Two-year-old baby's poop smells really bad

Feces are excess waste in the human body, so when people defecate, they are usually accompanied by a foul odor. However, everyone's digestion is different, so the smell of the feces is also different. Many parents have to take care of their baby's defecation, so they are usually by their baby's side when the baby is defecating. But some parents of two-year-old babies find that their babies' poop is particularly smelly. What's going on?

Factors that can affect the intensity of stool odor

1. Food Types

The bad smell mainly comes from the decomposition of protein food residues, while there is almost no fiber food and very little starch food; so the more protein food such as meat, eggs and milk you eat, the more obvious the smell will be.

If your baby's stool is very smelly, consider whether the proportion of protein food intake is too large, and increase the intake of fiber food (vegetables and fruits) and starch food (rice, flour and potatoes);

2. How long does food residue stay in the intestine?

In terms of food digestion time, protein foods take the longest time to digest, while fiber and starch take a short time to digest. Foods that take a long time to digest naturally stay in the intestines for a longer time, making bacteria act on food residues for a longer time, and correspondingly producing more indole, skatole, etc.

In addition to the type of food, the peristaltic ability of the intestine and the balance of intestinal flora will also affect the time that food residues stay in the intestine!

In addition, the source of the odor is mainly protein food residue, so people who like to eat meat usually have particularly smelly stools!

Generally speaking, it takes 18 to 20 hours for food to be eaten and turned into feces and excreted. This time means that the feces has stayed in the large intestine for 8 to 10 hours. The accumulation of feces in the intestine is like food that has been left in a high temperature environment for a long time and will deteriorate and smell bad. The feces that are only excreted once every few days must be smelly.

Similarly, to improve the condition, you need to eat more fiber and starchy foods, and you can also do abdominal massage to promote intestinal peristalsis!

3. Intestinal flora

In a healthy intestine, beneficial bacteria are absolutely dominant. The number of probiotics in the large intestine is 1,000 to 10,000 times that of harmful bacteria. When certain reasons (such as the use of antibiotics or insufficient fiber intake) cause the number of probiotics to decrease, the flora is destroyed, and harmful bacteria multiply, abnormal intestinal fermentation will occur, more odor will be produced, and the stool will become smellier.

So while adjusting your diet, supplement with probiotics + prebiotics products to improve your intestinal flora so your stool won’t be so smelly!

In fact, even normal bowel movements once a day will have a bit of odor, but if it is a very unpleasant odor, it is definitely abnormal. The reason why it is so smelly is basically the above reasons. If your baby's bowel movement is abnormal, you should adjust it immediately.