Newborn babies poo's in those first few days will be a black tar like poop which is called meconium.
Not exact matches
The good news is that
newborn babies frequently urinate while they are awake (often as frequent as every 15 or 20 minutes) and they may do several
poos a day.
We recommend getting as many shells as your
baby poos in a 2 - 3 day time period (for
newborns count how many explosions they have!!).
The fairly liquid
poo of the breast - fed
newborn can be easily dealt with by holding your
baby over the sink and just rinsing it down the drain.
Parents who attempt this must have a lot of time on their hands to be able to run their
newborns to a toilet every time they THINK the
baby is going to pee /
poo.
In the beginning, it may seem that all he does is pee,
poo, eat, cry, and sleep, but gradually week by week you will see growth in the
newborn development of your
baby.
Since
baby poo is fatty, a mild cleanser made for
newborns comes handy.
Newborn babies who are breastfed may
poo at each feed in the early weeks, then, after about six weeks, not have a
poo for several days.
If the sights and smells of
baby poo wasn't exciting enough, there is nothing like giving a
newborn some formula, and dealing with diarrhea.
Well, when your
baby is a
newborn and is only eating breast milk or formula, his
poo is actually water soluble.
It might not be your favourite subject when it comes to
newborn babies, but
poo is an unavoidable fact of life with a little one which many of us become fixated about.