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Sherri asked if we are still on poop watch and we are!  Poor little Katie still has not pooped.  I haven’t given her rice cereal in the past three days so that can’t be the reason she is constipated.  Luckily she is still her happy self and still smiles and plays.

I left a message for our doctor yesterday and a nurse called me back.  She said as long as Katie is not in distress we are ok.  I guess it is normal that after a growth spurt babies can go three or four days without a poop.  The nurse said to wait it out but if I really wanted to I could try using a rectal thermometer to try to stimulate it.   We weren’t ready to do that yet.

But then today….still no poop!  Come on Katie!  She’s been grunting a lot and even farts but still none of the brown stuff.  So today Pish and I tried the thermometer.  We set up a whole area with a plastic cover with wipes and paper towels ready.  Pish was expecting it to come squirting out.  With his plastic gloves on, he lubed up the thermometer tip with vaseline and stuck it in.  She really didn’t seem to mind much since I was distracting her with a toy.  but…nothing.  Pish asked, “This is the right hole, right?”  haha.  Next he lubed up his pinky and stuck that in.  still….nothing.  I thought that was enough so we put the diaper back on and are back to waiting. 

Tomorrow will be day six.  If she still hasn’t pooped I’m taking her to the doctor.

This past weekend we had lunch and watched the UCLA game at our house.  Jonathan was down in OC and is all recovered from his back and knee injuries.  It was great to see everyone!