Black streaks in baby's stool

We all know that babies cannot eat many foods when they are very young because they have no teeth and cannot chew many foods. At this time, mothers will give babies some nutritious foods that are suitable for them, such as bananas, which can help digestion and make it easy for babies to eat. However, if babies eat too many bananas, there will be some black thread-like substances in their stools. What's going on?

Another thing is, if the child eats bananas, take some Mami Love, and eat bananas and milk one hour apart.

1. How to observe the stool of infants and young children?

Answer: You can observe whether your baby's bowel movements are normal by looking at the color, smell, shape, and frequency of the stools.

(1) Breastfed babies have looser, finer stools that are golden in color, slightly sour, and foam-free, ranging from 3 to 8 times a day.

(2) Babies who are fed with cow's milk tend to have dry, rough, light yellow stools with a slightly rotten odor. Their stools are larger than those of babies who are fed with human milk, but they have fewer bowel movements, 1 to 3 times a day.

Abnormal bowel movements such as:

(1) Foamy stool

Eating too much starch or sugary food can increase the fermentation of food in the intestine, and the resulting stool will be dark brown, watery and foamy.

(2) Foul-smelling stool

When babies eat too much protein-rich food, the protein can neutralize the gastric acid in the stomach, thus reducing the acidity of the gastric juice and making it impossible for the protein to be fully digested and absorbed. Coupled with the decomposition and metabolism of bacteria in the intestinal cavity, the stools of these babies are often very smelly.

When you eat too much fat, too much fatty acid will be produced in the intestinal cavity, which will stimulate the intestinal mucosa and increase intestinal peristalsis, resulting in light yellow liquid and larger stools. Sometimes the stools are shiny and can even slide in the toilet bowl.

(4) The baby has green stools

The appearance of green stools in babies is related to personal constitution, age, intestinal acidity, intestinal bacterial growth status, and dairy product ingredients (such as iron). As long as the baby's spirit and activities are normal, there is no need to worry.

(5) Egg drop soup-like stool

Young patients with viral enteritis and pathogenic Escherichia coli enteritis often have egg drop soup-like stools.