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White stool
My son is 6 months 12 days old. He is on formila milk (lactogen pro 2) and two time a days breastmilk. He eats banana, apple, moong daal, makhana (fox nut) and potato. Since 3-4 days he is passing white stool. Like his stool is mixed few amount is yellow and green and little amount is white in color. He one day passed very hard stool and while passing some amount of blood was also seen but blood was only seen once.
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Your son have started using semisolid foods along with formula milk.. So it's completely normal to have a bit of constipation. Altered bowel habits in infants should be of concerned if he is passing infrequent stools with foul smell,/lots of mucus or bleeding.
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maintain a balanced diet.
don't Overzealously start feeding your child like 10year old as it will cause bloating, indigestion
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Stool color depends up on food which u r giving . As baby has started soft diet . It’s k no problem . If it’s loose stool or any mucus or blood in stool u shld worry .
Hard stool with blood may b due to constipation . Maintain hydration give small sips of water in between . Give fibre rich diet fruit is and vegetables more .
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Hello parent!
Colour of stool is normal - depends on dietary intake of the baby. You can take the following steps to relieve constipation:
- oral sips of water after a feed or meal
- instead of potatoes give sweet potatoes
- can offer fruit puree of pears, mangoes, watermelon, apple and ripe avocados - be sure it’s of a semi runny consistency and not very grainy
- similarly can boil and puree vegetables esp broccoli, spinach or any other greens, pumpkin, carrots, etc. These can be mixed with one another or in khitchri too
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