What causes granular stools in babies?

The health of the baby is of great importance to parents, and the stool condition can also reflect the child's health problems. However, in actual situations, many babies have granular stools, which makes their families very worried and they want to know the cause. So, what is the reason why baby's stool is granular? Let's take a closer look below.

This situation is usually caused by poor digestion. In fact, for breastfed babies, normal stool is yellow or golden in appearance, with a uniform paste-like consistency, a general sweet and sour smell but not smelly, no obvious mucus, and occasionally granular curds or slightly green, 3-5 times a day.

Some babies may defecate 6-7 times a day, but the amount is not much each time, the nature is good, their weight is increasing as usual, and their nutritional status is very good. This is not pathological and does not require any treatment.

If your baby has bowel movements 1-2 times a day and suddenly becomes 5-6 times or more, and the stools contain a lot of water or undigested food residues, you should go to the hospital for treatment and the mother should also work hard to improve the quality of breast milk. But don't worry too much. Some babies will get better after adding complementary foods, while some may need to switch to formula feeding.

The above is an introduction to the causes of granular stools in infants. I hope it will be helpful to parents. There are many reasons why babies have granular stools. In daily life, if you find that your child has such symptoms, you should find the cause in time and then take targeted measures to treat it to avoid more serious consequences.