What is water in the newborn's stool?

Newborns begin to excrete meconium within 12 hours after birth. The meconium is dark green and thick, and is excreted in about 2 to 3 days. 3 to 4 days after feeding, the stool turns brown. If your newborn's stool is watery, you need to understand what's going on. Why is there water in the stool of a newborn baby? I think this must be a question in many people’s minds, so I have specially summarized the following content. Let’s take a look together.

For breastfed babies, the stool is 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 taste, and they have two to four bowel movements a day. 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.

Abnormal bowel movements and possible causes

1 Green stool with a small amount of mucus and increased stool frequency often indicates hyperperistalsis, which is seen when hungry

2. The stool is foamy and contains grayish-white soap-like substances, indicating fat indigestion.

3. Stool smells sour and has a lot of foam, indicating poor digestion of sugars

4. Stools that smell bad and are not formed indicate increased protein decay

5. Green or yellow stool, egg drop soup-like, often indicates improper diet or extraintestinal infection

6. Watery stools with frequent bowel movements, often due to viral enteritis

After reading the above content, mothers should not worry too much. Check whether there are other symptoms besides watery stools of newborns. If the newborn is uncomfortable and crying non-stop, if the situation is serious, go to the hospital for a detailed examination in time and cooperate with the doctor's treatment.