One of the things that parents first learned is about baby's stool and the general health of the number of stools. Because of this, the baby's diaper is carefully examined especially at the first time, and it is checked whether it has blood or mucus. It can also be anxious to have a lot of poop. Then what does it mean if the poop is green? how many times a day is normal?
what has to be done if the baby is constipated?
Baby's first poo is in greenish black color. This is the meconium that fills the gut for as long as the baby remains in the mother's womb. The baby throws this meconium out of the intestines in the first 24 hours.
After the first 24 hours, the bowels start throwing temporary stools. Temporary stool is a yellow-green colored stool. It is watery and particulate. It is especially seen in infants receiving breast milk.
The temporary stool ends after 3-4 days. After this began to change, depending on what they eat.
We can talk about more than one reason why baby's poop is green. This is normal if the newborn baby's stool is green.
Only infants who receive breast milk;
It shows that there is a lot of dark green vegetables when the mother is fed,
The baby or the mother is using iron,
The baby uses some different medicines,
Breastfeeding mother is using antibiotics.
Babies are less constipated when they are fed only with breast milk. Because every baby's mother's milk is the most appropriate for the baby's intestines and digestion. The baby, who is fed with breast milk, is probably pooping once a week. However, this poop is extremely soft and does not force the baby in doing so. In this case, we can not talk about constipation.
Infants who are fed with formula tends to get constipated more often. Your baby may not poop for 3-4 days, or it may poop more frequently. If the baby gets very difficult when pooing, cracks may occur in the anus due to stress.
When the time comes, every woman/man can be a expert poo analyzer!