For the first few days after births,babies normally produce the sticky dark-colored stool.Then by the third to fifty day the stool should transition t...
For the first few days after births,babies normally produce the sticky dark-colored stool.Then by the third to fifty day the stool should transition to a greenish-brown color to a stool that is mustard yellow to a light brown which is often with visible milk curds.Most babies have four or more stools per day by the fourth day,although fewer stools may be normal.
If the baby keep continuing to have the sticky dark-colored stool after day four may indicate that your supply of breast milk is low or that the baby is not taking in an adequate amount of milk ( even if abundant milk is available). By the fifth day,if the stools are not pale yellow and seedy, even if the baby is otherwise healthy,contact the pediatrician to determine if further evaluation or treatment is needed.
Stool frequency
During the first few weeks after delivery, breastfeed infant generally pass gas or stool during or after each nursing session.The stool frequency usually decrease after for about four to six weeks.The decreasing of the frequency may be unexpectedly.In some cases, a healthy breastfeed baby may stool once every two weeks which is can be classified as an infrequently stool.
It is normal if a healthy breastfeeding baby and gaining weight appropriately changes in stool frequency.However,immediately contact your child’s health-care provider if your child has less frequent stools as well as decreased sucking strength, decrease interest in feeding, or if your baby seems irritable.
Green frothy stools
This type of infant stools sometimes develop when food passes especially rapidly through the baby’s digestive tract.This is occur if you switch the baby from one breast to the other before finished with the first side.It also can occur if you have an over abundant milk supply because the baby is less likely to get as much of the hind milk.
Hind milk has a higher fat content than milk available at the start of a nursing session.By emptying one breast may allow the baby to get the hind milk.Hind milk helps to slow digestion and reduce excessive gas and frothy stools. Therefore,allow your baby to finish nursing on one breast before switching to the other,even if the child does not take the second breast.
