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Chizi Enebua
Babies must pass that black stool called Meconium within the first 24 hours of life.
Dr Aina Johnson
Paediatrician
Blood in the stools is NOT NORMAL. It could be due to Dysentery or bleeding along the gastrointestinal tract. Blood like substance does not necessarily mean that there is blood in the stools. Kindly see a doctor and let the stools be analysed in the laboratory. If confirmed to be blood the underlying cause of the bloody stools will be further investigated and treated.
Dr Aina Johnson
Paediatrician
Dear mom, is your baby on exclusive breastfeeding? Dose the poo sink completely into the diaper?
If the baby is exclusively breastfed, there is no need to worry.
Kindly pay attention to your own diet and avoid herbal remedies or drugs that are not prescribed by the doctors which may pass via the breast milk to affect the baby. Avoid heavy spicy or flavoured foods as well as some also affect the baby when passed via the breast milk to the baby! If MUCUS persists in the stools kindly see a Paediatrician for thorough evaluation and management
Kindly pay attention to your own diet and avoid herbal remedies or drugs that are not prescribed by the doctors which may pass via the breast milk to affect the baby. Avoid heavy spicy or flavoured foods as well as some also affect the baby when passed via the breast milk to the baby! If MUCUS persists in the stools kindly see a Paediatrician for thorough evaluation and management
There is nothing to worry about.
If your baby is on exclusive breastfeeding, there is no need to worry!
Babies on exclusive breastfeeding may not pass stools for days Even up to 2 weeks and as long as the stools are normal there is nothing to worry about.
If on formula or mixed feeding, ensure you give plain water after the formula feeds.
The straining is nothing to worry about as long as the stools are normal stools... Not hard and not watery!
All the best.
Babies on exclusive breastfeeding may not pass stools for days Even up to 2 weeks and as long as the stools are normal there is nothing to worry about.
If on formula or mixed feeding, ensure you give plain water after the formula feeds.
The straining is nothing to worry about as long as the stools are normal stools... Not hard and not watery!
All the best.
Kindly increase his water intake now he is on complementary feeding. Try to include fruits in his diet as well
Good job for the observations but not to worry since it not watery
Dr Aina Johnson
Paediatrician
Greenish stools suggest inadequate feeding , starvation stools or may also be a reflection of some pigments in your own food or drug intake. Kindly breast feed exclusively on demand at least every 3 hours and empty one breast thoroughly before switching to the next during feeding...Also kindly check your food and all intakes generally. Just continue exclusive breastfeeding.
Dr. Dara Abiodun
Medical Doctor
Also increasing the frequency of feeds as well. If breastfeeding also watches your food intake, drugs if taking any
Since the poo is not watery then there's nothing to worry about, but to learn more about diarrhoea. kindly visit the hospital