Why does a newborn baby have diarrhea after drinking breast milk?

The digestive system of a newborn is relatively poor. Although many mothers breastfeed their babies, some children still suffer from diarrhea. Therefore, after diarrhea occurs, many parents are particularly worried, fearing that it will induce other diseases. So they want to know why newborns suffer from diarrhea after drinking breast milk? In order for you to have a comprehensive understanding, let's take a look at the following introduction.

For babies who are exclusively breastfed, their stools are 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 smell, and they have two to four bowel movements a day.

It is normal for a newborn to defecate 2-5 times a day, and there is no problem as long as they can eat and sleep.

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.

If you normally only have 1 to 2 bowel movements a day, but this suddenly increases to 5 to 6 times a day, you should consider whether you are ill. If the child has frequent bowel movements but is in generally good condition and has not lost weight, this does not indicate a disease.

If a breastfed baby has diarrhea, do not wean him/her easily. At this time, you can shorten the time of each feeding and let the baby eat the first half of the milk. Because the first half of breast milk contains more protein, it is easy to digest and rich in nutrition, while the second half contains more fat and is difficult to digest. If necessary, the mother can drink a large glass of light salt water half an hour to an hour before breastfeeding to dilute the milk and then breastfeed the child.

The feces of breastfed infants are golden yellow, mostly uniform and paste-like, with occasional small milk curds and a sour taste, 2-3 times a day. Even if you have bowel movements 3-5 times a day, it can be considered normal if the stool does not contain too much water and is mushy.

If the stool is green, small in amount, and contains a lot of mucus, it is hunger-induced diarrhea. Note that each feeding time should be about 15 minutes. The gastric emptying time of breast milk is relatively short, generally 2-3 hours. Babies in the confinement period should be breastfed on demand.

Breastfed babies have looser stools and more frequent bowel movements. However, if the baby's weight increases by at least two kilograms per month, it means that the baby has physiological diarrhea, so there is no need to worry. If your baby has been defecating 4-5 times a day in 24 hours, and the number suddenly increases to more than 5 times, and the stool is watery, has changed in nature, or has a foul smell, then the baby has diarrhea.

If you suspect your baby has diarrhea after drinking breast milk, you can stop breastfeeding and observe for two or three days. If the baby's bowel movements decrease, it can be basically determined that the baby is lactose intolerant.

Why do newborns have diarrhea after drinking breast milk? I believe that many families who breastfeed their children have already understood the above comprehensive understanding and know why newborns have diarrhea after drinking breast milk. So after a comprehensive understanding, in order to improve their children's diarrhea as soon as possible, they must undergo comprehensive treatment to find out the cause of diarrhea and improve their children's diarrhea as soon as possible.