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Is Urine Of Yellowish Color And Bad Odor Normal For A Baby Of 5 Months?

Posted on Fri, 7 Jan 2022

Question: My baby is 5 month old. Recently his urine is having yellowish color and a bad odour. Is this normal for a baby of this age?

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Not normal. Indicates inadequacy of breast feeding.

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

A yellowish discoloration of urine along with increased odor indicates inadequacy of fluid intake. A child of this age should be exclusively breast fed. So, increasing the amount of breast feeding should resolve the problem.

Feel free to write back.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (9 hours later)

Thanks!
My 5 month old baby demands to be breastfed every 5-6 hours, and is active. Do we need to increase this frequency?

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
The gap needs to be reduced

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the update. The breast feeding needs to be given every 3-3.5 hours irrespective of whether the child is demanding feeds. You therefore need to give feeds sometime without waiting for the baby to demand.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj