The reason why babies poop every few days

In fact, babies have not yet fully adapted to life in this world, so their resistance is particularly poor. Especially in terms of diet, or defecation methods, they need to pay special attention. So let us understand the reasons why babies defecate once every few days.

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.

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.

This is the case for such a young baby. His gastrointestinal system is not yet perfect and he has not yet formed regular bowel movements.

First of all, you 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 medicine. 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.

The above article introduces in detail the reasons why babies defecate once every few days. I believe that everyone has a preliminary understanding, so in daily life, don’t worry too much about some phenomena of your baby.