Question

A newborn baby who is 50 days old today has grey and slightly sticky stool. What’s going on? The baby had hemolytic jaundice at birth, which was treated for 5 days and the condition has returned to normal.

Answer

Based on your description, this condition in your baby may be due to dyspepsia. Here are some suggestions:

  1. You can use probiotics, lactase, and pepsin oral solutions to enhance absorption.
  2. Probiotic preparations can also be tried.
  3. If the baby is formula-fed, you can consider switching to other brands of formula if necessary.
  4. If the baby is breastfed, it is recommended that the mother’s diet be rich in nutrition, light, and easy to digest, avoiding overly greasy foods, as well as cold foods such as tangerines, oranges, watermelons, grapes, bananas, etc.