Hi Hetal.

I am new member if the board and have managed to read some of your responses. They are indeed very helpful. Thank you so much for this guidance you extend to new moms like myself.

I hade a query regarding my son's bowel movements.
Age: 2 mths 3 wks
Bt. Wt: 2.58 kg
curr. wt: 5 kg.
Add info: Born thru normal delivery at 37 weeks
He is exclusively breastfed.

By the start of 2nd mth he was having only one bowel movement per day when he used to pass mustard-yello loose motion in good quantity. But since past 10 days or so his frequency of motions has again increased. He now passes ard 5 motions per day. I wanted to know if this is normal for him at his age.

(I have read at some places suggesting that by 2 mths most babies pass motion only once or one in 2 days).

Also, few times they are greenish in colour and also sometimes more liquidy.
Please respond.

Thanks a lot!
Rashmi
Hetal replied.
5motions per day,is more to me...
wght is okay.
here are some pointers :

1. his wght has not reduced,,so he is ok,no worries
2. his wght is increasing,,no worries,,
3. he seems to be quite active,,no worries.
4. he does not show ne discomfort passng these many bowels,,no worries.
5. the smell of bowels in not irritating or more than what you call as stinking ! no worries.
6. if he DOES NOT look tired after passng bowels, he is doing ok,,no worries.
7. if he passes gas which is unbearble smell,,he needs your dr attn at once.

8. keep n eye on no of wet diapers,,if less thn 6 in one day/daytime,,thn talk to your dr,,and offer your child 1oz of water in between feeds.

9. reduce the green leafy vegetables for 2-3days and see if that is not the cause of green colour. might be the psblty.

10. Green colour stools in exclusive bf babies is a warning sign that baby needs to see dr.and if the baby stools are nearly green or greenish and he has stopped gaining weight even though with enough feeds from your side,,it means he is getting too much of your foremilk and not the hindmilk...
which means that he is not gettng enough nutrition or leme be specific to say fat from your milk !!! try intrducng healthy fats in your diet and enough dairy,see if it helps..the best instant thing to do is,, talk to your dr,,if ne supplemnts are to be required for you or your baby ! or may be your baby needs formula...

11.consistent green stools is often the sign that your baby is sensitive to some foods that you are taking,or even it could be some medications that you are taking like iron supplements,antibiotics or ne multivitamins..chck on that, by stopng the prenatal vitamins for 48hours and check him for 48hours....

12.other than that, green stools(often more towards darkgreen) that are very sticky,or greasy,,,or constipation stools which gives pain are not a good sign,,take him to dr.,,,this is eliminated in your case,as the stools are liquidy,,its unlikely that he is havng constipatn as of now,,but could be a pssble prelimnry sign of constipatn coming on your way,,refresh yourself with lots of water before bf, eat healthy diet with lots of soups,juices and see if helps.

so thats all i have upto my reach,,,see if helps you catch something ! when it comes to babies below 6months,never take a chance on trying home remedies,,if they dont work,,you are just making your child suffer,,avoid doing that before 6months !
Hetal replied. 5motions per day,is more to me...
wght is okay.
here are some pointers :

1. his wght has not reduced,,so he is ok,no worries
2. his wght is increasing,,no worries,,
3. he seems to be quite active,,no worries.
4. he does not show ne discomfort passng these many bowels,,no worries.
5. the smell of bowels in not irritating or more than what you call as stinking ! no worries.
6. if he DOES NOT look tired after passng bowels, he is doing ok,,no worries.
7. if he passes gas which is unbearble smell,,he needs your dr attn at once.

8. keep n eye on no of wet diapers,,if less thn 6 in one day/daytime,,thn talk to your dr,,and offer your child 1oz of water in between feeds.

9. reduce the green leafy vegetables for 2-3days and see if that is not the cause of green colour. might be the psblty.

10. Green colour stools in exclusive bf babies is a warning sign that baby needs to see dr.and if the baby stools are nearly green or greenish and he has stopped gaining weight even though with enough feeds from your side,,it means he is getting too much of your foremilk and not the hindmilk...
which means that he is not gettng enough nutrition or leme be specific to say fat from your milk !!! talk to your dr,,if ne supplemnts are to be required for you or your baby ! or may be your baby needs formula...

11.consistent green stools is often the sign that your baby is sensitive to some foods that you are taking,or even it could be some medications that you are taking like iron supplements,antibiotics or ne multivitamins..chck on that, by stopng the prenatal vitamins for 48hours and check him for 48hours....

12.other than that, green stools(often more towards darkgreen) that are very sticky,or greasy,,,or constipation stools which gives pain are not a good sign,,take him to dr.,,,this is eliminated in your case,as the stools are liquidy,,its unlikely that he is havng constipatn as of now,,but could be a pssble prelimnry sign of constipatn coming on your way,,refresh yourself with lots of water before bf, eat healthy diet with lots of soups,juices and see if helps.

so thats all i have upto my reach,,,see if helps you catch something !