One-month-old baby has milk curds when defecating

Babies usually need to defecate after birth. Parents can judge the baby's physical health based on the color and properties of the baby's stool. Under normal circumstances, the baby's stool is golden yellow, and sometimes there will be curds in it. When novice parents find that the baby's stool contains curds, they often don't know what's going on and worry that there is something wrong with the baby's physical health.

What happens when baby has milk curds in his stool?

The appearance of milk curds in children is usually caused by indigestion. For example, the water temperature for feeding is too low, or the child eats too much, etc., which can cause this situation to occur. At this time, you can prepare some medicines for the child, such as probiotics, which are helpful for the baby's intestinal activity and can improve the child's indigestion.

If there is no improvement after taking medicine, it is very likely related to the baby's current milk powder. Parents can then change the baby's milk powder to another brand. When changing, it is not just a short transition, so you can feed them together, and then completely switch to this milk powder. If the baby still has curdling, it means it is still an intestinal problem.

Probiotics help to activate the intestines, and you can also add some drugs to treat indigestion. Because children do not absorb drugs very well, when choosing drugs, it is best to consult a doctor's advice and choose drugs that are suitable for your child's physique and weight, and then feed them to your child. Never give your child any medicine at will.

It is common for babies to have curds in their stool, which is mainly caused by incomplete absorption of protein by the baby's digestive system. Whether it is breast milk or formula milk, there is a large amount of protein in it. If it is not fully digested, it is easy to form milk curds.

What causes protein to not be fully digested?

1. The baby's gastrointestinal tract is delicate and the digestive system is not yet fully developed. Some of the protein that enters the baby's gastrointestinal tract cannot be completely digested into small molecules for the human body to absorb. The remaining protein combines with minerals in food to form curds.

Under normal circumstances, the size of milk curds will be smaller than rice grains and will not have any effect on the baby. This situation will gradually improve as the baby grows and his gastrointestinal development improves.

2. The baby eats too much milk. If the mother does not cultivate the baby's eating habits and only takes the baby's crying as a signal that the baby needs to be fed, it will easily lead to the baby eating too much milk, which will easily cause milk curds. Therefore, parents must learn to judge whether the baby is really hungry and feed the baby according to the baby's needs.

So sometimes there are curds in the baby's stool, which is not a gastrointestinal problem, but caused by incomplete digestion. In this case, parents don't need to be too anxious.