Why is the newborn's stool sticky and stringy?

Constipation can also occur in breastfed babies, and indigestion can occur just after birth. The baby's digestive function is not fully developed, and they will encounter many complications in normal times, which puts a lot of pressure on the body. Everyone needs to pay attention to it. Babies with indigestion may have sticky and stringy stools, or even thin stools. As a parent, do not think it is ordinary constipation or diarrhea, and take your child to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.

First of all, babies who are exclusively breastfed often seek medical attention for "indigestion" when they are almost one month old. This is due to prejudice. There is nothing more troublesome for a baby than this.

Some mothers believe that breast milk is ideal nutrition, so the stool should also be ideal. It is a prejudice for mothers to think that the ideal baby stool should be golden, sticky, uniform and "visible stool". In fact, there is nothing uglier than breastfed poop. The color is not necessarily yellow, green is often the color. It is also rare to see uniform stools, most of which are mixed with white lumps or white lumps. Not only that, sometimes it is mixed with transparent stringy mucus.

It is also not uncommon to see "diarrhea stool" with no beginning, like a broken egg yolk. When a pediatrician sees this kind of stool, he or she will know that the baby is breastfed. Mothers who are idealistic about their baby's stools, when seeing the so-called "diarrhea stools", will not only be shocked, but will also regard this "diarrhea stools" as a disease. During the first two weeks, the number of bowel movements is 2 to 3 times a day. Later, it suddenly increased to 7 to 8 times a day. This is because most mothers do not have enough breast milk at the beginning, but it gradually becomes sufficient after this period. As the amount of milk consumed increases, the amount of stool also increases accordingly.

Just measure your weight and you will know. If there is an old woman who has breastfed several children around you, she will definitely say that this kind of stool is normal after seeing it. But since most families nowadays consist of young couples, they will immediately discuss it with the neighbor's sister-in-law. When the sister-in-law did not breastfeed the baby and only knew about feeding babies with milk, she would say, "This must be indigestion." The stools of babies fed with milk are dry, white, and visible, and are not "diarrhea stools". The neighbor's sister-in-law thinks that feces should be visible. If she sees the feces of a breastfed baby for the first time, it is natural for her to think it is diarrhea.