Reasons for loose yellow stools in newborns

The care for newborns must be meticulous. If the newborn has some abnormal conditions, the parents should take the child to the hospital for treatment. Parents and friends must not take it lightly, so as not to delay the child's illness. Many friends may not know the reason why newborns have loose yellow stools, so I will analyze it in detail below so that parents can be more comfortable in taking care of newborn babies.

Infants begin to excrete meconium within ten hours after birth. The meconium is black-green or dark green, sticky, odorless, and a bit like asphalt used for paving roads. Meconium is composed of bile, intestinal secretions, desquamated epithelial cells, amniotic fluid and fetal hair swallowed by the baby in the womb. It usually takes two to three days to complete, about 3 to 5 times a day. If no meconium is seen within 24 hours after birth, one should suspect congenital malformation of the digestive tract causing fecal obstruction, which requires prompt diagnosis and treatment.

Three to four days after birth, meconium gradually transitions to regular baby stool. For infants under four months old whose main food is milk, their normal stool is mostly paste-like with uniform consistency, quite similar to the paste made of fine sand and water, and may contain a small amount of granular matter as big as pepper seeds. The stools of breastfed babies are mostly golden yellow, occasionally thin like water or thick soup, slightly green, sour and odorless, and they defecate two to four times a day. The baby may defecate more frequently when he is newborn, four to five times a day, or even after every feeding. This is because breast milk is easy to digest, easy to excrete, and because of the reflex peristalsis of the intestines after food is input. In addition, within one to two months after birth, the child seems to be exerting a lot of effort every time he or she defecates. All the muscles in the body contract and the little face turns red. This is because the child's nervous system is not yet fully developed and the nerve impulses cannot differentiate. An urge to defecate causes muscle contraction throughout the body, which will gradually become localized as the child grows.

If the child has 4-5 bowel movements or more per day, or conversely only once every two to three days, but the stool is normal, the child is gaining weight and is in good spirits, then filtering is not necessary.

The color of stool may be related to food. Orange juice makes stool green, tomato juice makes stool red, etc. If the frequency or consistency of stool changes, the diet of the baby and the mother should be adjusted promptly. If the child's weight gain slows down, his mental state is poor, and he is irritable and crying, he should see a doctor as soon as possible. The following common sense about baby defecation can be used as a reference.

After reading this, I believe every friend understands that there are many reasons why newborns have loose yellow stools. Therefore, it is recommended that parents and friends take their children or their stool to the hospital for a check-up and prescribe the right medicine. Do not try random medical treatments for the same disease. Moreover, you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible so that the baby's physical condition can return to normal as soon as possible.