How many times a day is normal for a newborn baby to have bowel movements

Since the physique of adults and newborns is different, babies need a variety of nutrients during their development. When these nutrients cannot meet their body needs, their metabolism will have certain problems. In order to allow parents to better understand the metabolism of newborns, let’s explain how many times a day it is normal for newborns to defecate.

The stools of breastfed babies are golden yellow, occasionally slightly green and relatively thin; or they are ointment-like, uniform, sour and without foam. Normally, the neonatal period has more bowel movements, usually 2-5 times a day, but some babies may have 7-8 bowel movements a day. As the child grows older, the frequency of bowel movements will gradually decrease, and after 2-3 months the frequency of bowel movements will be reduced to 1-2 times a day. Therefore, if a breastfed baby has loose stools or has more frequent stools, parents do not need to worry as long as the baby is energetic, feeding well, and growing in height and weight normally.

If the baby is fed formula, the stool is usually light yellow or khaki, dry, rough, like a hard paste, and often has an unpleasant fecal odor. If there is more sugar in the milk, the stool may become soft and have a slightly rotten odor, and the amount of stool will be larger each time. Sometimes there is grayish white "milk curds" mixed in the stool.

Don't compare your child with other children, because each child has his or her own growth trajectory, and different children have different daily bowel movement times. But be careful. If you normally only have 1 to 2 bowel movements a day, and this suddenly increases to 5 to 6 times a day, you should consider whether you are sick.

The above is an explanation of how many times a day a newborn baby defecates normally. During breastfeeding and formula feeding, the number of bowel movements of newborns is different, but the number of bowel movements of newborns can indicate whether they are healthy. Too many or too few bowel movements are unhealthy, so parents can also judge whether the newborn baby is sick by the number of bowel movements.