch support around the house during waking hours helps a lot and massaging the hell out of the arch by hand (tennis ball / golf ball advice is very good) helps a lot too. I run twice a week on a good week but it does get worse when I do. On the other hand, I've had a similarly recurring muscle cramp just below my right eye for several weeks now. Sometimes muscles just get tense about things.
ReplyDeleteSorry no solutions for poopslosions. We have a violent pooper here - 12 times a day she had a poopy diaper until 4 months old, then it was down to just 2 big ones a day (always explosions). I liked it better when it was 12 because there was less chance of explosion.
ReplyDeleteOnly when we hit solids at 6 (really 7 months) did she finally stop exploding once or twice a day. Daycare hated it but there's nothing you can do. Luckily BM poop didn't stain any clothes so I just did lots of laundry (and daycare did) and I brought extra clothes to daycare. Some kids spit up all over, Alex pooped all over. I always timed car trips for AFTER the first poopslosion of the day to avoid that horrible scenario!
`. Henry is a blowout pooper as well (1 to 2 x per day) and my first baby wasn't. Go figure. I think it's normal BUT I notice when I have any dairy he does it more. Have you added any new foods in lately? Is there a chance there's hidden dairy lurking (the horrors!!) somewhere?
ReplyDelete2. Arch pain...plantar fasciitis. Watch that. You don't want to turn into a decrepit mess like me. Worn out sneakers, calf tightness, suddenly increased mileage...the usual suspects?
3. Breastfeeding and cosleeping...when you get tired enough you fall asleep with the baby nursing. Then you wake up with horrible cramping extremities because you've been sleeping twisted up like a pretzel.
Co-sleeping? Never!
ReplyDeleteYour picture captions are priceless as always. I wish I had advice about the poop, but I don't. Maybe you should eat less lamb???
The poopsplosion issue you have sounds like you still have oversupply. Before mine regulated (I had to take a few herbs and now I never face the shower, etc.) Aiden had the same ridiculous blow outs in both cloth and disposables. My breasts were hard as rocks from engorgement all. the. time.
ReplyDeleteYou can look up how to regulate your supply or just pump some about an hour before you feed her. Any sooner and you risk a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance.
When I was a baby, my mom told me I ate every TWO hours. I think that's translated to adulthood as well. So you should be thankful for the every three hour feedings. Thankful I tells ya!
ReplyDeleteWhat about those diapers that are elastic around the legs? Can that contain the poop?
And as for the foot - I say eat a banana. Maybe you need more potassium? I get cramps in my feet/calves when I do.
If someone already suggested this above (because I'm not going to read the comments to see if someone did - 45 comments is just way beyond my limit), I would still like you to act like this is your first time hearing it and it's an amazing idea. Go!
Maybe it's a second child thing because Ezra is also an ambitious pooper. He once pooped so forcefully during a diaper change that it shot all over the all next to the changing table. Luckily, my husband got to clean that one up :). A lot of other folks already mentioned trying cloth diapers and I agree that they really stop poop in its tracks. We haven't started using them yet on the baby because I've been too lazy, haha. If you want to try them though I have a ton of BumGenius diapers. I'd be happy to send you a couple!
ReplyDeleteI hope the foot pain goes away! I had something similar a few years ago and the doctor said it may have been minor PF, but she didn't know. I seem to have a problem with seeing crappy sports med doctors! Another thing is that apparently the relaxin hormone can stay in your body up to a year after giving birth so it could be a leftover pregnancy side effect.