Not exact matches
It's inevitable and natural, but most new parents don't know the difference between
meconium and transitional
stool and what to look for.
How long
do babies have those black tarry and sticky
stools called
meconium?
Although many parents are worried that their babies will just never stop filling their diapers with
meconium, some babies have the other problem and simply don't have a
meconium stool on their first day or two of life.
If your baby
does not have a bowel movement or pass a
meconium stool, it could be a sign that something is wrong.
It is the combination of these adjectives, especially «large,» «thick,» and «sticky,» that make
meconium stools hard to clean up and don't make many new parents look forward to these dirty diapers.
Once your baby is
done passing
meconium and has spent a few days nursing or bottle feeding, his poop will begin to resemble more of what you'd expect a baby's
stool to look like — green and goopy.