Is my babys poo normal?
The colour of baby poo (faeces or bowel action), how firm or runny it is, and how often a baby passes poo can all vary a lot, and usually it is ‘normal’. • The first bowel action after a baby’s birth is a dark green-black sticky substance called meconium. • The poo gradually changes over the next few days to a lighter colour, sometimes with some mucus in it, as the baby adapts to his diet of breast milk or formula. The poo will vary a lot with how your baby is fed. • Breast-fed babies have soft, unformed poos that may look a bit like seedy mustard, often a yellow-orange colour, but sometimes greenish. • A baby’s poo may shoot out with some force, and may look frothy at times. • In the first few weeks, breast-fed babies usually pass bowel actions several times a day, perhaps every feed time. • After a couple of months, this may settle to once or twice a day, or once every few days or so, but generally the poo, when it comes, is still soft (so this is not constipation). • Some fully brea
