Why is there foam in the baby's poop?

Sometimes mothers find that their babies have foam in their poop, and the children may also spit up milk. At this time, parents should pay attention, because the child may have indigestion. Because of indigestion, the food residues are not digested well and excreted from the body, resulting in foam in the stool. It may also be due to enteritis. At this time, timely treatment and conditioning are needed.

Why is there foam in the baby's poop?

1. Indigestion: Generally, the baby's stool is mixed with foam, which often indicates that the baby has indigestion. If the digestion is not good, there are too many food residues, which are fermented and gasified by bacteria in the intestines, resulting in stool mixed with foam.

In addition, the presence of foam in the stool may be related to the baby crying for too long and swallowing a lot of air. If the baby also vomits up milk, the vomited milk has a sour smell, or is accompanied by undigested milk lumps, or has abdominal distension (the baby lies flat on the bed with the abdomen higher than the chest), the stool is accompanied by foam, without mucus or pus and blood, the frequency of bowel movements is just increased, and the stool is still yellow or a little light green and paste-like, or loose and rotten, then it is indigestion.

2. Enteritis: If the baby also has severe vomiting, or even vomits after eating, or has paroxysmal crying that can be relieved on its own, and the nature of the stool has changed significantly, becoming egg drop soup-like or watery, or accompanied by mucus, etc., then there is a high possibility of enteritis. This requires timely medical treatment, and a routine stool test can assist in the diagnosis.

If your baby cries continuously when he has diarrhea, is in poor spirits, and his stool is tomato-like, you should be alert to intussusception. If the stool also has a very fishy odor, you should be alert to necrotizing enterocolitis.

What to do if your baby has foamy stools

1. If your baby has indigestion, you can feed him some digestive water to help, or you can feed him something to adjust the intestinal flora.

2. Children with enteritis must go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible and undergo routine stool examinations.

3. The baby's physical changes are easily affected by the mother's diet. Mothers should check whether their recent diet is normal. Diet that is too oily, too cold, too sweet, too salty or too greasy will directly affect the baby.

4. Check whether the baby’s belly button and feet are cold. Even in extremely hot weather, you should pay attention to keeping these two parts warm when turning on the air conditioner.

5. After all, complementary food is complementary food, and breast milk should still be the main food. If you haven't added complementary food before, don't add it during your baby's diarrhea period. Wait until he recovers and then add it slowly. Generally, this physiological diarrhea will gradually improve after adding complementary foods.

6. The baby’s stomach and intestines are not fully developed yet. It is best not to use medication frequently at this time, especially antibiotics. All medicines are toxic and will affect the baby's health, so you should be especially careful when using medication for your baby.