What is the reason why babies have milk curds?

The feces of breastfeeding babies contain small white particles, usually called "milk curds", which means that the baby's digestive function is abnormal. It is necessary to find out the cause in time to see whether it is caused by problems with the baby's health or changes in eating habits, and then make adjustments based on the actual situation.

Characteristics of baby's milk valve

The characteristics of normal stool are related to feeding methods. The stools of breastfed babies are golden yellow, occasionally slightly green and relatively thin; or they are ointment-like, uniform, sour and without foam. Normally, the neonatal period has more bowel movements, usually 2-5 times a day, but some babies may have 7-8 bowel movements a day. As the child grows older, the frequency of bowel movements will gradually decrease, and after 2-3 months the frequency of bowel movements will be reduced to 1-2 times a day. Therefore, if a breastfed baby has looser stools or more frequent bowel movements, parents do not need to worry as long as the baby is in good spirits, is feeding well, and is gaining weight normally. If the baby is fed formula, the stool is usually light yellow or khaki, dry, rough, like a hard paste, and often has an unpleasant fecal odor. If there is more sugar in the milk, the stool may become soft and have a slightly rotten odor, and the amount of stool will be larger each time. Sometimes there is grayish white "milk curds" mixed in the stool.

During the infant stage, the digestive organs are not yet fully developed and the digestive adaptability is poor. There are many reasons for indigestion caused by improper diet and feeding. For example, irregular feeding resulting in excessive feeding, unreasonable diet composition, too high milk concentration or sudden changes in diet, inability to adapt to the addition of too much complementary food, and too high nutritional value of food during weaning period will make the infant's digestive organs unable to adapt, resulting in indigestion and abnormal stools. The symptoms are large amount, lots of foam, porridge-like, egg-drop-like, watery, and accompanied by a special sour and smelly odor. These symptoms of indigestion can be corrected by adjusting the diet.

Solution

The stool contains milk curds and is flowery (the stool is loose and resembles an egg flower pattern), 5-6 times a day. At this time, the time and amount of breastfeeding should be reduced.

Improve milk curd caused by poor protein digestion

If the curds in the baby's stool are no larger than a grain of rice, it is generally considered to be within the normal range and the mother does not need to worry too much. However, when the curds in the stool are larger than rice grains, parents should pay enough attention.

In fact, curds are formed when the baby cannot digest protein. The undigested protein combines with the minerals in the food to form curds. For breastfed babies, mothers should try to reduce the protein intake in their own food, that is, eat less high-protein food; for babies who are fed mixed formula milk or bottle-fed, they should switch to formula milk with small molecule hydrolyzed protein to improve the baby's indigestion of large molecule milk protein in ordinary milk powder.