Patient's question:
The baby just turned one month old. They urinate and defecate many times a day, which is normal. Lately, around noon, they tend to have three consecutive bowel movements, all of which are loose stools. Occasionally, they also have bowel movements at other times of the day, but sometimes they don't have any at all. Is this normal?Doctor's answer:
Newborns at the age of one month are the perfect time to breastfeed. At this stage, newborns may be more prone to experiencing nausea and vomiting again. Some nausea and vomiting are physiological, while others are pathological. Mothers must learn to distinguish between them. Due to the immature digestive system of normal newborns, newborns with different feeding methods also have significant differences in stool characteristics. For example, newborns who are breastfed, breast milk is easily digested by newborns, so newborns who are breastfed generally have more frequent bowel movements and may experience pseudo-nausea and vomiting.