What is the stool of an eight-month-old baby?

We all know that the baby's gastrointestinal condition and whether the food can be better absorbed can be judged through the baby's stool. Especially after the baby is 6 months old, some complementary foods will be gradually added. During this period, the baby's stool may change. In addition, many babies are fed with milk powder, and there are some differences in the stool of babies fed with breast milk. Many parents do not know what is normal for the baby's stool, so they cannot make a better judgment. Let's take a look at what the stool of an eight-month-old baby is like.

What is the stool of an eight-month-old baby?

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.

Regardless of whether the baby is breastfed or formula-fed, if starchy foods are added at the same time, the amount of stool will increase, the hardness will decrease slightly, it will become dark brown, and the odor will increase. If you add more vegetables, fruits and other complementary foods, your stool will be similar to that of adults.

Some babies often defecate only once every 2 to 3 days or 4 to 5 days, but the stool is not dry and is still soft or mushy. They have to hold their breath when defecating, and their face turns red as if defecation is difficult. This is actually not constipation.

If your baby doesn't poop for a few days, it may be that he or she is not full, so you must first ensure that your baby is full every day.

You also need to see whether he excretes soft or hard stool.

When my baby was about 50 days old, he also started to defecate once every few days. The longest time was four days. However, the stool he defecate was still soft and mushy, so I knew he was not constipated. Constipation refers to the passage of hard, stringy or granular stools. You don't need to worry. This is the case for such a young baby. She has not yet developed the habit of defecating regularly every day, which means she doesn't know how to defecate at all. In this case, you should not use enema. The more you use it, the more dependent she will become, and her defecation reflex will become more numb, and the more you use it, the less she will know that she is defecating.

You need to massage your baby's belly every day. Use your three middle fingers to massage around the baby's belly button in a clockwise direction for 5 minutes each time, once in the morning and once in the evening. This can help speed up the baby's intestinal peristalsis and produce a bowel reflex.

In addition, children should be trained to have good bowel habits from the age of two months old, so that they can defecate on time, preferably in the early morning or before going to bed at night. Defecation in the morning is best, and defecation at night can help children sleep well at night. Having a bowel movement before meals can help children eat well, but not having a bowel movement after meals. The mother should first observe the child's bowel movements, and then consciously and regularly arrange bowel movements according to the child's situation. When defecating, the mother should make "mmm mmm" sounds with him.

The above is an introduction to the eight-month-old baby's stool. After understanding it, we know that the baby's stool conditions are different when they are fed in different ways. Therefore, when mothers judge whether the baby's gastrointestinal tract is normal through the baby's stool, they must combine the baby's feeding method. In addition, in daily life, you must let the baby drink more water, and you can feed the baby some fruits appropriately. If the baby has abnormal stool, do not blindly take medicine, and consult a doctor in time.