Baby poop a little green? Of the 10 common causes of "stinking green," 3 are health-related

For a novice parent, the baby's eating, drinking, and sleeping are all big things in their eyes, as long as they are slightly different from their own cognition, they will be very nervous. Many careful mothers will find that the baby will not only pull the green stink when it is just born, but also have the problem of pulling green stool after the full moon. So why does the baby pull green poop? Is it normal for your baby to pull green? Do you want to see a doctor? In today's article, I will tell you 10 reasons why babies pull green stools, and the corresponding countermeasures, I hope to help you.

Early this morning I received a message from a mother asking me how to adjust my 3-month-old baby when she is green. When I learned that her baby was in a good mental state and that her weight gain was normal, I knew it should be a false alarm.

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Let's take a look at why babies pull green stinks

Newborn babies have problems with green stools, which is actually defecating. Every baby is no exception and usually lasts for three or four days.

After confinement, if the baby still has green stool problems, it is mostly related to overfeeding. The gastrointestinal function of newborns is not perfect, and overfeeding will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, resulting in milk that cannot be fully digested and absorbed, and the problem of green stool will occur.

Generally speaking, baby green stools occur before the first year of age, and it is rare after the age of one. When the baby has this problem of pulling green stools, the mothers first look at the baby's mental state and whether the weight development is normal. If everything is normal, it means that the baby's health is fine, and it can be improved with a little adjustment in the care.

Causes and countermeasures for babies to urinate green

1. Fetal stool

Every newborn is born with defecation, and the color of the stool is black, green, and dark green. It usually occurs within 12 hours of the baby's birth and lasts for three or four days.

How to cope: It is normal to have green stools during this time and do not need to be adjusted.

2. Catching a cold

Baby metabolism is fast, easy to sweat, love to kick the quilt when sleeping, and it is easy to catch a cold if you are not careful. Once the baby is cold, there will also be problems with spitting up milk and pulling green stools.

Countermeasures: Mothers can avoid getting cold by making their babies drink more hot water, cover the quilt frequently, and wear a jumpsuit.

3. Hunger

If the mother does not have enough breast milk, the baby's lack of food can also lead to the problem of green stool. Because the baby is hungry, the gastrointestinal peristalsis will become faster, and the bilirubin in the intestine will be excreted with the stool before it can be converted. Bilirubin will oxidize when it encounters the air, and the stool will turn green. This baby's stool is characterized by a greenish color, a small amount of mucus, and a lot of mucus.

Countermeasure: If breast milk is not enough to eat, it is also good to add some infant formula, as long as the baby is full, the problem disappears.

4. Too much lactose

Do you know? Breast milk not only has the distinction between before and after milk, but also the nutrition of front and back milk is not the same. Front milk contains higher lactose, after milk contains higher fat, if you eat more before milk and less milk, lactose exceeding the standard will cause the baby to bloat, green stool problems.

Countermeasures: Before breastfeeding, the mother can use the breast pump to suck out part of the pre-milk first, so as to avoid the baby eating too much pre-milk, resulting in too much lactose problem.

5. Allergic foods

The diet of nursing mothers can also affect the health of the baby, if the mother eats some highly sensitive foods, the baby will also have green stools due to allergies. Such babies will not only have green stools, but also be accompanied by symptoms such as rashes, crying, and troubles.

Countermeasures: If the baby has the above problems, the mother should recall whether she has eaten seafood, eggs, peanuts, pineapples and other highly allergenic foods.

6. Iron supplementation

In order to supplement their baby's iron, many mothers will give their baby some formula containing fortified iron and fortified rice flour. If the baby's digestive system is not good, some iron elements are not absorbed, but are excreted from the body with the stool, and they will turn green after encountering air oxidation.

Countermeasures: Normal phenomenon, generally when the baby is 6 months old.

7. Food color

If the baby starts to eat complementary foods, and the complementary food ingredients are mainly green vegetables, it is normal to pull out green poop. If a nursing mother eats a lot of green food, the food coloring will also change the color of your baby's stool.

Countermeasure: If it is determined that it is only the food that affects it, the mother only needs to reduce the proportion of green food in the food.

8. Jaundice

Many babies with jaundice will also have problems with green stools during the recovery period, which indicates that the baby is excreting jaundice from the body, which is a normal phenomenon.

Countermeasures: Mothers should feed more, increase the rate of metabolism, and accelerate the excretion of jaundice.

9. Gastrointestinal inflammation

If the mother does not have good hygiene habits when making complementary foods or feeding, causing the baby to eat a lot of bacteria, which induces gastrointestinal inflammation, the baby often has the problem of thinning and greening of the stool.

Countermeasures: Mothers should take the baby to the doctor in time and give the baby more water in time to prevent dehydration.

10. Fat

Many mothers are worried that their babies are malnourished, and if they let their children eat meat and drink broth early, their body fat will exceed the standard. Fat is consumed very little bile in the process of digestion, and the excess bile will be excreted with the stool, so the stool will become green.

Countermeasures: Reduce the number of times the baby eats meat and drinks broth, and appropriately supplement probiotics.

To sum up, most babies have problems with green stools, which are mostly related to the wrong way of feeding and care. If your baby has problems with mental malaise, slow weight gain or loss, be sure to seek medical attention in time.