How many bowel movements per day is normal for a newborn?

The nervous system of newborns is not fully developed and cannot control bowel movements, so newborns have many bowel movements every day, usually more than a dozen times a day.

About three times. The newborn's body is not yet mature and cannot control its behavior, and it is easy to pull feces and urine on the pants.

Five or six times is relatively normal, because at this time, the child's stomach is relatively small and cannot store much food, so there is more bowel movements.

It is normal to have 2 or 3 bowel movements a day. And there are some newborns who digest very slowly, so they may not have so many bowel movements.

If the number of bowel movements can reach 3 or 4 times a day, it is normal, which proves that there is no problem with the child's digestion.

How many times a day is it normal for a baby to poop? It is normal for babies to have 1 or 3 bowel movements a day, but the specific situation varies according to the baby's feeding habits and individual differences.

There are individual differences depending on the feeding style and age of the infant, and the number of bowel movements in a day is not fixed, usually 1 3 times is within the normal range. The younger the child, breastfeeding, eating more, etc., will increase the number of bowel movements of the baby, and if the newborn baby is breastfed, the stool can be 5 to 7 times a day; If it is a formula fed infant, the infant is relatively less frequent and can be 2 to 3 times. As the child gets older, the child's digestive function gradually improves, the digestion and absorption of food is enhanced, and the number of bowel movements of the baby will gradually decrease, ranging from 1 to 2 times a day on average.

The frequency and quality of stool can reflect the baby's health condition. If the baby has more than 3 bowel movements a day, or no stool in a day, parents do not need to worry too much, if it is accompanied by symptoms such as crying, loose stools, and unstable sleep, they need to go to the hospital in time to determine whether there are other diseases.

This content was reviewed by Wang Zhixin, Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatrics of China-Japan Friendship Hospital.

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Because the baby has been in the mother's womb for ten months, and the intestines have accumulated ten months of meconium. Therefore, at this stage, the baby's bowel movements will be more frequent, and the color of the excrement is dark green, which is composed of amniotic fluid, mucus, fetal hair and small intestinal epithelial cells, and generally lasts for 2 to 3 days. The number of bowel movements 3 to 5 times a day is considered normal, and the excrement will turn yellow after two or three days.

If the baby does not have a bowel movement within 24 hours of birth, parents should seek medical attention promptly, and the baby's digestive system is likely to be blocked.