Green stool with milk curds in baby's stool

When the baby defecates, parents can actually judge the child's health condition by observing the color and state of the stool. There are actually several reasons why babies have green stools, such as not eating enough and consuming too much iron, which can lead to this situation, so parents must pay more attention.

Children suffer from indigestion because they are in the period of growth and development and need more food, but the baby's digestive ability is limited, which results in a situation where the digestive ability is disproportionate to the amount of food needed. Formula-fed babies have harder stools that are sometimes yellow or green in color. Sometimes babies will spit up milk if they eat too much. After they finish drinking milk and burp, you can hold the baby at an angle for a while before putting him down to the bed. This can reduce spitting up. When making milk powder, you should pay attention to the water temperature. Milk powder contains a lot of protein, which means that its concentration will affect the baby's indigestion and cause milk curds in the stool.

The appearance of green stools in babies is related to their individual constitution, age, intestinal acidity, intestinal bacterial growth status, and dairy product ingredients (such as iron). As long as the baby's spirit and activities are normal, there is no need to worry.

The stools of a normally breastfed baby may occasionally be light green. If your baby's stool is dark green, it is a sign of indigestion. The cause of indigestion may be that the mother has eaten irritating or too cold food. In addition, the mother's emotional tension and anxiety can also affect the child's bowel movements.

When the stool is acidic, the bile contained in it oxidizes into green when exposed to air. Bilirubin in bile is a yellow pigment that makes feces yellow. After oxidation, bilirubin turns into biliverdin, which makes feces green. When the excreted feces encounter oxygen in the air in the diaper, the bilirubin is oxidized into biliverdin, making the surface of the feces green. In addition, due to the action of Lactobacillus bifidum, the intestines have become acidic, and the stool has been oxidized in the intestines, turning green and being excreted from the body. Therefore, green stool is not abnormal, it is a normal phenomenon and there is no need to worry about it.

If your baby has green stools, it may be due to indigestion, but it may also be just a normal phenomenon and there is no need to be overly nervous. As long as the child does not cry, it is okay even if he has green stools.