MUST A BABY HAVE A BOWEL MOVEMENT EVERY DAY?       No. Quite normally a baby may have several stools each day and then suddenly go two, three, or even four days without a bowel movement. More worry is wasted about bowel movements than any other part of baby care. Don’t. It’s expected for a baby to push, strain, draw his legs up, cry, and get red when he has a bowel movement. Avoid laxatives. Unless the stools are rock-hard, baby is not constipated.