What should I do if my baby pulls green poop? Need to change milk powder?

I don't think anyone would look at your baby's stool so carefully every day as mom and dad.

Usually often receive consultation, the baby pulls green poop, is there a problem with milk powder or breast milk? Is it sick?

Perhaps the "ideal" in everyone's impression is golden yellow, and once you see that the baby does not pull golden poop, it is not calm. But in fact, your baby's normal stools are not only golden yellow, but can also be green, especially before your baby turns 1. In most cases, pulling green poop doesn't need to be treated in any way, and your baby will still eat well and look great.

But everyone who is serious and rigorous in this way is certainly not satisfied, why is our baby's poop not golden? Why was it golden a few days ago and is now green? How do I know if there is no problem with my baby's green stools?

So today's article will give you a serious talk about what are the reasons for the baby to pull green, and under what circumstances parents need to pay attention.

Cause of normal green stools

The color of the food

If the baby himself or the mother of the breast milk baby eats a lot of green foods such as vegetables and green beans, the pigments in the food (such as chlorophyll) may appear in the baby's stool, and the baby's stool will turn green.

In this case, you will find that the more you eat green food, the darker the color of the stool, this green is completely normal, and you don't have to reduce the amount of green vegetables that babies and adults eat because of this.

Iron intake

Many babies who drink milk powder will have green stools, the reason for which is actually the iron in the milk powder, just as if the mother who feeds breast milk takes iron, the baby may also have green stools.

What about the iron content of different milk powders? If the baby is eating the domestic brand or imported brand of the National Bank version, then its iron content is generally in the range of 0.12-0.34mg/100kj, of which 0.3mg/kj, it belongs to the higher content.

If it is an overseas version of milk powder, the difference in iron content may be even greater, such as the US version, according to the current FDA standards, the iron content of infant milk powder ranges from 0.15-3.0 mg/100kj.

The same milk powder, the iron content of the US version may also be higher than the Guoxing version, so some babies from the Guoxing version to the Us version of the milk powder, there may be green stools. For example, the iron content of the National Bank version of Mead Johnson Lanzhen 1 is 0.24 mg/100kj, while the iron content of the American version is 0.43 mg/100kj.

There are also some babies from 1 stage milk powder to the same series of 2 stages of milk powder when there is a green stool (yesterday there was a mother sent a private message to consult me about this problem), the reason is that the iron content of the series of 2 stage milk powder is almost twice that of 1 paragraph, this problem will find the answer, this situation is very normal to appear green.

In some babies who eat hypoallergenic milk powder (such as amino acid milk powder and hydrolyzed protein milk powder), the probability of green stools appearing is also relatively large, especially when the baby has just touched the milk powder. At present, the study speculates that there are two reasons, one is caused by the fortified iron added to the milk powder, and the other is that the nutrients in the hypoallergenic milk powder are decomposed, the time required for digestion is shorter, and the bile in the baby's intestines is not used and is directly excreted, so that the stool appears green.

Some parents have also heard that if the baby has green stools, the iron in the milk powder cannot be absorbed and must be changed to milk powder! This statement is also unscientific, there is currently no evidence to suggest that the green stool means that iron absorption is not good, and the vast majority of babies who pull green stool will not have iron deficiency. At best, green poop can only indicate that the baby has a surplus of iron.

The role of intestinal pH and normal intestinal flora

In addition to the food pigments and iron mentioned above, a large part of the green stool comes from bilirubin in bile, which is oxidized and green under the action of lowering the intestinal pH and some intestinal bacteria.

This is also one of the reasons why many babies have green stools when changing diet or changing milk powder, due to changes in diet and the role of intestinal bacteria (such as bifidobacteria), the pH of the baby's intestines and the microenvironment of intestinal bacteria change, and the color of the stool will also change, which does not require any treatment.

Hungry green stools and an imbalance in front and back milk intake

The last condition is when your baby is not getting enough milk, or if your breastfed baby is getting too little milk after ingestion. Because bile is used to emulsify fat for its digestion and absorption, when the amount of milk is insufficient or the intake of posterior milk is insufficient, the bile in the intestines has not yet functioned, and it is excreted from the stool, making the stool green.

At this time, in addition to pulling green stools, we will also see that the baby has a small amount of stool, and there may be mucus or foam. In this case, we don't need to worry, just let the baby drink more milk; breastfeeding babies try to extend the baby's time to suck breast milk as long as possible, so that the baby can drink fat-rich back milk as much as possible.

Green poop that requires attention

Green stools are accompanied by increased stools, or watery stools

In this case, the baby may have diarrhea, diarrhea when the gastrointestinal peristalsis is accelerated, and the bilirubin in the gastrointestinal tract is excreted before it has time to play a role, making the stool appear green. The most common cause of diarrhea is a gastrointestinal infection caused by viruses or bacteria, and other causes such as inflammatory bowel disease, lactose intolerance, etc. can also cause diarrhea.

If it is a green stool caused by diarrhea, there will generally be an increase in the number of stools, thinning and rotting stools, and even watery stools. As for how many times a day to defecate, we can compare the number of bowel movements with the usual time, and usually the number of times the baby defecates in a day will not exceed the number of times to drink milk.

If the baby is found to have green stools due to diarrhea, it is necessary to actively deal with the diarrhea, mainly to prevent the baby from dehydration, and to find the cause of the diarrhea as much as possible. If the diarrhea is severe, or the baby is dehydrated, or the spirit is not good, it is necessary to go to the doctor as soon as possible.

Green stools are accompanied by blood, or the baby is restless, or accompanied by a rash

If green stools are accompanied by blood, increased farting, or the baby is irritable, crying frequently, or has a rash, it is necessary to pay attention to whether the baby is allergic or intolerant to milk or other foods, if it is a breastfed baby, it may be the food that the mother eats, if it is a milk-fed baby, it may be an ingredient in the milk powder.

At this time, for the sake of safety, you can check the stool routine, see the stool situation, and determine whether there is really blood. At the same time, breastfeeding babies should pay attention to checking the food that their mother has recently eaten, especially seafood and other protein-rich foods, and babies who drink milk powder should also see if there is new milk powder recently, and whether there is a possibility of milk protein allergy.

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Well, today's sharing is here, in fact, green stool is very common before the baby is 1 year old, you don't have to be too nervous. For baby stools, the American Academy of Pediatrics describes it like this:

Breastfed babies usually have yellow, mushy stools, sometimes small particles or a little green, and the color of the breastfed baby's stools changes with the mother's diet.

Milk-fed babies usually have brown or yellow stools and also have green tinges, and green stools are more common in formula-fed babies.

So we really don't have to worry about whether the baby's big is yellow, brown or green, as long as the baby has a good appetite, good spirit, normal height and weight growth, and no other uncomfortable performance, you can rest assured

In addition, the baby's stool is indeed strange and colorful, most of which are normal, and some of them need special attention, if you have any questions about this, you can also look at another article from me:

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