Many young mothers carefully study the contents of the diaper of their crumbs. There is nothing strange here, because the nature of the stool, the color of feces in newborns, its consistency, you can judge the health of the baby.
Normal color of feces in a newborn
If the baby is breastfed , his stool will normally be yellowish. In the first days of life, the newborn's calf is greenish. This is due to the fact that the fetal bilirubin actively dissolves in the body, which is excreted through the intestine and stains the feces in such a color. As soon as a physiological jaundice passes through the infant, the stool should acquire a normal color.
Children who receive artificial mixture instead of mother's milk, can have brownish-yellow feces, and in consistence it is thicker than in infants, and is less common.
The norm can also be a feces of a dark color in a newborn, if it departs during the first few days after birth. These are the remains of the so-called meconium - the original feces, which can be almost black.
What kind of feces does the newborn have about problems?
An alarm signal that a newborn has something may be wrong, is green feces. With such feces the baby can react to any allergen, an unsuitable mixture, too fatty or "empty" milk. If at the same time the child as a whole feels well, does not fuss, eats, then this is an occasion to revise something in the nutrition of the baby.
A real concern should be shown when, in addition to greenery, there are undigested pieces, mucus, foam, a sharp unpleasant odor present in the diaper. The child at the same time experiencing gazik, anxious, poorly eats.
In this case, you need to see a doctor. This can be a symptom of various problems, ranging from lactase deficiency and ending with a serious infection. And this is not the place of parents' initiative.