The child ate and immediately went to the toilet. Why does a child immediately go to the toilet after a meal? Reasons for going to the toilet after eating
A child's stool is one of the most important indicators of health. Already in the maternity hospital, when making a round, doctors always ask mothers if the baby pooped. How and how much a child poops will be further interested in district pediatricians and nurses - during home visits and during examination in a polyclinic. In this article, we will consider everything about the stool of infants, since this is an extremely important part of the life of young children, and we will consider not only the stool of children who are breastfed, but also those who receive artificial nutrition.
Why is it so important to pay attention to how your baby poops? The frequency of bowel movements and the main characteristics of the stool (quantity, color, presence / absence of impurities, consistency, odor) make it possible to assess, first of all, the work of the child's gastrointestinal tract. In addition, according to them, you can make a conclusion about the baby's nutrition (including whether he has enough breast milk); changes in stool characteristics may indicate the presence of diseases in other organs and systems. Of no small importance is the fact that defecation in children occurs regularly (more often daily), most of the properties of feces can be easily assessed visually (during examination), and therefore, for attentive parents, any changes in stool do not go unnoticed.
But what to do if the regularity or quality of the stool changes: call a doctor, treat yourself, or don't worry at all - everything will go away by itself? How does a baby normally have to poop, and how does the chair change at different periods of his life?
About the norm and its variations
Stool frequency in infants varies from 10-12 times a day to 1 time in 4-5 days.Norm is a relative concept. I am always surprised when I hear “a baby has to poop 3-4 times (2-5 or 1 or 10 times, it doesn't matter) a day with yellow gruel”. Remember, your child does not owe anything to anyone. Each baby is an individuality from birth. How he will have a bowel movement depends on many factors - and on the degree of maturity of his digestive system, and on the type of feeding, and even on the type of delivery, and on concomitant pathology, and on many other reasons. The main guidelines for determining an individual norm specifically for your baby are the child's well-being, regularity, painlessness of bowel movements and the absence of pathological impurities in the stool. Therefore, below I will give not only the average normal indicators, but also the extreme values of the norm and its variants, depending on the influence of various factors.
Bowel frequency
After the discharge of meconium (original feces of a viscous consistency, brown or black-green), from 2-3 days the child has a transitional feces - dark green or yellow-green, semi-liquid. From 4-5 days of life, a certain rhythm of bowel emptying is established in a newborn. The frequency of acts of defecation varies within fairly significant limits: from 1 time in 1-2 days to 10-12 times a day. Most babies poop during or immediately after a meal - after every feed (or almost after every feed). But a stool every 2 days will also be a variant of the norm - provided that it is a regular stool (occurs every two days), and the act of defecation itself does not cause anxiety or pain to the child (the baby does not scream, but only grunts slightly, the stool leaves easily , there is no excessive straining).
With growth, the child begins to poop less often: if during the neonatal period he had an average of 8-10 stools, then by 2-3 months of life the baby poops 3-6 times a day, at 6 months - 2-3 times, and by year - 1-2 times a day. If, from the first days of life, the baby cocoa 1 time a day, then usually this frequency remains in the future, only the consistency changes (the mushy stool gradually becomes shaped).
Feces
The amount of stool is directly related to the amount of food consumed by the child. In the first month of life, the child poops quite a bit - about 5 g at a time (15-20 g per day), by 6 months - about 40-50 g, by the year - 100-200 g per day.
Stool consistency
The norm for newborns is a soft, mushy consistency. But here, too, fluctuations within the normal range are quite permissible - from a liquid to a fairly thick gruel. Ideally, the stool is homogeneous, evenly smeared, but it can be liquid with lumps (if the child pooped into the diaper, then the liquid component is absorbed, slightly staining the surface, and a small amount of small lumps may remain on top).
The older the child, the more dense his stool becomes, representing a thick gruel by six months, and by the year it becomes practically shaped, but at the same time quite soft and plastic.
Colour
Yellow, golden yellow, dark yellow, yellow-green, yellow with white lumps, yellow-brown, green - each of these colors will be normal for a newborn's stool. After breastfeeding is complete, the stool becomes darker and gradually turns brown.
Green feces
Please note that greenish, marsh-green, yellow-green colors are normal variants, and the green coloration of feces is due to the presence of bilirubin and (or) biliverdin in it. Bilirubin can be excreted in the feces for up to 6-9 months, that is, the greenish color of the stool during this age period is quite normal. In newborn babies, the transition from yellow to green stools and vice versa is especially noticeable during physiological jaundice, when maternal hemoglobin breaks down and bilirubin is actively secreted. But even in the following days and months of life, until the intestinal microflora fully matures, the presence of bilirubin in the stool, which gives the feces a green color, is permissible.
It is also quite normal for a phenomenon when feces are initially yellow in color, and after a while it "turns green" - this means that the feces contain a certain amount of bilirubin, which is invisible at first, but when it comes into contact with air, it oxidizes and gives the feces a green color.
On the other hand, if a baby (excluding a child with) has never had a green stool before, and suddenly the stool becomes green or streaked with greenery, it is more likely that either a functional digestive disorder (against the background of overfeeding, the introduction of complementary foods, etc.) ), or a lack of milk in the mother, or some kind of illness in the child (intestinal infection, etc.).
Smell
In a breastfed baby, the stool has a peculiar, slightly sour odor. In artificial children, feces acquire an unpleasant, putrid or rotten smell.
Impurities
In general, any impurities in the stool - undigested food particles and other inclusions, blood, greens, mucus, pus - are considered pathological. But the period of newborn and infancy are exceptional periods, here even pathological impurities may turn out to be quite normal. We have already talked about greens and found out why green can (although not always) be a variant of the norm. Let us now examine other impurities in the child's stool.
Normally, babies may have the following impurities in their stools:
White lumps- due to the immaturity of the baby's digestive system and enzymes, which is why the baby does not fully assimilate milk (especially when overfeeding). Subject to the child's satisfactory health and normal weight gain, these inclusions can be classified as normal.
Undigested food particles- appear after the introduction of complementary foods and are explained by the same physiological immaturity of the gastrointestinal tract. Usually, the stool returns to normal within a week, if during this time the character of the stool in the crumbs does not return to normal, complementary foods are most likely introduced too early and the baby is not yet ready for it.
Slime- mucus in the intestines is constantly present and performs a protective function. Its appearance in small quantities in children who are breastfed is a variant of the norm.
What impurities should not be in the baby's stool:
- pus;
- blood.
Their presence is a dangerous symptom, and if even small amounts of pus or blood appear, you should immediately consult a doctor.
Stool changes depending on the child's diet
Breastfeeding baby chair
An excess of carbohydrates in the diet of a nursing mother will lead to an increase in fermentation processes in the baby's intestines, intestinal colic, rumbling, frequent, liquid, foamy stools. The nutrition of a breastfed baby, and how the mother eats, will affect the baby's stool. If the mother observes the basic nutritional rules for nursing women, restricts the diet of excessively fatty foods and sweets, the baby's stool usually meets all the criteria for the norm - yellowish, mushy, without impurities, regular, homogeneous. With an overabundance of fat in a woman's menu, breast milk also becomes more fatty, its digestion is difficult, and therefore, the inclusion of white lumps in the feces may be noted in the baby. A diet rich in easily digestible carbohydrates often leads to an increase in fermentation processes in the child's intestines, and is accompanied by frequent, liquid, sometimes even frothy stools, against the background of rumbling, bloating in the abdomen and intestinal colic. If you have severe bloating, constipation may occur instead of loose stools.
Certain foods in the diet of a nursing mother can cause a baby, which manifests itself not only in the form, but also in the form of changes in the stool - it becomes liquid, with mucus.
With a lack of milk in a nursing mother, the baby's stool first becomes viscous, thick, then dry, green or grayish-green in color, crumbling, leaves in small quantities, or persistent constipation occurs.
Mixed and formula fed baby chair
Compared to babies receiving breast milk, bottle-fed babies poop less often (in the first months of life - 3-4 times a day, by six months - 1-2 times a day), their stools are denser, putty-like consistency, dark yellow, with an unpleasant putrid or sharply sour odor. With a sharp transition to artificial feeding, when changing the usual mixture, stool delays (constipation) are possible or, on the contrary, appears.
Feeding with mixtures with a high iron content (for prophylaxis) may be accompanied by the release of dark green feces due to the presence of non-absorbed iron in it.
When feeding babies not with artificial adapted formulas, but with natural cow's milk, various problems with stool are even more often observed: chronic constipation or diarrhea. The feces of such children are usually bright yellow, sometimes with a greasy sheen, with a "cheesy" smell.
