In the first few weeks of like if your breastfed
baby poop smells bad, it may be because of the food you are consuming dairy products.
Not exact matches
In general
baby smells more because of gas and smelly
poops.
Babies that are breastfed
smell better in general due to having less gas and much better
smelling poop.
This means that breast milk
baby poop is a mustard color and has very little
smell.
The drool can also make your
baby's
poop so acidic you can
smell it (eew) and can cause patches on the butt and anus that look almost burned from the acidic drool.
The color of stools from formula - fed
babies may also appear more yellowish and
smell more like older children's
poop, while breastfed
babies usually excrete a finer consistency of darker shades with some green and brown that
smells quite different from the normal poo you're used to.
Even when
baby pees or
poops, they should only mildly
smell.
Everyone loves the
smell of a nice clean
baby, and when a
baby is has been peeing,
pooping, and spitting all day starts to
smell like old spit up and dirty diapers it might be tempting to give them their first bath, but if they still have their umbilical cord stump then this is a horrible idea.
Yep, her hands on my breast and my
baby smelled like
poop.
As
babies go through various changes, the frequency, consistency, color, and
smell of
poop can all change drastically... and vary from
baby to
baby.
There's a wide range of what's considered «normal» when it comes to
baby poop, so don't be alarmed by what you see (or
smell!)
Babies can't stay
smelling fresh forever when they
poop so much, and the same is very much true for the toddler years.
These bags are totally waterproof and hold the
smells in... no different than wrapping up a pair of
baby's pants that got a
poop leak on them to bring them home.
However hard you worked to have a
baby doesn't make her cries less upsetting, her
poop smell any better and doesn't mean you won't long for lazy Sundays when you had nothing to do but binge - watch Scandal.
You're in for a surprise when it comes to the color, texture and
smell of
baby poop!
An explosive horrible
smell in your
baby's
poop can translate to a medical condition that needs to be checked.
Newborn
baby poop doesn't really
smell.
The food that you introduce to your child will affect the way your
baby's
poop look like and
smell like.
In the weeks where your
baby already got rid of meconium, her yellowish
poop will have a mild sour
smell but the
smell is pretty much tolerable that even if you fill up your diap er pail, it won't stink too much.
There are three main causes of why your
baby's
poop smell and why it looks different at some point.
When your
baby has a really foul sour
smelling poop, she may be allergic or intolerant to certain foods.
If your breastfed
baby's
poop smell bad but she's still well and active, there is nothing to worry about.
Smaller
babies, in general, don't have smelly
poop; it has a mild sour
smell but not to the point that it makes you gag.
If your
baby has allergies to the food you take, it would also result in a differently
smelling poop and a different texture and color.
(The normal breastfed
baby produces stool that's soft but with recognizable
poop - like form; it also
smells sweetish, like buttermilk, or has no real odor.)
Diarrhea is not common in the exclusively breastfed
baby but if they get it, it's generally VERY watery, comes VERY often, is usually green or almost neon can be mucousy, and almost always has a VERY foul odor (much worse than the mild
smell of a breastfed
baby's
poop — which is one awesome benefit of breastfeeding!).
Sometimes when we offer, our
babies refuse and just need some cuddles from someone who doesn't
smell like old breastmilk, spit up or
baby poop.
Everyone can not handle your
baby's
poop smell or the whining or wailing of your
baby.
Side note — Exclusively breastfed
babies will have relatively sweet
smelling poop.
Obviously all
babies are different but as a rule breastfed
babies have much looser stools (sometimes it's almost like they have diarrhoea) and tend to
smell less than the
poop of formula fed
babies which may be firmer but can have a more distinct
smell while being also a more traditional colour (different types of brown).
Here's a win for breastfed
babies — their newborn
poop really doesn't
smell bad.
Most breastfeeding mothers will agree that their
baby's
poop really isn't that offensive — it actually
smells rather sweet!