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What Causes Newborn Premature Infant To Pass Watery Stool?
hi sir can u plz suggest something? I hav 5 days old baby & she is premature & and her weight was 2.1 k.g at birth and today also she has a same weight. she is passing watery & yellow stool with air noise in which stool is less & water is more & initially we gwve her lactodex-lbw,but v r giving her breast feeding.she dosent ask for feeding by her self till the period of 4-6 hours during a day time & when ever takes breast feeding dosent take more then 15 minutes & sleeps continously 4 -6 hours during day time & when ever she is taking breast feeding she is passing stool with noise of air plz suggest me something.is it to worry? she just asks at night for 2-3 times for breast feeding.
It is OK that she is the same as her birth weight at 5 days of life. It is normal for babies to lose weight, between 4-7% in the first few days and then get back to birth weight by D7 or so. So that's great. If her stool is watery but yellow/gold and has sesame seed-like pieces that's normal also! And a good sign of good breast feeding. You may be having some gas because of changing from formula to breast milk, but most babies do have some air/gas in general. Usually, until babies are back to birth weight, I ask you to wake them up and try to feed about every 2 hours (8-10x/day). Once they are at birth weight, if they sleep through 1 or 2 feeds, that's OK. So it sounds like you are on target.
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What Causes Newborn Premature Infant To Pass Watery Stool?
Hello, It is OK that she is the same as her birth weight at 5 days of life. It is normal for babies to lose weight, between 4-7% in the first few days and then get back to birth weight by D7 or so. So that s great. If her stool is watery but yellow/gold and has sesame seed-like pieces that s normal also! And a good sign of good breast feeding. You may be having some gas because of changing from formula to breast milk, but most babies do have some air/gas in general. Usually, until babies are back to birth weight, I ask you to wake them up and try to feed about every 2 hours (8-10x/day). Once they are at birth weight, if they sleep through 1 or 2 feeds, that s OK. So it sounds like you are on target. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Lisa Baker, Pediatrician