Stool changes during the introduction of complementary foods
By themselves, complementary foods, which are a completely new type of food for a child, require the active work of all parts of the digestive tract and enzymes. In most cases, children do not fully assimilate the first complementary foods, and undigested particles come out with the stool, they can easily be seen in the baby's feces in the form of heterogeneous inclusions, grains, lumps, etc. At the same time, a small amount of mucus may appear in the stool. If such changes are not accompanied by anxiety of the child, vomiting, diarrhea and other painful symptoms, it is not necessary to cancel complementary foods - its introduction should be continued, very slowly increasing a single serving of the dish and carefully observing the well-being and character of the baby's stool.
Certain complementary foods, for example vegetables with a high content of plant fibers, can have a laxative effect - stool becomes more frequent (usually by 1-2 times more than the norm for a given child), and feces are sometimes a slightly modified dish. For example, mothers note that they gave the child boiled carrots, and after 2-3 hours he pooped the same carrots. When the initial goal was not to stimulate the emptying of the intestines of the crumbs (the child did not suffer from constipation), it is better to temporarily postpone the maintenance of the product that caused such a reaction, moving on to more “tender” vegetables (zucchini, potatoes) or cereals.
Other dishes, on the other hand, have a strengthening effect and increase the viscosity of the stool (rice porridge).
All this should be taken into account and correlated with the peculiarities of the child's digestion when introducing complementary foods to him.
In general, the introduction of any complementary foods in healthy children is accompanied by an increase in the amount of stool, its heterogeneity, changes in smell and color.
Stool pathological changes and methods of treatment
Now let's consider what changes in the regularity of bowel movements or in the qualitative characteristics of feces are abnormal and indicate a violation of digestion, diseases or other pathological conditions.
Violation of the frequency of bowel movements
Three options are possible here: constipation, diarrhea, or irregular bowel movements.
Constipation
Constipation includes one or more of the following symptoms:
- delay in bowel movement - for 2 days or more; for a newborn child, constipation can be considered the absence of stool during the day, if earlier he pooped several times a day;
- painful or difficult bowel movements, accompanied by screaming, straining the child; frequent ineffective straining (the child tries to poop, but cannot);
- dense consistency of feces, "sheep" stool.
The main causes of constipation in babies:
- lack of milk in mom;
- irrational feeding (overfeeding, improper selection of mixtures, feeding with cow's milk, early introduction of complementary foods, lack of fluid);
- low physical activity;
- immaturity or pathology of the digestive system;
- concomitant diseases (, pathology of the nervous system, etc.);
- organic causes (intestinal obstruction, dolichosigma, Hirschsprung's disease, etc.).
Relief for constipation
In case of acute constipation in infants, regardless of the reasons for stool retention, defecation should be established. First, you can try to help the baby in this way: when he pushes, trying to poop, bring the legs bent at the knees to his tummy and lightly (!) Press on the tummy for about 10 seconds, then do a gentle massage of the belly clockwise around the navel, repeat the pressure ... In case of ineffectiveness of auxiliary measures, it is recommended to use children's glycerin suppositories or to give the child a micro enema ("Microlax"). In the absence of children's laxatives in the home medicine cabinet, you can perform a cleansing enema with boiled water at room temperature (within 19-22 ° C) - for a child in the first months of life, use a sterile (boiled) syringe of the smallest volume. You can also try to stimulate a reflexive bowel movement by irritating the anus (by inserting a syringe tip or vent tube).
Sometimes difficulties during bowel movements are caused by a large number of gas in the baby's intestines - this is quite easy to understand by how the baby cries when trying to poop, his tummy is swollen, rumbling can be heard, but gases and feces do not leave. In such situations, abdominal massage and adduction of the legs are also used; you can just try to put the baby on your tummy, wear it in your arms, putting your belly on your forearms. Warming the tummy (mother can put the baby on her belly, face to face; apply a heated diaper to the belly) facilitate the passage of gaziks (and after them the chair). Of the medicines, simethicone preparations (Bobotik, Espumizan, Subsimplex) give a fairly quick effect on eliminating colic; herbal remedies are used to improve the discharge of gas workers (dill water, Plantex, fennel decoction, Baby Kalm).
In case of recurrent constipation, it is not recommended to constantly use reflex stimulation of the sphincter with a tube or to use cleansing enemas - it is highly likely that the child will "get used" to poop not on his own, but with additional help. In the case of chronic constipation, it is necessary, first of all, to establish their cause and, if possible, eliminate it. Treatment of chronic constipation in infants should be comprehensive, including correction of the mother's nutrition or the selection of artificial mixtures, competent timely introduction of complementary foods, daily walks, gymnastics, massage, if necessary - drinking water. Less commonly, drugs are prescribed (Lactulose, etc.).
