Tell me about your kids' poop

[jfh]

Kai has had very few solid, ploppable poops in his life (I was going to say "only a handful." But, yuck). It's always really mushy. It occurred to me recently that maybe that's not normal?? Do your kids have mostly grown-up turds? Has K had life-long diarrhea that I've been ignoring, or do toddlers just have soft poop?

TIA and sorry for the poop talk.

[rjamz]

Jamie has always been a turd pooper, so I'm no help.

[mrsjaymay]

Edie's is soft and definitely not 'ploppable.' I was under the impression that soft is how it's supposed to be. A few months back she was having some trouble with constipation, so she got a daily sippy of diluted prune juice.

She's not having that problem any more, but any time I change a diaper and they are 'grown up turds' (lol), I serve her up a sippy of prune juice.

[carawestt]

Lincoln's is soft. He gets the occasional turd but not often. He pooped on the floor the other day and it looked like a mini grown up turd, it was weird to see haha.

[AndyCohen]

Audrey had turds from 10-12 months. Then I started giving her sippys of milk and they went soft again. I think she was just dehydrated and not drinking enough before that. She had diarreah earlier this week and you would know. She pooped 4 times and I could actually hear it. And we had a blowout for the first time in 6 months. Usually it is paste consistency.

[EmmieB1025]

Normally very soft and LOTS of it!

[TrudyCampbell]

Mostly mushy, some solid.

[Faevantastic]

It's usually on the mushy side, like play-doh. When he has turds, they're usually pretty hard and I figure he has a little constipation,

[Dolci]

More solid when her diet is more balances and if I let a day or two go by where she isn't eating really great it will be looser. If I see it being really loose I will offer her more binding foods.

[katfco]

Usually very soft, but then Caleb eats a LOT of fruit.

[joyhart02]

It is usually soft and mushy. Last night was with chunks of blueberry and kiwi seeds. There was even a whole blueberry still intact!

[katie]

She actually has both terds and peanut butter texture like poop. Guess it depends what she eats. And I don't have the pleasure of changing every diaper since she is in DC during the week. She has been pooping both before and after DC so I've seen a bit more. I don't know why she doesn't wait They all stink really bad.

[jfh]

Ok, this is making me feel better. Thanks! Coupled with his little pot belly I was starting to worry he had parasites or something, lol. Sounds like he's at least not a total outlier in the turd department.

[dixeedeluxe]

Nice soft clean poops. Usually they mush into the shape of her butt, but they don't really leave a mess on the diaper. Like, when I take her dipe off, they stick to her butt rather than the dipe.

[katie]

Aug 28, 2013 13:19:49 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

The round turds or "eggs" make me laugh, because sometimes I don't get them folded up in the diaper good enough and they will roll out when I go to throw it away. I like that they are easy to clean up after, and she rarely seems uncomfortable, but I was noticing that it looks like she might have a small hemorrhoid. So I am glad she's having some more smooshy poops lately.

lol, I love Tamb poop talk!

[rubber pants]

This post is making me laugh.

I love the turds where it only takes one wipe because it wasnt all mushed up her hiney.

[Deleted]

@tambcat, lol, Cam had 'rabbit turd' poop today, and one rolled right out onto the changing table! But that worries me because thats always a sign of constipation with me... so I like to try and avoid that type of poop in Cam (which means he ate applesauce or bananas..both things constipate him).

But usually his poops are wedge shaped/form to his butt, so they aren't runny, but they are soft.

[Deleted]

My understanding is all poo, even ours, is supposed to be more mushy than we really anticipate.

ETA the boys eat tons of fruits and veggies and very little processed foods.  They have a constant flow of water (we leave their cups around).  Their poo is always soft.  Even the more solid stuff is pretty soft.

[laurack]

Aug 28, 2013 14:39:43 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Hey, I am a food angel too, but sometimes the butt does what it wants.

NO YOU AREN'T you've been giving her cheezits and corndogs haven't you ADMIT ITTTTTTT!!!!!!!!

[laurack]

Matildas are mostly soft or paste-like. I prefer the hard ones because they are so easy to clean. I HATE the messy messy ones where I use like twelve wipes and still end up with poop on my hands. If she wold just LIE there peacefully all would be well

[Deleted]

Glad no one posted pictures.

[teamhayes]

hmmmm I thought they were mooshy bc he smooshed them in his diaper

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Aug 28, 2013 13:14:05 GMT -5 EmmieB1025 said:

Normally very soft and LOTS of it!

Mine too.  Both kids (DS1 as baby/toddler.  I do NOT inspect it now!)

I really wish it were easier to clean up, every time it's a mess requiring a million wipes.
I must feed them too much fruit.

[shevacc]

I'm also on team offer more liquids/fruit if the poop looks like rabbit pellets.

I'm no longer anything close to a food angel -- processed food has ingredient labels and often labels allergens. I know McDonalds, goldfish, cheez-its, and ritz crackers won't send us to the ER.

[fusion]

Poop is supposed to be soft. There's actually a medical scale for levels of what poop is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_stool_scale
Jameson used to get the "rabbit turds" and that was one of my causes of concern with him. He ended up having food allergies and since eliminating them his poop has been much more normal.

[thedahliharpa]

Aug 28, 2013 13:21:40 GMT -5 dixeedeluxe said:

Nice soft clean poops. Usually they mush into the shape of her butt, but they don't really leave a mess on the diaper. Like, when I take her dipe off, they stick to her butt rather than the dipe.

Perfect description.