My baby Shai went EIGHT DAYS w/o a bm. I was feeling his pain!! Altho he actually seemed just fine. The ped had me doing all kinds of things to try to stimulate his bowels…  thermometer in his butt every 3 hrs, administer 1 oz of water to push things thru, sit him in a warm bath. Additionally I tried tummy massage. None of it worked.  So on day 7, I got the ok from the Ped to give him a glycerine suppository.  It was supposed to work in 15-60 mins and of course it didn’t.  On day 8 I took him into the Peds and they checked him out. His bowels sounded fine and he didn’t feel backed up when they felt his abdomen.  So they sent me home and told me to keep at it.  Three hrs later he had a bm.  I think it was a result of the Ped pressing on his abdomen – much more firmly than I was doing w/ the massage.  His poop was like melted dark chocolate. Dark and thick but not solid, and it stunk!!! Obviously, since it was highly concentrated. On day 9 and 10 Shai skipped pooping again.  So on day 11 I gave him another suppository and that did the trick.  He pushed out another mass of “dark chocolate” along w/ the suppository.  Today (day 12) he is clearing out his bowels completely.  He has had 3 bm’s already.  The 1st 2 “dark chocolate” and this last one more like the usual mustard.  He was actually smiling afterwards!!  I feel SO relieved for him!!!