How often should a baby's chair?
A liquid stool in a newborn with breastfeeding may be the norm if it does not have foreign impurities. In addition, it must have a certain regularity. So, children after birth and up to two months are supposed to defecate up to 5-8 times a day and the smaller the child, the more often he croaks. Some babies have to change the diaper after each feeding - so they react to a new microflora in their digestive system.
After two months of age, babies cough less often - 2-3 times a day. This indicates normal absorption of the back milk and its good calorie content. But if a child of this age has constipation, then he obviously lacks calories and the tactics of feeding should be changed.
What is a newborn's chair?
Having appeared in the world, the child during 3-4 days is allocated with the original calmetonium. This is a mass of brownish-black viscous consistency, odorless. As soon as the baby's body clears from it, and the digestive tract is filled with digestible milk, the stool will change the appearance and smell.
The normal stool for the baby of the first months of life looks liquid, but not to the extent that the water drains from the diaper. It rather has a mushy appearance and color from yellowish to slightly greenish. At first, it is difficult for Mom to orient herself in this difficult matter, but eventually she will understand what is considered the norm in her child, and when you should already sound the alarm.
Particular concern for mothers is the frequent loose stool of the newborn, but it can be as long as three months. It is important not just a liquid consistency, but the presence of additional impurities and a smell.
In the case when the mother observes a loose stool with white lumps in the newborn, this is also normal and does not indicate any disease. It's just an unformed chair.
If breastfeeding a newborn has a loose stool with mucus, this does not always mean that the body has serious problems. After all, mucus in small amounts from time to time is present in the stool of any child or adult. But when it is found every time on the diaper, it is absolutely necessary to consult a doctor, and sometimes to undergo a complete examination.
Deviations from the norm
If there are too many mucous inclusions in the stool, then there may be an intestinal infection or the baby is not fully absorbed in milk (there is a lack of lactase ). In addition, the appearance of mucus in the stool can be caused by an allergic reaction, by incorrect feeding, when the baby eats only the front milk without getting a back.
The green liquid stool of the newborn, as well as the slimy one, should alert the mother. The simplest explanation may be non-observance of the diet by the wet-nurse, when the child's organism signals a malnutrition. If the stool has acquired a bright green color, it is very frequent, causes irritation to the perineum, as well as a sharp, fetid smell, it is possible that this poisoning and medication is required.
A liquid stool with foam in a newborn is characteristic for the state of lactase deficiency. This is easy to verify by passing the analysis of feces. If the diagnosis is established, the doctor will assign a special formula to the artificial child , and the breastfeeding mother will recommend giving one breast in two feedings so that the child uses as much as possible back milk. The front before feeding will need to be decanted.
If the baby is clearly restless, his tummy is rumbling, then perhaps foamy feces are evidence of the development of a pathogenic microflora, or simply poisoning. Delay in this situation is dangerous, since with a fast stool rapid dehydration of the child's body occurs.