What is the reason for the baby to have green stool after drinking milk powder?

When feeding their babies, parents will add some complementary foods, or give their babies milk powder, in order to better ensure the baby's nutrition and their healthy physical development. However, some parents will find that their babies will have green stools when drinking milk powder. So what exactly causes the baby's stool to be green? Let's take a closer look!

Possible reasons why your baby's stool is green

Generally, the stool of breastfed babies is acidic, slightly green in color, and sometimes mixed with some white particles.

If a formula-fed baby has green loose stools, it means that the intestinal motility is accelerated or there is inflammation in the intestine, which is a symbol of diarrhea. Some parents think that their children’s green stools are caused by some kind of shock, which is wrong.

In addition, for the health of the baby, it is necessary to take in enough iron. If the baby who eats milk powder containing iron cannot fully absorb the iron in the milk powder, the stool will be yellow-green, the white particles in the stool will be larger, and it will be more likely to have a foul odor.

Some babies often excrete a small amount of green vegetable puree in their stool when they first add vegetable puree. Some parents often think it is indigestion and stop adding vegetable puree. In fact, this phenomenon is common when healthy babies change their food.

In fact, any brand of milk powder is more likely to cause internal heat than breast milk. The safest, most effective and most necessary way to solve the problem of internal heat is to drink more water. Boiled water is the best "cold tea" for babies.

Babies who are bottle-fed or have added complementary foods need to be fed water between every two meals, and the amount of water given each time should be about half the amount of milk per meal: 30 ml in the first week after birth; 45 ml in the second week; 50-60 ml after 1 month; 60-75 ml at 3 months; 70-80 ml at 4 months; 80-100 ml at 6 months; 100-120 ml at 8-12 months. The amount of water should be increased appropriately in summer. You should drink water more frequently if you have a cold, fever, vomiting or diarrhea and are dehydrated.

Through the above content and introduction, I hope that parents can pay attention to it. If the baby is breastfed, it is easy for the baby to have green stools. If the baby is not given milk powder, the baby will also have green stools. It may be caused by the baby's unsuitability for this kind of milk powder. Therefore, parents should pay attention to understanding these common sense issues.