Is it normal for a 7 week old to have days where he has several poopy diapers?

Yea pedialyte does help

@nichols41418, it's not every diaper, maybe half of them. it's also (tmi) really sticky rather than soft and pastey... we're formula feeding him but he got the 24 hour bug a week ago and since then he's had a hard time with straight formula so the hospital suggested we mix it with unflavored Pedialyte and gradually get him back on straight formula. we're close... he's at 2.5 ounces of formula and .5 ounces of Pedialyte.

Are breast or bottle feeding

Yes but if it's every diaper then no