subject: Baby Poo: All About Poo [print this page] With all the scare stories about meconium and baby poo, many parents dread changing babys first dirty nappy but it really isnt as bad as you might think. Read on for all you need to know about baby poo.
How often will your baby poo?
Following birth babies normally do a poo within the first 48 hours and then seem to never stop! Once feeding is established it is normal to change between 6 and 12 nappies a day. Frequency depends on the age of your baby, how she is feeding and how often she is feeding, so every baby is different.
What does a normal baby poo look like?
The texture, colour and quantity of baby poo will vary and change a lot over the course of the first year of a babys life. The first baby poo, meconium, is odourless, dark green or black in colour and very sticky. By around day 3 or 4, baby poo will turn grainy in texture and mustard yellow or brown in colour. Breastfed babies poo that are soft and runny, bright yellow and with little odour, while bottle fed babies poos are usually a pale brown colour and are firmer and smellier than those of breastfed babies.
Starting solids
Once weaning begins, youll notice changes in her poo. As she grows, she will be able to digest fibre more efficiently, and in turn her poos will become more formed, a lot smellier and possibly less frequent. You will also see a difference in her poo as you introduce her to new and different foods and dont be surprised if you find bits of undigested food in her poo like sweet corn and peas!
What sort of baby poo is not normal?
Diarrhoea
Symptoms:
Poo tends to spurt out of her bottom and appears very runny
She poos more often with larger amounts
Baby may appear uncomfortable with tummy pains
Causes:
Food allergy
Tummy bug
Too much fruit juice
If still breastfeeding, something mum has eaten can cause diarrhoea in baby
If your baby is teething her poo may be looser than normal but not diarrhoea
Diarrhoea should clear up without treatment within 24 hours, but if it persists contact your GP urgently to avoid dehydration
Constipation
Symptoms:
Poos are small and dry, like rabbit droppings
Baby can look very uncomfortable when having a poo
Streaks of blood in the poo can be the result of tiny cracks in the skin, caused by passing a hard poo
Causes:
Formula milk made up incorrectly
Can also be caused by fever and dehydration
This information does not replace doctors advice.
by: Emily Amelia Inglis
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