Dear Nikimom,
Normal healthy breastfeed poos come in many different styles!
Some are watery, some pasty, some seedy and some curdy ? usually they are a mustard yellow brown colour but sometimes they can even be a green colour.
There is no need to add water to your baby?s diet before starting solids at around six months of age ? the best is to exclusively breastfeed ? this means giving nothing but breast milk. As you say when adding water there is the chance of the baby filling up on water (which has no calories) rather than on milk. Also the protective factors in the breast milk aren?t as strong as soon as you start to add other food and this includes water.
Gas in the baby has two choices ? either the baby burps it up or it passes all the way through. It the gas is causing no problems for the baby then it doesn?t matter which way the gas comes out. If, however, the baby is colicy and crying because of the gas then you want to try to help. Often in babies that cry a lot, whether from colic or reflux, it helps to have lots of small feeds rather than less larger ones ? this usually results in the baby getting more fat in the feeds. And the babies seem to get comfort from the breastfeeding.
Hope this helps, best wishes,
SARAH
Normal healthy breastfeed poos come in many different styles!
Some are watery, some pasty, some seedy and some curdy ? usually they are a mustard yellow brown colour but sometimes they can even be a green colour.
There is no need to add water to your baby?s diet before starting solids at around six months of age ? the best is to exclusively breastfeed ? this means giving nothing but breast milk. As you say when adding water there is the chance of the baby filling up on water (which has no calories) rather than on milk. Also the protective factors in the breast milk aren?t as strong as soon as you start to add other food and this includes water.
Gas in the baby has two choices ? either the baby burps it up or it passes all the way through. It the gas is causing no problems for the baby then it doesn?t matter which way the gas comes out. If, however, the baby is colicy and crying because of the gas then you want to try to help. Often in babies that cry a lot, whether from colic or reflux, it helps to have lots of small feeds rather than less larger ones ? this usually results in the baby getting more fat in the feeds. And the babies seem to get comfort from the breastfeeding.
Hope this helps, best wishes,
SARAH