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A member asked:

If my baby is drinking newborn enfamil his poop is greenish and hardish, gets constipated, should i change him to genteless?

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Dr. Boris Ripa answered

No reason: Babys on formulas usually have astools ones in few days.

Answered 2/19/2014

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