Diarrhea
Diarrhea is understood as frequent (2 or more times compared to the individual and age norm) emptying of the intestines with the release of liquefied stools. Diarrhea does not include the constant secretion of small amounts of feces (slightly smearing the surface of the diaper) when passing gas - this is due to the physiological weakness of the anal sphincter, and with the growth of the child, when the gas passes, the stool stops coming out.
The table below lists the most likely causes of diarrhea in infants.
| Cause | Signs | Treatment methods |
| Reaction to |
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| Acute intestinal infection |
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| Lactose deficiency |
| If symptoms are moderate, no help is needed. In case of obvious violations, consult a doctor, enzymes are prescribed, less often a transfer to lactose-free mixtures is required. |
| Functional digestive disorders (overfeeding, early introduction of complementary foods) |
| Correction of the diet:
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| Taking medications | Connection with medication (antibiotics, sulfonamides, antipyretics). In the treatment of certain drugs (including antibiotics containing clavulanic acid - amoxiclav, augmentin), diarrhea develops immediately by stimulating intestinal motility. Long-term antibiotic therapy can cause dysbiosis and diarrhea against this background. | Consultation with a doctor. Cancellation (replacement) of the drug or additional prescription of probiotics may be required. |
| Intestinal dysbiosis | Prolonged diarrhea or irregular bowel movements without fever, other symptoms are possible (lethargy, poor appetite, poor weight gain, etc.). It is confirmed by laboratory research, but it should be borne in mind that the analysis of feces for dysbiosis is not indicative in infants up to 3 months of age: during this period, the child's intestines are still colonized by normal microflora. | Treatment is carried out according to the doctor's prescription. |
Irregular bowel movements in babies
Irregular stool is an alternation of constipation with diarrhea, or alternation of normal stool with constipation and / or diarrhea. The most likely reasons are irrational feeding, intestinal dysbiosis. Irregular stool can be a manifestation of chronic constipation, when a large amount of liquid stool appears after a long absence of stool.
In case of irregular bowel movements, one should first of all pay attention to the nature of the child's diet. If errors in nutrition are excluded, there is no overfeeding, the baby receives food according to age, then you need to consult a doctor for further examination and prescription of treatment.
Changes in the amount of stool
A decrease in the daily amount of feces in infants is observed mainly with constipation and starvation - in both cases, the feces are dense, poorly flowing, dark yellow or yellow-brown in color. Abundant stool is possible against the background of overfeeding. The constant release of large amounts of feces, especially of an unusual color, with a sharp unpleasant odor, requires a mandatory examination of the child (to exclude enzymatic insufficiency, intestinal diseases, etc.).
Consistency changes
Feces become denser with constipation, dehydration and lack of food; liquid - against the background of diarrhea for any of the reasons.
Color changes
As we have already discussed, the color of an infant's feces is very variable, and most often color changes do not pose a danger - with a few exceptions - the baby's feces should not be colorless or black.
Black color is an alarming symptom that can be a sign of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and bleeding should always be ruled out first in black stools. In addition to black stools (melena), bleeding may be accompanied by pallor, lethargy of the child, and vomiting often mixed with scarlet blood. Also, black stools are noted when blood is swallowed in case of nosebleeds.
However, there are quite harmless reasons for the baby's black stool:
- taking iron supplements;
- swallowing of blood by the baby while sucking with cracked nipples in the mother.
Pathological impurities
There should never be any impurities of pus or scarlet blood (even streaks of blood) in the baby's stool - if they are found, you should immediately seek medical help. Pus can appear with inflammatory (infectious and non-infectious) bowel diseases, blood - in the case of bleeding from the lower digestive tract, with severe infectious diarrhea, with, with cracks in the anus, etc.
When to see a doctor immediately
An admixture of blood in the baby's stool is a reason to immediately consult a doctor. An urgent appeal for medical help (calling an ambulance) is necessary if the baby has at least one of the following symptoms:
- Black stools (not associated with iron supplementation).
- Scarlet blood or streaks of blood in the stool.
- Diarrhea with high fever, vomiting.
- Stool in the form of "raspberry jelly" - instead of feces, pink mucus comes out - a sign of intestinal intussusception.
