Patient's question:
When a baby is just born, they have 7 to 8 bowel movements a day. Now that the baby has been born for half a month, they have one bowel movement a day, and it's still very loose and in large quantities, sometimes even leaking out of the diaper. Is this normal? The baby is exclusively breastfed.Doctor's answer:
Hypothesis: Generally 1-2 times a day or 1-2 times every other day. In addition to many babies having frequent bowel movements daily, even up to 10 times, the amount of stool may not be large, containing only a small amount of moisture, and usually without a special fishy or foul odor. No other symptoms, good appetite, no dry vomiting, and normal growth and development are also normal. Provide fish oil drops in a timely manner, get plenty of sunlight, feed frequently, and clean promptly after each bowel movement and urination.