Why does my 2-month-old baby have sour and smelly stools?

A 2-month-old baby relies on pure breast milk for nutritional supplements, so the light or spicy food the mother eats during breastfeeding directly affects the milk. According to scientific surveys, it is normal for a 2-month-old baby to have sour and smelly stools. As a mother, you don’t need to worry, but you should pay attention to your eating habits, such as drinking more water and supplementing more nutrition. So what is the specific reason for a 2-month-old baby’s sour and smelly stools? Will it lead to other diseases?

The stools of breastfed babies are yellow or golden yellow, uniform like ointment, but without odor. They have frequent bowel movements, usually 2 to 4 times a day, and some as many as 7 to 8 times a day. This is called physiological diarrhea. Parents don't need to worry, this is a normal phenomenon, and the diarrhea will disappear automatically when the child grows to a certain age. Babies fed with milk have less bowel movements, 1 to 2 times a day, with a slightly smelly stool.

Even if a newborn baby has not eaten anything, he or she will usually pass dark green meconium 10 to 12 hours after birth. After 3 to 4 days of breastfeeding, the stool becomes yellow-green, which is called transitional stool. After that, the stool gradually turns yellow. If the baby does not excrete meconium within 24 hours after birth, or still has no normal bowel movement after about 4 to 5 days, you should consult a doctor in time.

Some infants and young children have frequent bowel movements but small amounts of stool, and the stool is mostly green and mucous. If there are fewer curds, it means the child eats too much and the amount of milk should be gradually reduced. Some children still have diarrhea after reducing the amount of milk. This may be hunger diarrhea, and the amount of milk should be increased appropriately.

If a child fed with milk has hard and smelly stools, it means that the baby is fed too much milk and too little sugar, and some sugar should be added to the milk. If there is too much sugar, the baby's stool will be foamy, thin and yellow, and have a strong sour taste, and the amount of sugar should be appropriately reduced and the amount of milk should be increased.

If an infant or young child has been excreting grayish white stools since birth and has never had yellow stools, but his urine is yellow, it is likely caused by congenital bile duct obstruction. When infants and young children have intestinal infections, they have frequent bowel movements, loose or watery stools, smelly stools with mucus, and often experience vomiting, anorexia, fever, and even dehydration. The children should be taken to the hospital for examination in time.

The frequency and texture of infants' stools often reflect the state of their digestive function. If parents can pay attention to the texture, color and frequency of their infants' stools and correctly identify normal and abnormal stools, it will help to detect abnormalities in the baby's digestive tract early and provide valuable clues for diagnosing diseases.

When many people start to become parents, they will encounter many difficult problems. When they encounter problems such as a 2-month-old baby's sour and smelly stools, they will inevitably be at a loss. At this time, they should remain calm and pay more attention to whether the baby's normal stool and crying are abnormal. When they find that something is wrong, they should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time. Only scientific and reasonable remedies can ensure the healthy growth of the baby.