Why is the stool thick in newborns?

New parents always lack certain experience in taking care of children. In fact, the baby's feeding situation can be judged from the nature of the stool. The color of the stool also represents different conditions of the baby's body. It doesn't matter if you have no experience. The editor below summarizes some knowledge and explains why the stool of newborns is sticky?

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 above is an explanation of the reasons why newborns have sticky stools. Because newborns eat different foods, the reasons for their sticky stools are also different. When your child also has such symptoms, you can analyze whether the above factors appear. I hope the above information can help you.