Baby Stool While Breastfeeding

Video Transcript

" Greetings! My name is Asma Hanif. I am a certified nurse midwife with a private practice in Baltimore, Maryland and on behalf of Expert Village this segment is on typical breast-fed baby’s stool. The first thing to expect is that initially both bottle-fed and breast-fed babies will pass a rather unique first stool called meconium. These stools are thick, sticky and greenish black. Every mom knows when this happens, because it is very difficult to clean off of the baby. The babies will likely have 1-2 stools on the first two days of life. Around the third day, you see what is called a transitional stool, which is greenish brown and will be softer. Two a day is typical for this time, this is the type of stool and this is what it will look like. During day four, there will be a color change to a mustard yellow color. Baby will probably have three stools on days four and five. The seedy mustard color stools will continue from day six to the first 4-6 weeks of life, four a day is average. These numbers remember are the minimum. Many breast-fed babies have bowel movements with each feeding, about 8-12 per day with the odour not being offensive, and is milder in that of stools of a formula fed baby. My name is Asma Hanif, and on behalf of Expert Village, thank you for watching. "