A guide to recognizing and understanding the color of a baby's stool

Did you know that the color of a baby's stool can be an indication of his health, especially during the first year of his life? It is important for us to understand that the characteristics of adult feces and stool are different, especially those relating to color and texture. The following is a guide to understanding a baby's health status based on the color of its droppings.

1. black

The color of the baby's stool is normal during the first days after birth. But it's not normal to find it when a baby is under five years old. Stools for newborns are black with thick consistency called meconium. It consists of mucus, skin tissue and amniotic fluid. The color of a black baby's stool should not last more than a few days after birth.

2. brownish yellow

The color of the baby's stool is normal and will usually appear after meconium elimination. This color is more often found in breastfed babies.

3. Bright yellow

Bright yellow stools are normal in babies who are breastfeeding (and sometimes in babies who consume formula milk). However, the color of a baby's stool is bright yellow and urinating more frequently than usual can be a sign of diarrhea. Diarrhea can cause dehydration risk.

4. orange

The color of the baby's stool is normal and may be caused by pigment in the digestive tract.

5. red

Sometimes the color of a baby's stool may change due to consumption of staple foods or red drinks, such as tomato juice or beets. However, a baby's red stool can also indicate bleeding due to infection in the digestive system. Contact your doctor if you feel you have not yet fed the baby with red food.

6. greenish brown

The color combination of baby stool between brown and green is normal for babies who consume formula milk. The stool texture of babies who drink formula milk will also be denser than breastfed babies.

7. dark green

The color of baby's stool is normal, especially in babies who have just introduced MPASI and are eating green food. For example, spinach or peas. Iron supplements can also give a deep green color to baby's stool.

8. white

The color of a white baby's stool can indicate a lack of bile production in the liver. Therefore, the food is not digested properly. This is a serious illness and should be consulted with a doctor immediately.

9. gray

As with white baby feces, call your doctor immediately. Indeed, there may be digestive problems in infants with gray stool accompanied by lime consistency.

Understand the texture of baby stool

In addition to the color of baby stool, it is important for you to understand the texture of baby stool as follows.
 
1. The consistency of newborn feces

Newborn stools have a thick, thick consistency like tar. This condition is normal because the color and texture will change in a few days. If the problem persists, call a doctor because this indicates that your baby is not drinking milk.
 
2. The consistency of baby's stool drinking breast milk

Breastfed babies will have thinner stools and may contain seeds. This does not mean that the baby has diarrhea.

3. Consistency of formula milk for baby's feces

Infants who drink formula milk tend to have more solid stool with brown, yellow or green patches. Babies can become constipated if they have less stool, are often challenged during bowel movements, and the baby's stool looks hard.

4. Dirt after the MPASI period

When babies start eating solid food, their stools may be difficult and difficult to transmit or constipation. Small impurities, such as gravel and a dark brown color, are a feature of constipation.

5. Diarrhea

Diarrhea in infants is characterized by watery and watery feces that last more than once after a meal. Many causes of diarrhea in breastfed babies are due to poor digestion, compared to babies with MPASI.

6. Mucus and foam in the stool

Moss baby poop can occur when the baby is salivating due to teething and often swallows saliva during teething. If you see a thick or foamy texture, while the baby is not teething, the cause can be an infection that requires medical treatment.
 
7. Blood in the stool

The blood in a baby's stool may be caused by blisters due to constipation or a sign of infection. Contact a doctor if this condition occurs.

8. Rest the pieces of food in the feces

During MPASI, you can find leftovers on a baby bench. This is because food is not digested properly and passes through the baby's digestive system.

The color and texture of a baby's stool often fluctuates with diet and age. If you are worried about an abnormal baby's stool, immediately check this problem. Especially if the baby has diarrhea, constipation is characterized by symptoms of vomiting or dehydration.

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