How many times a day does a newborn baby poop?

Many people are parents for the first time, so they are not very clear about their children's physical conditions during the process of taking care of their children. However, since children's bodies are very fragile, parents need to pay great attention to their babies' health. Therefore, even the frequency of the baby's bowel movements is worthy of parents' attention. Next, I will introduce to parents the normal number of bowel movements for newborns every day.

Newborn baby bowel movement frequency

How many times does a newborn baby normally defecate? It depends on the time and feeding situation:

1. Frequency of meconium: Newborn babies have irregular bowel movements every day. At first, the baby will expel the meconium that has accumulated for 9 months, but it must be cleared out through frequent bowel movements, so the number of bowel movements will increase. It usually takes 2-3 days, 3-5 times a day, for the dark green color to disappear. If the baby has no meconium within 24 hours after birth, parents should pay attention and suspect that congenital malformation of the digestive tract has caused fecal obstruction. The baby needs to go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.

2. Number of bowel movements during breastfeeding: For breastfed babies, the frequency of bowel movements is very flexible. Usually, the frequency is higher in the neonatal period, 2-5 times a day, or even after each feeding. This is because breast milk is easy to digest, easy to excrete, and because of the reflex peristalsis of the intestines after food is input. Therefore, if a breastfed baby has loose stools or has more frequent bowel movements, it is normal as long as he is in good spirits and feeding, is gaining weight normally, and does not have difficulty defecating, abdominal pain, or bloating, and parents do not need to worry.

Breastfed newborns may even defecate 7-8 times a day. Parents do not need to worry. This is called physiological diarrhea, which is a normal phenomenon. When the baby grows to a certain age, this diarrhea will disappear automatically. In addition, if the baby's stool is dark green and mucous, it means that there is insufficient breast milk and the baby is in a semi-starved state, and the amount of breast milk needs to be increased. If the mother's breast milk is indeed insufficient, the baby can be given fresh milk, milk powder, etc.

3. Number of artificially fed poops: Artificially fed newborn babies will have less poop, which is usually drier, rougher, and slightly harder like paste. But as long as it is not difficult to defecate and does not look like sheep feces, it is fine. If there is no problem with digestion, it will usually be earthy yellow or golden yellow with a slightly sour smell, about 1-2 times a day.