Does babies’ poop look different than a formula fed baby?
Yes. It even smells different! It doesn’t smell bad. When babies are born, they have a black tarry stool called merconium for a few days. Then the poop changes to a brownish color to greenish then to yellow. Breastfed babies’ poop looks yellow by about day five. It can be watery or look like mucus or have little seedy looking or cottage cheese looking particles in it. Breastfed babies poop about 4 times a day for several weeks. As they get older, they may have fewer but bigger poops. Around 4 to 6 months of age baby may change their patterns and not have poops for several days and that is normal.
