My one month old baby, has been having green bowels with white seed like things in it, is this normal?

Question

He's been on the same formula since the first week he was born. Goodstart? The odor is definitely more intense as well. Don't know what it could be, I haven't changed anything.

Answer 1

Parents spend a lot of time wondering and worrying about whether their infant's bowel movements are "normal." In fact, there's really no such thing. Babies' bowel habits are as individual as they are, and over time you'll get to know your baby's routine.

That said, there is a typical pattern to look for in any baby's bowel habits. During the first few days of life, your baby will pass meconium, the thick, black or dark green substance that was in his intestines before he was born. Once the meconium has passed, the bowel movements of a formula-fed baby are typically yellow, tan, brown, or green. As long as there isn't blood in the stool, any color is normal.

A formula-fed baby's stool is a little bit firmer than a breastfed baby's, about the consistency of peanut butter. If it's much harder than that, it may be a sign of constipation, and you should tell your pediatrician. If you're worried about constipation and your baby is younger than 4 months old, don't feed him anything other than formula or breast milk without checking with your pediatrician first. You may inadvertently deprive your baby of essential nutrients if you feed him a pediatric electrolyte solution, water, or juice. Babies over 4 months can have a few ounces of water a day, but if you think he's constipated, you should talk with your pediatrician about how best to solve the problem.

Another thing to keep in mind is that around 1 to 2 months of age, many babies go from having several bowel movements a day to going several days between bowel movements. This, too, is perfectly normal. It's not how often a baby moves his bowels, but how hard the stool is once it's passed that's cause for concern. When you introduce cereal and other solids to your baby's diet, you can expect dramatic changes in the odor, color, consistency, and frequency of his bowel movements depending on what he's eating.

Answer 2

How long has this been going on?

Green stool can be from a number of things.
Some babies (with the problems of milk digestion) may have greenish stool. Infant will need to adjust to the environment until his digestion becomes more normal. Picking a right formula may help.

Another is that bile is green. If stool passes through the digestive tract too quickly, it doesn't get pigmented.

His formula may need an adjustment. Are you absolutely sure that you're using the right measurements? (I'm sure you are, but doesn't hurt to ask!)

Often, though, green stool indicates a possible bacterial infection (especially if more malodorous - that from the bacteria).

I'd recommend a call to your pediatrician. Oh, the white seed like things could be mucus or pus, another indicator of possible infection. If he's having more than 3 a day, and they're watery at all, then definitely call as he could be/get dehydrated.
Good luck, and let us know how he does.

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My one month old baby, has been having green bowels with white seed like things in it, is this normal?
He's been on the same formula since the first week he was born. Goodstart? The odor is definitely more intense as well. Don't know what it could be, I haven't changed anything.

Answer 4

Rice cereal is like junk food. It really doesn't offer any good nutrition, and a 4 month old lacks digestive enzymes to properly digest it. Many doctors don't recommend it at all anymore. And, it's got iron added to it, which is very hard for a young baby to digest, and is probably causing the green poop. Iron in breastmilk is sufficient, and MUCH easier to digest, and more bio-available. You're also increasing her chances of diabetes, allergies, and asthma. Why? Ditch the rice cereal (and ANY 'food') and stick with breastmilk :)

Answer 5

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Sounds normal to me! I know formula will make it look like that, and the solid food probably just added to it. One suggestion (if you're not already, of course), try waiting 4 or 5 days, even up to a week between each new food. That way it's easier to pinpoint the culprit if she has any reaction to something new. Other than that it sounds like she's just fine! Good luck, hope this helps!

Answer 6

White Seeds In Baby Poop

Answer 7

My kids had that at about that age. The doctor told me that it was fine. Are you putting cereal in the bottle? That might be the reason for the white seed like things. Or maybe she's not digesting her food enough. I would give it a couple more days, if its still doing that I would go to the doc. I think after a couple of days my kids bm went back to normal.

Answer 8

Completely normal as far as color and odor for a formula fed baby. Both my sons BMs like that, which the pediatricians told us was par for the coarse. Nothing to worry about. Congrats on the new baby! :)

Answer 9

I have had six and this is not uncommon..smell and all. it all comes back to me now.....if he is fussy then you can believe something is wrong, and causing discomfort. if not I would not worry. We used to give Gripe Water. But 2ozs warm water with a (slight) drop of Peppermint might do just as well.Water should be boiled but cooled to warm temperature, before using.

Answer 10

it is normal... i have two boys and a dozen neices and nephews and they have all had it... wait till it gets yellow it is so much fun. not to be gross but poop changes clor and texture depending on the vitamins and minerals your body needs that day. and what you are seeing is what it doesn't