Newborns poop a little bit each time?

After the baby is born, the stomach and intestines are not fully developed, and due to different feeding methods, some babies often poop in small amounts. In fact, if the baby's mental state and eating habits are normal, parents do not need to worry too much. Observe first. If the baby's stool has no odor and is of normal color, generally no special treatment is required. Pay attention to keeping the baby's abdomen warm.

Is it normal for a newborn to poop a little at a time?

Due to the different foods fed, the stool is also different. The stool of a breastfed baby is usually yellow, ointment-like, uniform, and has a sour smell. The feces of artificially fed babies are light yellow or earthy gray, hard paste-like, often mixed with grayish white "milk curds", and have an unpleasant fecal odor. Similarly, the frequency of bowel movements in newborns is also affected by different feeding methods. Breastfed babies have softer stools, ranging from 2 to 4 or 4 to 6 times a day. Babies who are bottle-fed have harder stools, 1 to 2 times a day.

Some babies have a little bit of feces on every diaper they change. This is not a disease, but is caused by the immature development of the newborn's nervous system and imperfect control of the anus. If the amount of children's stool is reduced and there is dark green intestinal mucus in the stool, it is "hunger stool". It occurs in babies who are underfed for a long time. As long as they are fed enough, they will gradually return to normal.

Characteristics of newborn stool

1. Newborns excrete meconium within 24 hours after birth. The meconium is dark green, sticky, and has no odor.

2. In the next 2 to 3 days, brown transitional stool will be discharged. Then it turned into normal bowel movements.

3. Due to different feeding conditions, normal stools are also different. However, under normal circumstances, the smell of the baby's stool is not strong. If there is a foul odor, it may be that the baby's gastrointestinal indigestion.

People who have not taken care of a newborn baby don’t know that when the baby is just born, the digestive ability of the stomach and intestines is not strong. In addition, the baby has been eating liquid food for a long time, so the feces are not in a fixed shape and there is no fixed frequency. Sometimes a fart will cause feces to come out. This is normal and there is no need to worry. However, mothers must change their babies' diapers into clean diapers at any time and anywhere to prevent diaper rash.