As long as what comes out after all this effort is a soft (normal poop should always be soft), then this behavior is normal. Normal pooping behavior for a newborn can be grunting, turning red, crying, and generally appearing as if an explosion is about to occur. You should always discuss with your child’s doctor black poop, blood in poop (this is not normal), and white poop (which could indicate a liver problem). ![]() ![]() At any other time of life, black tarry stools are abnormal and are a sign of potential internal bleeding. Only the first stool that babies pass on the first day of life, called meconium, is always tarry black and is normal. The color change is more a reflection of how long the milk takes to pass through the intestines and how much bile acid gets mixed in with the developing poop.īad colors of poop are: red (blood), white (complete absence of color), and tarry black. Newborn stool, while typically yellow and mustard like, can occasionally come out in the two other colors, even if what goes in, namely breast milk or formula, stays the same. Poop comes in three basic colors that are all equal signs of normal health: brown, yellow, and green. Mostly this topic is of great interest to parents with newborns, but this issue come out at other milestones in a child’s life, namely when starting solid foods and during potty training. We pediatricians have many conversations with new parents, and some not-so-new parents, about poop. Before your baby’s birth, you probably used some grown-up word like “bowel movement” or “stool” or perhaps some “R” rated term not appropriate to this pediatric site. ![]() Your vocabulary for poop has likely also changed. Now you are captivated and can even discuss it over meal time: your child’s poop with its changing colors and consistency. Before you became a parent, you never really gave much thought to other people’s poop.
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