Table of monitoring the status of breastfed newborn babies through each month of age

Babies cannot speak out loudly when they are sick. However, if the mother is hard to observe and "taste" the baby's health by based on the color and shape of the newborn's feces, the mother will promptly know the baby's health situation.

Characteristics of newborn feces in the 0-4 month period

 

Color chart for newborn babies in the period 0-18 months of age

During these first 4 months, the amount of water contained in the child's feces is often high. Therefore, the mother will find that the baby's feces at this stage are often loose, not sticky or loose. According to folklore, this is the kind of cauliflower fertilizer.

Color of the baby's feces at this stage

In the first days of life, the droppings are black, pliable and sticky, which is called meconium. This stool is made up of mucus, amniotic fluid and everything that your baby has digested while in the womb.

After 3-4 weeks, the stools will change color in the order of yellow, light tea pulp color and sometimes light green color.

Feces shape characteristics of newborn babies 0-4 months old

From the time the baby is born to 2 months old, a baby's feces often contain a lot of water. By 3 months of age, the stools turn into a sticky, sticky texture. With breastfed babies, most of the nutrients will be absorbed through the intestinal wall and completely absorbed by the baby's body. So it's not uncommon for your baby to go outside every 2-3 days or even a baby once a week.

The smell of newborn baby feces 0-4 months old

During the first week, your baby's stools will have almost no odor. Over the weeks, the new smell will gradually increase, but it will not smell too heavy like the feces of a baby fed formula.

How many times a day does the baby go at this time?

After the first 7 days of birth, the baby can walk quite a lot (5-6 times) and gradually decrease because the stomach has stored more food. As the bowel movement develops, the baby will walk less. There may be only 3 times / day, 1 time or even days / times.

Characteristics of newborn baby feces in the 5-8 month period

Your child's stool color these months

Most babies will start weaning at this age. Your baby will absorb food in addition to breast milk. From yellow =, the sub-stool will turn the color of the dark tea. Sometimes there is a mixture of bright green, pure green or the color of the food the child eats (eg pureed carrot color, green vegetable, ...)

The shape of baby's stool at 5-8 months

From a liquid and mucus form, the child's stool is now slowly hardening, having a certain shape but still soft because it contains a certain amount of water.

The smell of the child's stool

Do not be surprised if each time you let your child go out in these months it will feel quite strong. This is because the weaning food makes baby's feces now smell like an adult's.

Number of times the baby goes out in this stage

Since this is the time when your baby starts to eat solids, how much or how little he walks depends on whether the food he has absorbed is easy to digest or not. However, most babies will only go once a day or every few days. The most important thing is that your baby eats in and that amount of food should be absorbed and gone out of the body once a day is fine.

 

Newborn baby feces will be the color of the weaning foods

Newborn baby's feces from September to November

The color of young feces in this age group is close to that of adults, mainly yellow, dark yellow or dark brown. This is also the time when your baby will eat more solid foods (compared to the amount of milk). So it's not uncommon for your baby's feces color to be the primary color of food.

The shape of the baby's stool

You will easily see that the droppings have a distinct shape now. Certain foods, if your body doesn't fully digest them, you will go whole. With babies eating the BLW method, sometimes mothers will find mixed pieces of food intact. This is normal, you should not worry about it.

The smell of the baby's feces at this stage

Because babies no longer only eat milk, but instead the amount of weaning foods accounts for a large part. Under the impact of digestive enzymes secreted to suit the amount of food should make baby feces smell really "heavy" as adults.

Number of children's walks

Was actually reduced to once a day or every few days. If your baby eats a variety, richness, lots of vegetables and fiber, it will be easier for him to go out. Sometimes because of trying new foods, it can make it harder for your baby to walk or walk more (2-3 times a day).

 

Your baby's feces will become smelly as they reach weaning age

Baby feces from 12-18 months

Color of the child's stool

Now the baby's stools are really adult-like, smelly and really oblong, hard in shape. Your baby's healthy stool color is yellow, dark yellow or tea color.

Fecal shape of the child at this age

At this time, the intestinal tract is longer and able to function as an adult. Therefore, the baby's body contains a lot of waste. Hence, the child's stool is also firmer and tougher.

The smell of feces

Really "smelly" like that of a parent.

Number of children's walks

Baby can go 1 day / time or 2-3 days / time. It is important that the mother needs to observe that the baby has easy bowel movements, does not force redness in the face, the stools are oblong but not hard, as small as goat feces means the baby is completely normal.

How is the color of a newborn's stool unusual?

Very simple. Every time you change your baby's diaper, don't forget to observe the color and shape of the baby's stool. If your baby's stool is red, black or white, you need to wrap the diaper and get your baby checked as soon as possible. Because:

- Separate the red: Signs intestinal bleeding or are at risk of twisted intestine warning.

- Seeing black stools : Chances are your baby's stomach or small intestine is having problems.

- Separate white: Characteristics of diarrhea. This symptom is often accompanied by vomiting.

 

The article uses information from the Breastmilk Association (Breastfeeding babies) and according to The Asianparent 

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