Is green poo natural for a 1 month old baby?

Question

My niece poops green poop

Answer 1

yep...it rarely is another color

Answer 2

If the baby is breastfed (I am not an expert at artificial feeding), an occasional green bowel movement (after the first few days of life) is normal. But generally speaking, a baby should have soft, yellow bowel movements with a very mild smell.

Sometimes a virus is the reason for green bowel movements. But you may never know for sure because often breastfeeding prevents the baby from actually being sick with the virus.

If, however, it continues for more than a week or two, it is probably a sign that the baby has foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. The milk early in each feeding (foremilk) has a lot of milk sugar (lactose); later in the feeding (hindmilk), it has more fat and calories. If a baby gets too much lactose, it causes the green bowel movements. It may not be a problem for the baby *ever*, but it can sometimes cause problems later on (especially low weight gain).

If this is the problem, nursing longer on one side will help. If baby usually nurses on both breasts at every feeding, the mother should only use one breast per feeding. Note: This is only recommended if the baby is having this *particular* problem; normally a baby should be allowed to decide when she is done with each breast. If she is already taking only one breast per feeding, she should offer one breast for 4-6 hours (no matter how many feedings this is), then the other one for the next 4-6 hours. Very occasionally, a mother has to make this 8 hours per breast. Frequent nursing (at least 10-12 times in 24 hours--recommended for *all* babies, whether they are having problems or not) will also often help.

Answer 3

when a child is born-he/she poops dark thick brown maconium for 4-5 days, but laterz if he/she is breastfed the poo will be mustard yellow in colour, and if the poo is green it indicates she is not being fed properly which should be at every 2-3 hrs else the child goes under dehydration n poops green. BUT if ur niece is being fed formula milk, then the poo will be green.

Answer 4

yes green poo is normal for a 1 month old baby you have no need for worry but if it turns a different colour take her to the doctors if you are worried

Answer 5

Have you been feeding it green baby food? If yes press 1.



*one* your baby will poop green

Answer 6

VERY NORMAL. For some reason babies poo tend to come out green or yellow and also take the colour of whatever they eat.

Answer 7

Firstly contrary to other answers, its not meconium. Greenish poo is generally normal, but can indicate infection, so best to get the doctor or health visitor to check it out.

Breast fed babies tend to be quite watery and yellow, whereas bottle fed babies tend to be a lot more orangey/brown and more solid.

I'm sure there is nothing to worry about, but get it checked just in case.

Answer 8

Yes, this is perfectly normal. Nothing to worry about. Just wait till she starts eatting solid food like squash and carrots and sweet potatoes. Then poops start getting really interesting.

Answer 9

This is quite natural, especially if she is being breastfed. It will change with the feed that she takes - usually babies fed on formula milk have yellow poo, but again this depends on the brand and how much she feeds.

Answer 10

well i'm not sure if it's a common happening, but i know that if you eat too many green vegetables, then it's most likely that you'll poop out the green.

Answer 11

yeah, it's a sign that the liver, gall bladder etc is working properly and dumping out a good quantity of bile salts to deal with all the fatty milk they're drinking :-) though with all the folk saying about malnutrition you may want to check on that

i've seen several kids come in for biliary atresia scans (problems with this system) and one of the symptoms described to me as a reason (besides others like jaundice, poor growth etc) is unusual coloured excrement... i.e. lacking in strong colouration, looking very similar to their main food (milk, after curdling!)