What to do if your newborn baby has diarrhea

A problem discovered, but when encountering this situation, mothers should not worry blindly. Sometimes it may be breast milk diarrhea, which is a phenomenon that many newborn babies will experience. As long as they are fed and cared for correctly, it will not affect the child's health. However, if it is caused by some disease problems, it is necessary to pay attention to scientific treatment and solution.

For babies who are exclusively breastfed, their stools are yellow or golden yellow, with a uniform consistency like a paste or mushy paste, occasionally thin and slightly green, with a sour but not smelly smell, and they have two to four bowel movements a day. If you normally only have 1 to 2 bowel movements a day, but this suddenly increases to 5 to 6 times a day, you should consider whether you are ill. If the child has frequent bowel movements but is in generally good condition and has not lost weight, this does not indicate a disease.

For bottle-fed babies, their stools are light yellow or earthy gray, dry and hard, strip-shaped, often contain milk curds, and have a distinct odor. They defecate 1 to 2 times a day.

Observing the stool characteristics of infants and young children can help us understand their digestion conditions.

If the baby's stool has a strong smell, it means that the protein is not digested properly. At this time, you should reduce the amount of milk appropriately or dilute the milk. If there is a lot of foam in the stool, it means that carbohydrates are not digested properly, and you must reduce or even stop feeding starchy foods. If the stool looks creamy, it indicates fat malabsorption and the intake of fatty foods should be reduced.

Children should be trained to have good bowel habits when they are two months old, so that they can defecate on time, preferably in the early morning or before going to bed at night. Defecation in the morning is best, while defecation at night can help children sleep well at night. Having a bowel movement before meals can help children eat well, but not having a bowel movement after meals. The mother should first observe the child's bowel movements, and then consciously and regularly arrange bowel movements according to the child's situation. When defecating, the mother should make "mmm mmm" sounds with him.

The above is an introduction to some common sense issues regarding diarrhea in newborn babies. I hope that after reading this introduction, everyone can have a more comprehensive understanding of these common sense issues, because newborn babies themselves have relatively weak body resistance, and no matter what abnormal conditions occur, they may affect their health.