Pay attention to sticky baby stools

Many times parents will find that their baby's stool is sticky, which means that there is something wrong with the food the child eats. Because babies are relatively small and have no way of showing their physical condition, parents can only analyze whether their children are sick by looking at their feces. So what kind of stool represents what kind of disease? Below I will give you a detailed introduction, and I hope everyone can gain something from the following content.

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.

Through the above article, parents should understand why babies’ stools are sticky. Because babies are relatively small, the child's physical condition is mainly discovered through the child's body temperature, stool, urine, etc. Parents should always pay attention to changes in their children. When their children show any abnormalities, they must be vigilant and never ignore it.