{"id":50009,"date":"2025-04-25T21:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T01:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/baby-poop-what-to-expect\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:39:54","slug":"baby-poop-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"mayo","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/zh\/mayo-health-library\/baby-poop-what-to-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby poop: What to expect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\">\n<p>Yellow, mushy stool is perfectly healthy for breastfed babies. Still, there are many shades of baby poop. Here&#8217;s a color-by-color guide for parents of newborns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Black or dark green.<\/strong> After birth, the first stool a baby passes is black or dark green and tarry. This type of baby poop is known as meconium.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yellow-green.<\/strong> Your baby&#8217;s poop may turn this color once the meconium stool has passed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yellow.<\/strong> Breastfed newborns usually have seedy, loose stool that looks like light mustard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yellow or tan.<\/strong> If you feed your newborn formula, your baby&#8217;s poop might become yellow or tan with hints of green. It likely will be more firm than that of breastfed babies. But it probably won&#8217;t be firmer than soft clay or peanut butter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Green.<\/strong> Baby poop that&#8217;s green also can be typical. It&#8217;s no cause for concern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once your baby starts to eat solid food, your baby&#8217;s poop might contain a wide variety of colors.<\/p>\n<p>How often babies poop also varies. Some breastfed babies pass stool just once a week. That&#8217;s fine as long as your baby&#8217;s stools are soft and the baby keeps gaining weight and nursing. Formula-fed babies most often poop once a day. And some infants have no regular pooping pattern at all.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re concerned about the color, texture or frequency of your baby&#8217;s stool, call your baby&#8217;s healthcare professional. This is very important if your baby&#8217;s stool is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Still black many days after birth.<\/li>\n<li>Red or bloody.<\/li>\n<li>White or whitish-grey.<\/li>\n<li>Full of mucus.<\/li>\n<li>Very watery and more frequent or a larger quantity than usual.<\/li>\n<li>Passed less often than usual if your baby eats formula and strains while pooping.<\/li>\n<li>Often hard, dry or difficult to pass. For this symptom, it also may help to give your baby a couple of ounces of water from a sippy cup with meals. If your baby eats solid foods, it also may help to feed your baby fruits and vegetables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you call your baby&#8217;s healthcare professional, be ready to describe your baby&#8217;s stool. Note the color, texture, size and how often your baby passes stool. The more details you provide, the better. This helps your baby&#8217;s healthcare professional figure out if treatment might be needed.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infant stool can have various colors and textures. 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