How to observe the baby's stool

Baby stool frequency and color shapes are closely related to the daily diet.

1, normal stool

1. The first few days after birth baby have meconium. Meconium is characterized by no odor, and viscosity, color, dark green, generally after three days the meconium will fully cleared.

2. Breast-fed baby’s stool is golden yellow, like cream, have a acidic odor, but no obvious smell, generally 3-4 times a day.

3. Cow-milk fed baby’s stool is yellow or gray, as hard-paste, slightly smell, neutral or alkaline reaction, l-2 times a day

4. The baby having rice flour; children's faeces is more soft, a little bit Gampsocleis color, odor significantly. If having vegetables, children's stools may be dishes, and all these are normal.

2, abnormal stool

If the baby's stool is green, like the thin, like water or egg soup, but uneven, with small white clots, daily bowel movement several times, is often a reflection of indigestion. If stool sour smell, foam, there may be a carbohydrate indigestion; stool has soap block or fat particles, indicating that fat indigestion; if the stool has obvious foul smell may be the protein indigestion; stool is bright red or tar-like, suggesting that gastrointestinal bleeding; stool is white is even more dangerous signal, it could be hepatitis or biliary obstruction.