What is the reason why babies fart and poop?

Newborn babies cannot defecate independently because their bodies are not fully developed yet. Therefore, parents need to observe their babies in time. If they defecate, they need to change their diapers immediately. If they defecate, they need to clean up the stool in time. However, many parents said that sometimes the baby seems to be farting, but there is also poop, which is obviously abnormal. So, what is the reason why babies fart and poop?

Baby farts

Paying attention to your baby's farts is important for properly regulating his/her diet. Many parents have found that their babies always fart smelly and sour... Why? This is actually a manifestation of indigestion. There is a lot of protein in the food, which will produce smelly gas after being decomposed by intestinal flora. The baby's intake of fat and high protein should be reduced.

Baby farts

In addition to stinky farts, babies also often fart empty air! That is, they fart intermittently and continuously. The sound of the fart can be loud or soft, but it is not smelly. As people often say, loud farts don't smell bad, and stinky farts don't sound loud. This is mostly caused by intestinal peristalsis due to hunger after the baby's gastrointestinal tract is emptied. If you observe carefully, you can hear gurgling bowel sounds in the baby's stomach. At this time, you should quickly feed milk or complementary food.

However, it is also possible that the lactose in breast milk or formula milk produces gas under the action of intestinal bacteria. At the same time, the baby will swallow air when feeding or crying, which becomes part of the fart.

Farting with poop

Some babies also have feces mixed in with their farts. Farting with poop is more common in babies who are exclusively breastfed. The poop of breastfed babies is relatively thin, and the baby's sphincter control ability is not yet fully developed, so farting with poop will occur. If the baby's diet and mental state are good and he does not have diarrhea, it is normal for him to fart with feces. If the baby has diarrhea, you should consider whether the baby has indigestion or an intestinal bacterial infection.