![]() Remember that baby’s digestive tracts are shorter, with less time to digest the food in its entirety, so it is easier to tell what they ate by looking at their poops. Orange – again, this could be from eating foods of this color. One main culprit for producing this color of baby poop is blueberries! This can also happen if your baby is taking iron supplements, or eating a lot of iron rich foods ( as is recommended for babies ).īlue – this sounds concerning but is a result of eating foods of this color. Babies on a milk only diet usually have milder smelling bowel movements, especially when they consume breast milk only.īrown – this is kind of the standard color, and happens naturally when they begin eating solids.ĭark green – common when starting solids that are green in color, like spinach or peas. Smell: Solid food produces a stronger odor.This is because solids bulk the stool up, there is usually less fluid being taken in, and sometimes it can take a while for a baby’s digestive system to adjust. ![]() Frequency: Once you go from an all liquid diet to introducing solids, you’re usually going to see the frequency of bowel movements go down.But hey, it’s a great indicator that they’ve actually ingested some food! It also can happen if your baby isn’t chewing their food a lot before swallowing, which is to be expected when they’re first starting out with solid foods. This is especially true for foods higher in fibre, such as corn, carrots, blueberries, etc. See, your baby’s digestive tract is much shorter than an adult’s, and therefore there isn’t always enough time for their body to break down all of the food that they’re eating. Is this a concern? No, it’s actually completely normal! You might also notice bits of undigested food in your baby’s diaper after starting solid foods. This might not be as obvious if your baby was exclusively formula fed before, but generally we want the texture of their poop to be like the texture of a cooked sweet potato – sort of pasty. Once your baby is eating solid food, you’ll see a pretty significant change in stool texture – namely, they’ll get way firmer. Texture: If your baby was exclusively breastfed, you’re probably familiar with the more loose stools they were used to having (note: not diarrhea, but loose for sure).Here are the main things to look for when poop is normal… However, I want to note that this doesn’t mean that your baby’s poop will begin to look like adult poop – their poop will continue to have certain characteristics that make it very clearly baby poop. Once you begin feeding your baby solid food, typically around the 6 month mark and once they’ve shown all the signs of readiness, your baby’s poop will change due to their new diet. I’ll explain more about the other signs in a little bit, but this would warrant a call to their doctor. Anything less than that could be a sign that they’re constipated. However, they should be going at least once per day, maybe even every other day. Frequency: Formula fed babies don’t typically poop after all their milk feeds (as is common for some breastfed babies) because formula takes longer to process through the digestive tract.Texture: Thick and firm – typically it has a consistency similar to toothpaste, which is thicker than the poop of a breastfed baby. ![]() With formula there’s a bit more of a range as far as the color of poops, but any of these colors are considered normal. ![]()
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