Breastfeed babies will normally have looser
stools than their formula fed counterparts.
Not exact matches
A study from 2001 found that the
stools of
formula -
fed babies contained a lot more odor - causing sulfur gases
than breast milk poop.
For bottle -
fed babies who have watery
stools for more
than a couple of weeks, consult your doctor about changing her
formula.
Formula -
fed babies often have firmer, less seedy
stools than breast -
fed babies.
Formula fed babies may have
stools that are more paste like and odorous
than breastfed babies.
Mother's milk contains much more Lactobacillus bifidus
than cow's milk or
formula, which affects the odour and consistency of
stools, as babies who are not breast -
fed have quite a foul odour to their
stools.
A
formula -
fed baby's
stool is a little bit firmer
than a breastfed baby's, about the consistency of peanut butter.
Babies who are
formula -
fed sometimes have firmer
stools than breastfed babies, and their
stools can vary in color.
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).