Question
Please ask: 1. My son is 60 days old today, and I would like to know what the normal bowel characteristics of a 2-3-month-old baby are? My baby (mainly breastfed, with added formula) has basically been pooping once a day since one and a half months ago, with a tofu-like consistency, golden yellow, and occasionally twice a day. Starting yesterday afternoon (already pooped once in the morning), there is yellow water in the diaper, sometimes accompanied by a little bit of stool. When he farts, he sometimes also lets out a bit of stool. Is this diarrhea or indigestion? I want to give him water mixed with milk powder, but he chokes when he drinks it. Should he drink milk powder mixed with water instead? Why does he easily choke when drinking water? Can he drink milk powder mixed with water once a day?
Answer
Tofu-like stool refers to bowel movements that resemble tofu, containing bubbles, often caused by bacterial enteritis. It is recommended that you take your baby to the hospital for a check-up to rule out abnormal bowel movements. The milk powder can be mixed with water for drinking. Milk powder has certain digestive functions. Choking is a common abnormal phenomenon in infants. Normally (including newborns), people can coordinate swallowing movements with spontaneous breathing well. During eating and swallowing, the glottis automatically closes to prevent food from being aspirated into the trachea. When the respiratory system of patients is infected or underdeveloped, such as in bronchopneumonia, laryngeal cartilage softening, laryngitis, etc., the glottis cannot close well during swallowing, and a small amount of food entering the trachea causes some degree of obstruction. To expel the obstruction of food in the respiratory tract, it coughs out the food in the form of choking coughs.