What's going on when my baby has blue loose stools?

When a mother finds that her baby's stool is abnormal, she always thinks that the baby has diarrhea, so she will just find some medicine for the baby to take. Little do people know that there are many reasons for abnormal bowel movements in babies, not just diarrhea. Sometimes it may be related to illness, so the correct way to deal with it is to see a doctor in time. So, what is the reason why babies have blue loose stools?

1. Generally, the stool of breastfed babies is acidic. Normal stool is slightly green, sometimes mixed with some white particles.

2. If a baby fed with milk powder excretes a slightly dark green color, it is because he is not full. Because the mother cannot control the baby's milk intake well, insufficient feeding occurs, the baby's gastrointestinal motility is faster, and the bile and food residues in the gastrointestinal tract mix and turn into a slightly dark green color. The baby's stool is green, which is called hunger stool.

3. If the iron in the formula milk your baby eats is not fully absorbed, it will also make his stool green. This is because a certain amount of iron is added to general formula milk. After passing through the digestive tract and coming into contact with air, the iron turns dark green.

4. The baby has dark green stools and the stool characteristics are not good. This is mostly a symptom of indigestion. The cause of indigestion may be that the mother has eaten irritating food or food that is too cold. In addition, the mother's emotional tension and anxiety will also affect the child's bowel movements.

5. The milk the child drinks is a bit cold, the child's abdomen is cold, or the intestines are inflamed, causing the stool to turn green. It is a symbol of diarrhea. Some parents think that their children’s green stools are caused by some kind of shock, which is wrong. Mother Li uses a breast pump to pump out breast milk for her child, puts it in the refrigerator, and then reheats it for the baby. It is possible that the breast milk is not sufficiently heated during this process, which increases the baby's chance of having green stools.