How many times a day is normal for a baby to poop?

Every part of the baby's body deserves our attention. Because the baby is too young, he will not tell us if he feels a little uncomfortable. We can only observe him. Therefore, we must be careful in the process of parenting. If there is any mistake, it will have a great impact on the child. The frequency of the child's bowel movement is also a problem that we as parents are more worried about. So how many times a day is normal for the baby to defecate?

1. If the newborn is breastfed, it is usually 6-7 times, and it may be about 10 times. If it is bottle-fed, the newborn will have 2 to 3 times a day, and once every 1 to 3 days is also normal. Generally, the stool of bottle-fed babies is drier than that of breastfed babies.

2. If it is breastfeeding, it is generally one to two times, and sometimes more, but not more than seven or eight times. If it is formula milk, once a day or once every two days is normal.

3. Some babies have frequent bowel movements, 4 to 5 times, or even 7 to 8 times a day, but they are in good spirits, can eat, and continue to gain weight. This is also normal. After adding complementary foods, the frequency of bowel movements will decrease.

4. Artificial feeding and defecation: For infants fed with cow's milk or goat's milk, the stool is light yellow or earthy gray, uniformly hard paste-like, often mixed with milk curds and protein clots. It is drier and thicker than the stool of breastfed infants, with a slight odor, and occurs 1 to 2 times a day.

Mixed-fed baby's stool: When breast milk is insufficient and milk and starchy foods are added, the stool will be yellow or light brown, soft, and have a foul odor, and will occur 1 to 3 times a day.

The frequency of a baby's bowel movement is not fixed. Some may defecate once or twice a day, while many breastfed babies may defecate only once every 3-7 days. Breast milk is a very delicate food, and babies absorb it well. The baby may defecate only once every few days.

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.

Hello, the stool of breastfed children is golden yellow soft stool, uniform consistency, shaped like soft butter, occasionally thin and slightly green, sour but not smelly, and defecate one to four times a day on average. If there are 4 to 5 bowel movements on weekdays, or even 7 to 8 times or more, but the general condition is good and the weight is increased, it cannot be considered pathological.

The stool of breastfed babies is golden yellow, occasionally slightly green and thin; or ointment-like, uniform, sour and without foam. Usually, the number of stools is more frequent during the neonatal period, generally 2-5 times a day, but some babies have 7-8 bowel movements a day. As the child grows older, the number of bowel movements will gradually decrease, and after 2-3 months, the number of bowel movements will decrease to 1-2 times a day. Therefore, if a breastfed baby has thinner stools and more frequent stools, parents do not need to worry as long as the baby is in good spirits, is feeding well, and has normal height and weight growth.

There is a specified value for baby's bowel movement. The number of times each child defecates every day is different, and the number of times babies of different ages defecate is also different. But no matter what the reason is, as long as the baby's bowel movement does not exceed this normal value, then it is normal. If the baby's bowel movement exceeds this normal index, then it should be taken seriously. We should not only observe the number of times the child defecates, but also the color of the child's stool, the degree of dilution of the stool, etc.