What is the healthy frequency for bowel movements in infants?
Truthfully speaking, there is nothing such as a healthy frequency for bowel movements in infants. Babies might have one or more bowel movement a day, or one a week, and still be considered healthy. If the baby is not showing any other signs of uneasiness and the bowel movements are soft and watery when they eventually come out on their own, then the baby is having healthy bowel movements and is not constipated. One way to check out is to lightly feel on the baby’s abdomen in the colon area. If there is any undue hardness in that part of the abdomen, then it might mean retention of stools. Baby stools are usually soft, but retained stools will harden. In that case, you might seek medical advice.
