What to do if your baby has green poop

Children have relatively poor immune functions, so they are particularly prone to green stools. However, many mothers do not have sufficient knowledge in this area, so they are particularly worried that their children's green stools will cause harm to their bodies. For such a problem, in order for you to understand it as soon as possible, please read the detailed introduction below. I hope it will be helpful to you.

When a baby poops green, there are different reasons and care methods depending on the color. The different colors can reflect the diet and feeding conditions to a certain extent, thus understanding the baby's digestion and health level. Therefore, further observation of the color and type of green stool may also help in understanding why your baby has green stool.

1. Bright green stools: Bright green stools occur when a baby consumes more foremilk than hindmilk through breastfeeding. Therefore, it is recommended to breastfeed on one side for at least 20 minutes before switching to the other side, and try to ensure that the baby gets enough hindmilk at each feeding.

2. Dark green or blackish green stools: The product of iron supplements in the baby's diet, including drinking iron-fortified formula milk. This has no effect on the baby's digestive system, so parents don't need to worry.

3. Green-brown stool: A mixed product of daily food, usually appears when you start eating solid food, especially green vegetable puree. But it is also possible that you have seen poop of this color before your baby started eating complementary foods. For example, babies who drink partially hydrolyzed protein formulas (Abbott's ProNutrient, Nestle SuperNerve, etc.) have more green stools because partially hydrolyzed protein is a mild small molecule protein that is easy to digest.

By understanding the above content, you can see that it is generally normal for babies to have green stools. So for many mothers, don’t worry. By letting your children drink more water and through other conditioning, you can solve your children’s green stools as soon as possible. So in normal times, you should observe your children more and drink more water to solve this problem.