Question
A baby at home has developed milky white stool after taking medication. Is this normal? The baby was hospitalized for enteritis and rotavirus infection and was discharged on the same evening when the stool turned milky white, resembling undigested bismuth subgallate powder. Is this situation normal? Why does it happen? The baby is currently 100 days old, went all night without eating, doesn’t like drinking formula milk, and only consumes 60-100 milliliters each time. Isn’t this amount too little?
Answer
The formula milk provided during the hospital stay may have been to reduce gastrointestinal stress, as the intestines have just recovered and are not suitable for an immediate switch back to regular formula. Normally, the transition to a new formula should also be gradual, usually taking over a week to slowly reduce the proportion. You can start by mixing the special formula with regular formula, with the first day being one part special formula mixed with one-tenth regular formula, and by the third day, one part special formula mixed with one-third. If this gradual approach does not work, you can also consider switching to goat’s milk formula, as it has finer particles, is closest to human milk, and is also nutritionally rich.