The number of dirty diapers also increases, and the stools should be changing in color and consistency from the dark,
tarry meconium stool to a mustard - yellow, loose and seedy stool.
Not exact matches
During this week, your baby's
stools will change from the large, black,
tarry meconium of the first few days, to green / yellow transitional
stools, to the more regular yellow bowel movements of an older baby.
The black,
tarry stool, called
meconium, contains bilirubin, the substance that causes newborn jaundice.
It also has a laxative effect for newborns, helping them to pass their
tarry first
stools known as
meconium and thus expel bilirubin.
How long do babies have those black
tarry and sticky
stools called
meconium?
The majority of babies will have
meconium stools within the first day of life, which slowly become less
tarry and thick over the first week of life.
Meconium stools are the large dark, black or greenish - black, thick,
tarry, sticky bowel movements that newborn babies have during their first two or three days after birth.
Stool Output In the first few days after birth the baby's dark,
tarry stools are known as
meconium.
All newborns start with
meconium stools (dark green to black, sticky
tarry stools).