Question
After taking medication for five days, there hasn’t been much effect; it’s just that the baby isn’t vomiting anymore and can take in food. What should I do…
Answer
Hello, the symptoms you described are indicative of diarrhea! When a baby is fed breast milk, it’s normal for the number of bowel movements to be one to two more per day than when fed formula milk, with stools being yellow-green and runny; for those fed formula milk, the stools are yellow and formed. Nausea and vomiting refer to an increase in stool water content and a change in stool composition. Generally, when there’s nausea and vomiting, the frequency of bowel movements increases, the water content increases, and the stool color turns green with a sour smell. Suggestions: For babies fed breast milk or formula milk, stools are often quite loose and slightly acidic, with a nice yellow color. The number of bowel movements can range from three to five times a day to an extremely small amount of over ten times. As long as the baby can eat, play, sleep, has a rosy complexion, normal expression, and stable weight gain, then this type of stool is normal for this baby and does not constitute nausea and vomiting. Moreover, before the baby is one month old, regardless of whether the baby is fed breast milk or formula milk, due to the baby’s not yet fully matured absorption function, especially poor absorption capacity for fat and lactose, stools are almost always runny. It takes several weeks before stools gradually become formed, which is what we call ‘forming stools’. Wishing you well!