What should I do if my baby's poop is green?

It is well known that families love and care for their babies. However, when there are hidden dangers in the baby's health, many family members find it difficult to detect. At this time, you can observe and analyze the baby's stool color and shape. Generally, the stool is yellow. When the stool is green, you still need to find the cause and adjust it. So what should I do if the baby's stool is green?

If breastfeeding, as long as the baby has a normal amount of milk, is in a good mood, sleeps well, and gains weight normally. Generally no special treatment is required. If it is mixed feeding, you need to judge whether the baby is full. If the baby is not full, the intestinal peristalsis will speed up and green stools will appear. In this case, just increase the amount of milk and make sure the baby is full. Catching a cold is also one of the common causes of rapid intestinal peristalsis and green stools.

Green stools caused by this reason may also have symptoms similar to a cold. If you only have green stools, pay attention to keeping your abdomen warm, especially at night, and you will recover in a few days. If you have cold symptoms, you should also receive symptomatic treatment for the cold. A certain amount of iron is added to formula milk. After passing through the digestive tract and coming into contact with air, the iron turns dark green. In addition, if you not only have green stools, but also have frequent bowel movements with a lot of water, and have diarrhea, you should go to the hospital to check your stool in time. Then treat symptomatically.

The color of stool is closely related to the chemical changes of bile. Bile in the upper small intestine contains bilirubin and biliverdin, which give stool its yellow-green color. When the stool is pushed into the colon, biliverdin is reduced and converted into bilirubin, and the stool becomes yellow. The stool of breastfed children is acidic. Under the action of intestinal bacteria, part of the bilirubin is converted into biliverdin, making the stool light green. This is a normal phenomenon. If the baby eats well and is in good general condition, the new mother does not need to worry. This is only a temporary phenomenon and will improve as the baby grows older.

What to do if your baby's poop is green? The above introduction is very clear. The baby's health is easily threatened and harmed, especially for children with poor gastrointestinal function. Once they have improper diet, eat indigestible food or get a cold stomach, it will lead to abnormal stool. We must strengthen protection against this.