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What Does Loose Stool In A 1 Month Old Baby Indicate?
Question: My 1 month old baby girl is having liquid potty. She is entirely on breast feed. Its so liquid that sometimes it is similar to passing urine. And another thing is Almost entire day she passes few drops of potty. We had consulted a docter when she was 15 day old. He said its normal. However this continues. every time time she sneezes or tries to she does few drops of potty.
Brief Answer:
Not a cause for concern.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
It is good to hear that your child is on exclusive breast feeding. Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. As long as the child is exclusively breast fed you need not worry about the colour, consistency or frequency of stool. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
For a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned. It is also normal to pass green stool or a combination of yellow stool. The green colour occurs due to rapid transit through large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to convert to the yellow colour of stool. It is OK for some mucus to be there in the stool.
Breast milk also takes care of immunity against common ailments like cough and cold, and diarrhea. So, automatically your worries would be reduced. For a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned.
You should burp the baby for at least 15-20 mins after each feed. All you need to do is to hold the baby head end elevated for this duration. The extra air taken in would escape and the milk will not regurgitate back from the stomach to the food pipe.
Let me know if you have further queries.
Regards
Not a cause for concern.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
It is good to hear that your child is on exclusive breast feeding. Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. As long as the child is exclusively breast fed you need not worry about the colour, consistency or frequency of stool. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
For a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned. It is also normal to pass green stool or a combination of yellow stool. The green colour occurs due to rapid transit through large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to convert to the yellow colour of stool. It is OK for some mucus to be there in the stool.
Breast milk also takes care of immunity against common ailments like cough and cold, and diarrhea. So, automatically your worries would be reduced. For a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned.
You should burp the baby for at least 15-20 mins after each feed. All you need to do is to hold the baby head end elevated for this duration. The extra air taken in would escape and the milk will not regurgitate back from the stomach to the food pipe.
Let me know if you have further queries.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
What about the stains due to drops of poop almost 10_12 times a day
Brief Answer:
Cleanign them is the only option.
Detailed Answer:
Could not understand your query? Do you mean to ask what to do with them? Well, you would need to clean them up. What more can I say? It is still sometime before you can potty train your child!
Cleanign them is the only option.
Detailed Answer:
Could not understand your query? Do you mean to ask what to do with them? Well, you would need to clean them up. What more can I say? It is still sometime before you can potty train your child!
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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