How many times is it normal for a three-month-old baby to poop?

The number of times a three-month-old baby defecates can also reflect their physical health status. We have to do this every day, but sometimes they only defecate once every few days. So how many times is normal for a three-month-old baby to defecate? Many parents are always worried that their children are not particularly healthy. In order to resolve more such doubts, we will introduce below how many times it is normal for a three-month-old baby to defecate.

The stools of breastfed and bottle-fed babies are different. If the baby is breastfed, after one or two weeks, the baby will eat more fat-rich hind milk.

The stool will turn yellow and come in small pieces, a bit like mustard sauce. Breast milk has a natural laxative effect. Babies who are breastfed will have more frequent, softer, yellower bowel movements, and will not have the unpleasant milk smell. Bottle-fed babies have fewer, harder, darker, greenish, and foul-smelling stools. The stool of a newborn baby is usually earthy yellow. If green stool appears occasionally, there is no need to worry as long as the baby looks fine. How many times a newborn baby has bowel movements per day varies from person to person. As mentioned earlier, breastfed babies generally have more bowel movements than formula-fed babies. Some babies have loose stools after or even during a breastfeeding. So within a few minutes of feeding, the mother may hear the gurgling sound of the baby's soft stool. Babies may occasionally pass loose, watery stools, called explosive stools. This is normal and should not be confused with diarrhea. Newborns who are getting enough breast milk usually have 2-5 bowel movements a day, but once or twice a day is normal. Occasionally, there may be a period of two or three days without a bowel movement, which is not a big problem, but this usually happens after the baby is one or two months old. If a baby under two months old is breastfed but rarely has a bowel movement, it usually means that the baby is not getting enough breast milk. Reference: The Sears Family's "The Complete Book of Childcare"

For breastfed babies who are not given complementary foods, the stool is yellow or golden yellow, with a uniform consistency like ointment, or with various particles. Occasionally, it is thin and slightly green, acidic, and has a sour but not smelly smell. The baby has 2-4 bowel movements a day. If the baby usually has only 1-2 bowel movements a day, and the number of bowel movements suddenly increases to 5-6 times, you should consider whether he is sick. If the baby has more bowel movements at ordinary times, but the general condition of the child is good, and the weight does not decrease but increases as usual, it cannot be considered that the baby is sick. The number of bowel movements of infants can be reduced after adding complementary foods. The number of bowel movements for children over 1 year old is reduced to once a day. Artificial feeding stool: For babies fed with cow's milk, the stool is light yellow or earthy gray, hard, and has a neutral or alkaline reaction. Due to the high protein content in milk, there is an obvious odor after the decomposition of the protein. The baby has 1-2 bowel movements a day. If the amount of sugar in the milk is increased, the number of bowel movements will increase and the stool will be soft.

The above is an explanation of how many times a three-month-old baby defecates. The number of times a baby defecates is relatively high in a day, so parents don’t need to worry too much. As the baby grows older, the number of bowel movements will gradually decrease. As long as the baby has a relatively good physical health, the baby’s bowel movements are normal, and the baby’s body will not have any abnormal conditions.