Usually, after 24 hours, newborns will pass some black or greenish, sticky tar-like substances, which we call “fetal stools”, and this phenomenon usually lasts until about 3-5 days after the baby is born. The frequency and color of bowel movements will change after the baby has eaten a normal diet. Usually, a 2-month-old baby will have 3 to 4 bowel movements a day, or even more, but after 2 weeks, the number of bowel movements will be reduced to once a day or once every 2 days, which is a normal phenomenon. 1, the number of baby’s stool within 10 hours after the birth of the baby began to discharge foetal stools, black-green or dark green, sticky, odorless, a bit like paving asphalt. Fetal stool is composed of bile, intestinal secretions, shed epithelial cells and amniotic fluid and fetal hair that the child swallows in the fetus. It is usually passed within 2-3 days, about 3-5 times a day. If fetal stools are not seen for 24 hours after birth, it should be suspected that there is a congenital malformation of the digestive tract resulting in fecal obstruction, and prompt diagnosis and treatment is required. After 3-4 days of birth, fetal stools gradually transition to normal infant feces. Within four months of the milk-based diet of the baby, its normal stool is mostly paste, uniform consistency, rather like fine sand and water after the paste, there may be a little such as the size of chili pepper seed particles. Breastfed children’s stools are mostly golden yellow, occasionally thin, like water after thick soup, can be slightly green, sour taste, odorless, 2-4 times a day bowel movements. Newborns may be more frequent, 4-5 times a day, or even after each feeding to defecate. This is because breastmilk is easily digested and facilitates elimination, as well as the reflex peristals of the intestinal tract after the input of food. If the daily bowel movement 4-5 times or more, or on the contrary, 2-3 days only once, but the stool characteristics as usual, the child weight gain, good mental state, then do not have to filter. 2.Breastfeeding baby’s stool After the child is born, it will excrete greenish-black, smooth and sticky meconium. Later on, the baby will pass yellowish feces, which is the normal feces when breastfeeding. The number of bowel movements per day is not important. They may be as frequent as several times a day or as frequent as once every few days. Infant stools are usually mushy or thicker than ice cream and have no odor. Breastfed children are seldom constipated; the child absorbs almost everything and has very little waste, which explains why the child sometimes passes feces only once every three days. Remember that the food the mother eats greatly affects the baby, and spicy foods can cause indigestion. 3, the stools of infants eating milk After the child’s digestive function has stabilized, children who eat formula milk have more frequent bowel movements, and the texture of the stools is harder, yellowish, and smelly than those of children who eat breastmilk. Sometimes parents may find that their child’s stools are soft, like soft-skinned eggs, but normal stools should be hard. The solution to this problem is to give your child more water: add more water to the usual formula milk. The solution is to give the child more water: add more water to the usual formula milk. You can also give the child more cooled water in between feedings. After the child reaches a few months, you can add filtered fruit juice to the drinking water to prevent dry feces. 4, newborn abnormal stool frequency If the baby’s stool 5-10 times a day, and contains more undigested milk lumps, no mucus, it belongs to the eggdrop soup-like stool, which is not normal stool. This is mostly seen in babies on formula milk. If the baby is breastfeeding should continue, do not need to change the feeding method, do not need to reduce the amount of milk and frequency, most babies can naturally return to normal. If the baby is mixed feeding or artificially fed, it is necessary to adjust the diet structure appropriately. Mothers and fathers can add more water to the milk powder, make the milk thinner, or reduce the amount of milk per feeding and increase the number of feedings. If the baby’s stools are still not normal for 2-3 days, parents should consult a doctor.