- Discolored stools with yellow skin and eyes.
- A sharp deterioration in the child's well-being: lethargy, pallor, monotonous cry, incessant crying, etc.
Not only the listed, but also any other "incorrect" changes in the baby's stool, for which you are not able to find an explanation on your own or are not sure of their causes, require the consultation of a pediatrician. It's always best to play it safe and talk to your doctor about your warning signs.
Which doctor to contact
When changing the stool in a child, you should consult a pediatrician. After diagnostics and analyzes, the doctor can refer the parents and the child for a consultation with a gastroenterologist, infectious disease specialist, allergist, endocrinologist, surgeon, hematologist.
Most people empty their digestive tract once or twice a day. Frequency once every couple of days is also not considered a deviation.
Rarely do people manage to avoid malfunctions in the gastrointestinal tract - constipation or diarrhea. The cause is isolated pathology or serious diseases.
But what if immediately after eating you need to run to the toilet in a big way?
Of course, this brings certain complications to life, but is it an alarming sign? Only a doctor can answer.
Reasons for going to the toilet after eating
A person who knows that after lunch or dinner he will need to look for a toilet does not feel free. Can't he be at home all the time, where the bathroom is located a few steps away?
The reasons for this condition are varied. First of all, the frequent urge to use the toilet after eating can be explained by irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)... It is characterized by a complex of functional disorders of food digestion in the gastrointestinal tract. In this case, there is no organic damage to the intestine itself.
IBS occurs in people between the ages of 25 and 45, and is more common in women. In addition to constant trips to the toilet after eating, you have to endure the following symptoms:
- discomfort and pain are felt in the lower abdomen;
- the stool becomes offensive and runny. There is a lot of mucus in it;
- increased gas production and flatulence.
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In addition to IBS, the reason for the urge to have a bowel movement after eating can be:
- Thyrotoxicosis(hyperthyroidism) - an increase in the hormonal activity of the thyroid gland.
- Acute and chronic colitis arising in the area of the mucous membrane of the large intestine.
- Crohn's disease- pathology of the gastrointestinal tract with an unclear etiology. It takes place in a chronic form and is capable of affecting all parts of the digestive system. The disease is a type of inflammatory ailments of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Polyposis- on the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines appear single or multiple polyps - benign formations. The disease is more common in men. Polyps must be promptly removed so that they do not turn into a malignant form.
- Colorectal cancer... This ailment means a malignant tumor of the rectum (rectum) or colon (colon).
- Intestinal dysbiosis- clinical and laboratory syndrome, the appearance of which is caused by pathological changes in the structure of the intestinal microflora. This applies to both its qualitative and quantitative composition.
- Intestinal tuberculosis- a chronic infectious disease that occurs under the influence of mycobacteria. They affect the intestinal wall and contribute to the formation of specific granulomas that destroy the digestive organs.
- Helminthic invasion- ingestion of various types of worms. Products and the results of their vital activity have a destructive effect on internal organs and impair the functioning of the digestive system.
The reason for going to the toilet after eating may be insufficient production of bile in the body. In this case, the feces become greasy and shiny, lose color and become almost colorless. Frequent bowel movements lead to bleeding of the anus. In a short time, the quality of vision is noticeably reduced in a person, and the bone tissue turns into fragile and brittle. A complex of such symptoms signals possible pathologies of the biliary tract, liver or duodenum.
It is possible that the reason for the urge to use the toilet is not physiological reasons. It is worth looking for them in changes in the psychological state. Neuroses and increased stress can upset the usual work of the gastrointestinal tract.
How to get rid of the problem?
Ailments are forced to visit the toilet several times a day. Most often, a person's stool is sparse. Its external signs change. This refers to the color, odor and consistency of the stool. It is very bad when clots or specks of blood appear in them.
You need to respond to obvious signs of the disease immediately. A visit to a gastroenterologist becomes urgent. The doctor will prescribe tests and studies to make the correct diagnosis:
- analysis of blood, urine and feces;
- Abdominal ultrasound;
- colonoscopy - examination of the intestines;
- fibrogastroscopy - the study of the state of the stomach, esophagus and duodenum 12;
- rectoscopy - examination of the rectum.
If you suspect an intestinal infection, it is possible that you will need to go to inpatient treatment.
