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Abby's been constipated again. After a little over a week of no poop, which is how long she usually goes between poops, she started trying, only to have hard little Rolo-looking poops. Constipation. After the traumatizing suppository experience, I decided to try prunes first. I also gave her heavily diluted apple juice. This time, she actually like the apple juice. I found that a 50/50 mix is too strong for her, so I mixed 1.5 ounces of juice with 2.5 ounces of water, and she seemed to like it. She still only drank a couple ounces at a time, though. Anyway, Abby LOVED prunes! It was probably our messiest meal yet, though. It's a pain to clean up once it's dried on her face too. This was yesterday.








A few hours after the first serving of prunes and a bottle of apple juice and she was still pooping hard poops, so I gave her another serving of prunes for dinner. This morning, she still hadn't had a real poop, so I gave her another juice bottle and a serving of prunes for lunch. Not long after that, it happened.

This was definitely the worst poop experience yet. Abby had just woken up from her afternoon nap, and drank a bottle of breastmilk. I put her in the ExerSaucer while I hung up a couple shirts from the dryer and made myself a quick snack. I could hear her grunting in the ExerSaucer, but I thought I had some time. She was in a terrific mood, smiling and laughing the whole time. After I put my dish in the dishwasher, I went to get her out, and that's when I saw it.

Her diaper couldn't hold this monstrous poop, and it had leaked down her leg and onto the base of the ExerSaucer! I was terrified of getting her out because I didn't know what I'd find. It was clear she was going to need a bath, but Damon wasn't here to help, so I decided to do it in the kitchen sink. I still remembered her last experience in the sink, and this time wasn't much different.


I stood her up in the sink to get her out of the onesie and diaper she was wearing, and found that her entire back was completely covered in poop! I didn't bother trying to salvage the onesie. It seems most of it was everywhere but in her diaper where it belonged! I really hope she doesn't get constipated again any time soon. It's too bad Abby loved the prunes so much because I won't be feeding those to her again for a long time.