Question: Hi my little one is 4 months old, and she is passing green color potty from yesterday, please advise if it os necessary to visit doctor and also let me know why the stool is green in color..please
Answer: Hello... Green colour poop indicate an imbalance of fore milk or hind milk, offering green colour frothy stool,it can be due to sensitivity to something in mother's diet, it an also be due to your baby is drinking more milk in one time,this can hit his tummy too fast,and creates air bubbles and make green poop,since your baby is in breastfeeding, mother's diet play an vital role in digestion process, so it should fullfill baby's need
Mother's should take food in regular intervals, you can 5-6 small meals, will helps to reduce gas. Please don't Starve yourself,it will increase the problem
Take fiber rich diet, comprises of wholegraibs,cereals, millets
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, you can also take veg with high water content like pumpkin, cucumber, raddish,plantain stem,celery,it can taken in the form of soups,salads,sabji
Avoid caffeine,cold drinks,packed foods,deep fried items
Keep yourself hydrated,drink 10 - 12 glasses of water, you can also have fruit juice too
Drink butter milk will reduce dehydration and releives for constipation
Intake of figs and prunes will help your baby releive in constipation
Boil water with ajwan seed ,you
drink and feed baby,it helps a lot for indigestion
Thank you
Question: My baby has been passing green stool since 10 day of his life. He passes stool once every alternate day with this color. Please let me Know if this is ok
Answer: Initially for months is normal . Because baby digestive system doesn't fully developed till three months so some babies will go green dat is normal only... After three months if baby is going means there will be some infection that's why baby can't able to digest... So kindly do motion routine test... Give breast milk alone.. no other feeds
Question: Hi my son is 13 month old he pooping watery since last night, please let me know if i can give some home treatment
Answer: Hello dear
Loose motions or diarrhoea in babies are caused due to various reasons such as allergies of some food, antibiotics, surrounding is unclean etc.
Home remedies for loose motions:
1. Give ORS to the baby at regular intervals to keep dehydration
2. Give banana to babies as it contains potassium, zinc, iron, calcium, magnesium and vitamin A and B6
3. Mix a teaspoon of ginger, some cinnamon powder, a bit of cumin powder and a teaspoon of honey. Give this mixture to your baby thrice a day.
4. Give ur baby apple, curd, buttermilk, coconut water, carrot juice, starch rich products, lemon, mint etc