If the tests of blood, feces and urine are normal, and the ultrasound results do not indicate the presence of serious problems, you can do without a more detailed examination. Minor drug therapy will bring the condition back to normal. Of course, the doctor will definitely familiarize you with the basic recommendations for the daily menu.
Traditional medicine as a help
When going to the toilet after eating does not stop, diarrhea continues for a long time - the body dehydrates and the elimination of nutrients, without which normal activity is impossible.
In addition to medication, you can use the following methods:
- Prepare a strong infusion of oak bark. Pour a tablespoon of dry raw materials with a glass of boiling water. The bark is infused for about an hour. Then strain the drink and take one (two) teaspoons throughout the day. This amount of infusion is enough for one day. The next day you need to cook fresh.
- Make a tincture with alcohol. Thoroughly chop a teaspoon of oak bark and pour 0.4 vodka. It is necessary to prepare the tincture in advance, since it will take a week for the bark to be saturated with alcohol properly. In the morning and in the evening, you should take 20 drops of the finished product. Oak bark is an excellent astringent, so it effectively helps with problems with the gastrointestinal tract, hemorrhoidal bleeding. The infusion is able to stop the constant urge to go to the toilet after eating.
- Infusion of canadian small petals. Pour a teaspoon of this dried and chopped herb into a saucepan. Pour in 0.25 liters of boiling water, cover and leave for 20 minutes. Then the product must be filtered. Drink one cup of infusion after each meal.
- Extreme recipe: Dissolve a teaspoon of salt in 100 grams of vodka. The product should be taken immediately after a meal.
Strengthening properties are found in strong black tea, acorn broth and alcohol tincture of green nuts.
When the first child appears in the family, young parents begin to master a new social role. They don't know a lot, so they try to glean information from books and the Internet. It's good if the family has grandmothers who can tell you how to do certain things. Indeed, in the first days everything is scary and difficult: bathing, feeding, swaddling, hygiene - all this is new and incomprehensible.
In the maternity hospital, the first stool, which is called meconium, comes out of the child's intestines. It has a viscous consistency and black color... If the child is separated from the woman in labor, she does not see this. If, after giving birth, the baby is placed in the ward with the mother, then she will see meconium in any case. After the first feeding, the newborn's stool changes. He becomes yellow , mushy and takes on a sour smell. You need to change the diaper after every bowel movement, as baby skin is very delicate. Stool can be extremely irritating. It's easy to understand when it's time to change a diaper, a characteristic smell will appear that cannot be confused with anything. In addition, the child poops almost immediately after eating, or rather, drinking.
You shouldn't think that milk Is both water and drink. In order for the baby to feel good, it is necessary, in addition to milk, to give him water. In adults, this is all that liquid is drink. For a baby, milk is food, and water is drink. You can drink from a teaspoon or bottle if the baby agrees to suck it. Drinking with artificial feeding is especially important. After all, artificial people most often suffer from constipation.
It is difficult to say how often a child should poop and eat. Everything here is strictly individual. If parents want to accustom their child to the regime, they can read specialized literature in which the hours of feeding and sleeping are scheduled. Better, of course, to feed the baby on demand. After all, if a child is hungry, it is cruel not to give him what the body requires.
How often does a newborn poop? Babies poop as much as they eat. If the mother applies the baby ten times a day, then there will be exactly ten bowel movements. Of course, a lot depends on what Mother eats. Less often, babies who are bottle-fed empty their bowels. They, in general, may experience constipation, in this situation it is better to try to change the mixture.
Why does a newborn poop often?
If a child does not poop for three days, it means that he is constipated. Although if the baby feels good at the same time, perhaps this is the norm for him.
Why does a newborn poop often? The baby only gets mother's milk or artificial mixture, it is quickly processed, so the number of bowel movements is equal to the number of feedings.
Stool color, odor and consistency are important. In a newborn, the stool should have a mushy consistency without foam, yellowish or green color and sour smell. Foam in the stool indicates that the mother gives the child only fore milk (the most liquid). All the most useful (fatty) remains in the chest. There is only one way out - not to give the child another breast until he completely empties the first.
The appearance of a child in the house is a great happiness, but how many worries and worries young parents have. How much to think about, how many little things to buy. If adults can do without something, then the baby should have everything. The main thing is not to be afraid, listen to the advice of your parents and trust your instincts. Where something is not clear, intuition will help. Natural instincts are needed by humans and animals to survive. If you do not have enough knowledge, you need to listen to an inner voice that will not leave you in trouble.