Green stool for infants with artificial feeding

You can judge the work of his digestive tract by the baby’s chair. If you correctly assess the quantity, color, odor and presence of impurities in the baby’s feces, you can identify inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and other problems. Most often, concerns arise from parents who have noticed the green color of the child’s stool. Why feces baby on artificial feeding can turn green?

The green color of the chair in the newborn of the first days of life is the norm. The chair during this period is viscous and dark, it does not smell. This chair is called meconium.

The consistency of the stool crumbs, which are fed a mixture should not be liquid. Normally it is dense. The feces of the "artificial artist" are yellow-brown in color and with a rather pungent odor, similar to an adult's chair. The frequency of the stool in children-artificials per day is 1-2 times, less often every 2 days.

Green liquid feces in a baby who is fed a mixture is rare. Such a change in the stool is possible during the replacement of the mixture is different, especially if there is a large dosage of iron in the new product.

You should be alerted by such changes:

• Increased stool frequency. At the same time, the stool is watery, and its smell is unpleasant and sour. Such changes are characteristic of lactose deficiency. If the feces have a putrid odor, this symptom often indicates intestinal damage by bacteria or viruses. The frequency of emptying more than 12 times a day can be a symptom of a viral infection in the small intestine.
• Increased body temperature crumbs.
• The appearance of frequent regurgitation, as well as vomiting.
• The appearance in the feces of a large amount of mucus, blood. These are characteristic symptoms of colon damage.

In such cases, you should urgently show the baby to the doctor.

The reason for the change in the color of the stool of an artificial child is often the composition of the mixture. In particular, a large amount of iron in a new mixture can lead to greens in a diaper.

Only by the presence of the green color of the chair no conclusions can be made. Be sure to take into account the condition of the crumbs - the appetite of the child, his sleep, mood and other factors.

The main recommendation for babies who are fed infant formula is to change the mixture when observed by the pediatrician. Only samples help parents to find the mixture that their baby will perceive best.