Chair in infants - an indicator of the baby's health. Depending on the food, it is a different color and texture. But moms worry if everything is OK with the baby. What does the color of feces baby?
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chair of the newborn
Chair baby in the first days of life is very different from an adult. He sticky consistency of motor oil and often - black. A few days later he was released and feces will start to acquire a different color.What color is normal stool at GW?
Brown, yellow, orange, mustard, green (without mucus) - this is the normal color of feces in the baby breastfeeding. Every day can be a different shade, depending on what my mother ate.
baby chair on the mixture
Yellow and brown - the norm for the baby "bottle-baby". His stool will be virtually no change in color and shades.
Food particles in stool
Children's digestive system in the first months of being formed, so sometimes you can find pieces of undigested food, more like grains of rice.
Types of children's poop by color
Color feces grudnichka / istockphoto.com
When the child should be required to show the doctor?
Loose stools. For babies diarrhea - it is very dangerous, because they have dehydration is developing rapidly.Hard stools. If the chair is too tight and hard, the baby is difficult to go to the toilet, then, perhaps, he began constipation - it is very unpleasant for the baby and parents.
Red chair. Red chair or streaks of blood in the stool can be indicative of disease. Or indicate that the child ate the food of red, such as beets or drink medicine burgundy shades. But if the stools red or black, and the child with the restless, constantly crying and could not be calmed down, the doctor needs to show it as soon as possible.
Mucus in the stool. Green and cloudy mucus may indicate the presence of an intestinal infection. It is better to show the child's doctor.
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