Baby's Bowel Movements
Regular bowel movements are important to your baby's health. Bowel habits - how often, how much, colour and consistency - will vary from baby to baby and even day to day for most babies. Normally babies may have several bowel movements a day, or 1-2 days between bowel movements.
Changing formulas and/or new foods may result in changes to the number, colour and/or consistency of your baby's stools. As babies age, their stool pattern will generally change, with fewer bowel movements daily.
Stool colour may vary among babies on the same formula. In addition, the colour, number, and consistency of the stools of one baby may vary from time to time. Some mothers report that their babies have yellow or brown stools while other mothers say their babies have green stools. There is a normal tendency for babies on iron-fortified formulas to have more green stools. A baby's stool colour will often change with a change in formula, or with the addition of new foods or medications.
Breastfed Babies and Formula Fed Babies
Breastfed babies tend to have more bowel movements and a greater range of stool patterns compared to formula fed babies. Breastfed babies also tend to have softer, looser stools than formula fed babies.
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