What causes acidic stool in babies?

If a baby has acidic stools, parents will definitely be worried, fearing that acidic stools are an abnormal phenomenon. So what is the reason for acidic stools in babies? Next, this article will introduce you to the relevant content about what causes acidic stools in babies, for your reference only. Friends who want to know more about this can continue reading! Please see the detailed introduction below.

What causes acidic stools in babies? Healthy baby poop is yellow in color. For breastfed babies, the stool is usually yellow-green and soft and mushy. The poop of babies in the breastfeeding period usually has a sour taste. This is because the things that babies eat are almost sterile, and beneficial bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria that are beneficial to digestion "live" in the intestines, so the baby's poop has a slightly sour taste. This is normal if the baby is exclusively breastfed without any complementary foods. But if complementary foods have been added, there may be some indigestion, with symptoms such as loose stools, yellow or green, sometimes small particles can be seen (fat globules), and a sour and smelly taste. If it is the former situation, then there is no need to worry. If it is caused by indigestion, then what should mothers do?

1. Observe the baby's condition. Is it because of illness that the baby has indigestion, or is it because of what food he ate? This must be analyzed.

2. If indigestion is caused by illness that slows down the digestive system, the root cause needs to be found and the baby's illness needs to be treated and cured before internal digestion can be slowly restored.

3. If the baby is overeating due to eating something difficult to digest, or eating too much food, you need to let the baby not eat so much food, try to eat some porridge and other easily digestible foods, and also do not eat too much greasy food, such as cake, cream, etc.

4. Let your baby rest more, increase physical growth, and let your baby recover with adequate sleep.

5. Take some corresponding water-dissolving powders to help your baby digest food faster. This has a certain regulating effect on the stomach and intestines.

What food is better for babies with indigestion?

1. Scorched rice soup: First grind rice flour or milk cake into powder and fry until browned, add sugar, add appropriate amount of water and boil until it becomes a thin paste. Rice flour becomes a paste when heated with water and is easy to digest. In addition, the surface of the rice becomes partially carbonized when it is fried, which has an adsorbent and antidiarrheal effect.

2. Applesauce: Cut a fresh apple in half and scrape it gently with a metal spoon. Apple fiber is fine, has little irritation to the intestines, is alkaline, contains pectin and tannic acid, and has adsorption and astringent effects.

3. Carrot juice: Wash and chop the carrots, cook them until soft, wrap them in gauze and squeeze them to remove the fibers. Add water and sugar to the squeezed mud to make carrot juice. Carrot juice is an alkaline food that contains pectin, which can promote stool formation and absorb bacteria and toxins.

The above is an introduction to what causes acidic stools in babies. I believe that after reading the above introduction, you already know why babies have acidic stools. From the above introduction, we can know that if the baby is exclusively breastfed, acidic stool is normal; if the baby has added complementary foods, acidic stool is abnormal, which is generally caused by indigestion. The treatment methods for indigestion have been introduced in detail above. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.