what is normal baby poop?

Question

Is it normal for twin babies who will be 2 in feb to take off their cloths and dippers and eat their poop and what can I do to prevent this?

Answer 1

Varies with age/food: The first couple days the poop is thick, dark and tarry. On day 3-5 of life poops generally change to yellow and seedy- this happens as your milk comes in. Poops will stay a liquid consistency until you introduce solids foods sometime between 4-6 months. Colors may range from brown to green to yellow. If your baby's poops are ever red, black or white call your pediatrician.

Answer 2

Yellowish, very soft: Babies older than a week should have yellowish poops with the thickness of mustard or thick spaghetti sauce. Breastfeeding babies can have even looser poops. Formula-fed babies have firmer poops, but poop that holds shape would be too firm for the first 3-4 months of life. Poop gets darker, with brown/green colors blended in, and also gets firmer, as a baby gets older.

Answer 3

Pretty much aything.: Normal colors are shades of brown, yellow, and green; black, white or bloody is abnormal (although some foods can make it in those colors). "too hard" and "too watery" are really subjective measures -- we call it diarrhea if there are too many watery stools with discomfort, and constipation if the child seems to suffer from inability to pass. And breast milk makes a classic "yellow seedy" stool.

Answer 4

Varies: The color is anywhere on a spectrum of yellow to orange to green to brown-- all of these colors are normal. The consistency can be anywhere from applesauce to play-doh. It's all good. Don't spend a lot of time worrying about the color and consistency of baby poo.

Answer 5

Soft, loose, yellow: Babies older than a week should have yellowish poops with the thickness of mustard or thick spaghetti sauce. Breastfeeding babies can have even looser poops. Formula-fed babies have firmer poops, but poop that holds shape would be too firm for the first 3-4 months of life. Poop gets darker, with brown/green colors blended in, and also gets firmer, as a baby gets older.

Answer 6

Yes: Can be.Babies digest different formulas in different ways.Ig healthy, growing and not uncomfortable, do not nworry.

Answer 7

BM: A 3 month old baby can have many bm's per day. It is common, in fact, for babies to have a bm everytime they feed.

Answer 8

Poop in 2 wk old: Sometimes this happens for a short time. Are you breast feeding? If poop does not come soon, then call your pediatrician to report this.

Answer 9

Pigment: Bile/digestive pigments constitute to the yellowish, orangish , brownish colors. Early in life the quantities of this pigment can vary. The first stools are black/meconium then once the intestinal tract matures the stool becomes more seedy, yellowish-brown. Good luck.

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