![]() During weaning phase, it is best to give the baby only one new food at a time for at least 3 days so that you know if it suits him or not.When the intestines of the baby are not totally mature, you may see small pieces of undigested food in the stool. If the baby is unable to digest a particular food, it may lead to constipation and passage of small hard brown ball like poop. The consistency of the poop will be mushy. The stool will have a foul smell which will increase as you introduce newer foods to the baby. There is a new characteristic and that is the smell. If your baby is breast fed along with solid foods, then the poop will be dark yellow to brown in color. Solid food Poop: As soon as the baby turns six months, solid foods like fruit and vegetable purees are introduced.Since formula is heavier to digest as compared to breast milk, the frequency of the stool is also less. There is a peculiar smell but not as foul smelling as babies who are on solid foods. The stool consistency is dense and butter like. Formula Fed Baby Poop: Formula fed babies have brownish to greenish stools.Newborn bowel movements can be as frequent as after each feed and that is totally normal. Once you notice such a poop in your newborn, make a conscious attempt and feed at one breast till you feel it is completely empty and then offer the next breast. If you do not feed at each breast for long enough then the baby will get only the fore milk which contains no fat. This is followed by the hind milk which is thick and contains fat. The seeds in baby poop are the unique characteristic of breast fed baby poop.In case, your breastfed baby has a more greenish stool than yellowish, then it indicates that the baby is getting more of fore milk which is the watery part of the milk that the baby gets while he begins feeding. The consistency is creamy and it is slightly runny. ![]() Breastfed Baby Poop: Normal healthy breastfed baby poop is seedy and yellowish green in color.This is called as transition stool and it indicates that the baby’s intestines have started functioning normally. There is no peculiar smell to it.After 1-2 days, once the meconium has been removed from the body, and the child has begun taking breast milk or formula, the stool will change to a light green and gradually yellow. It contains amniotic fluid, mucus, skin cells and hairs that were shed of by the baby in the womb. It is made up of the wastes that were present in the intestines of the baby when it was inside the uterus. Meconium looks like a sticky, greenish, tarry stool resembling motor oil. The first stool that your baby passes is called meconium. Newborn Poop: Newborn poop guide may be a topic that interests you.Here is a guide to baby poop with the different types of poop you may see. The color of poop or the presence of blood in it may worry parents. Types of Baby Poop and What They Indicate The frequency is much less in formula fed babies. In breast fed babies, a frequency ( baby bowel movement) of once in 7 days and 7 times in a single day is totally normal. Both of these are normal unless the baby shows no signs of discomfort. Some babies may pass stool after every meal and others just once in a week. Another thing that may worry parents is the frequency of the stool. ![]() This is because formula is more difficult to digest as compared to breast milk. In case of formula fed babies, the stool will be denser, darker in color and not seedy. In newborn babies, normal poop of a breast fed infant will be yellowish, thin in consistency and seedy. Normal Baby Poop What is Normal Baby Poop? It is useful to know what is normal poop first so that you are able to identify abnormal baby poop. Baby poop is of various colors and consistencies. If you are a new parent, this is one thing you are going to be worried about at some point of time during the first year of your baby’s life.
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