What should I do if I feel the sour smell of feces in the baby? What does it mean the presence of an acidic odor in the baby's diaper?
Practically from the first day of a newborn's lifethe contents of his diaper is an important indicator of health. On it it is possible to judge: how a small organism lives and grows and develops. Color, smell, texture, density - all these factors play a role and speak about many things.
The correct, healthy feces of the newborn shouldreminiscent of a mush of yellow or yellow-green color and smell of yeast, sour cream, yogurt or curd. As a child grows up and changes his diet, the smell also changes. And with the introduction of meat, feces resemble the smell of adults, although they smell much softer and more tender.
Sour odor of feces in a child in 1 year
Specific acid odor can be a sign ofintestinal dyspepsia. This disease is distinguished by diarrhea, bloating, rumbling. A newborn can be kicked, capricious for no apparent reason and refuses to eat. You can help a kid if you give any medication that reduces flatulence. And then it is better to exclude dairy products, fast carbohydrates, rich meat broths from time to time from the diet. Feed porridges on the water, give tea with crackers and tender meat purees.
Another reason for the sour odor of the stool is the problemwith the digestion of milk sugar. It's no secret that milk is a part of almost all children's dishes. Often, milk is not absorbed by the child, and parents do not know about it. As a result, the small intestine rebels and "gives out" a green tint. Try to temporarily exclude milk and dairy products from food and observe the reaction of the intestines.
Interesting fact!
In the first days of life, the feces of a childhas a fragrance. The smell appears a little later - around the 10th day of life, when the intestines begin to actively colonize the beneficial bacteria that help in the digestion of food. The smell of diaper these days, it sizzles, but the baby does not pose any danger to the body.
If the child has a loose stool with an acidic odor after antibiotics
Often there is such a situation: color and smell were normal, but changed dramatically and began to give off with acid. The smell of sour feces occurs after a course of antibiotics prescribed by a doctor, while it can be frequent, get a foamy consistency and strange color. Antibiotics, killing the infection, are detrimental to good intestinal bacteria, and as a result the intestine is unable to cope with the digestion of food.
In such situations, moms begin to panic andliters of milking a child (age 1 month, 3, 6, 10, etc.) with all kinds of fermented milk products, spitting almost forcibly. But it's not necessary to rape a baby: the modern pharmaceutical industry produces a variety of probiotics, which in a few days are working to regulate the intestines. In tablets, suspensions, with flavors of sweets and berries.
Attention!
Bifidobacteria are populated much faster, if with them to observe a diet and exclude fruits that cause gas formation, simple carbohydrates and heavy protein.
Green sour stool in the child
It happens that the smell of "curd" is replaced by an unpleasanta sharp smell with notes of rot. Cal at the same time can differ from usual, already one shade should alert the attentive parents. What color is indicative of a deviation? Gray is bright green, poisonous-yellow, with impurities of undigested food and splashes of blood. In this unusual color of the bowel movements accompany vomiting, fever, the stool becomes liquid and smells of acid.
Doctor Komarovsky: green color can become a sign of the beginning of development in the body of a child of an infectious disease, for example, rotovirus infection and even pneumonia. Many people confuse the rotovirus with the usual poisoning and are treated at home. But to do this in no case it is impossible: the infection leads to dehydration of the child's body. And the danger of pneumonia, sure, do not even need to be warned. The conclusion is simple: did they see that the feces turned green and the odor sour? Address to the pediatrist!
Lure and sour smell of stool in the baby
Child on breast, artificial or mixedfeeding completely depends on the nutrition that the nursing mother adheres to. The appearance and smell of the baby serves as a reflection of the mom's menu. Gorged on salted cucumbers and sauerkraut? Do not be surprised if the baby's poop is green and smells of acid in the morning. Are you fond of cottage cheese? Excess dairy products are also able to change the color of stools to green.
But even if you strictly follow the diet and notyou admit excesses, excrement can quite turn green after the introduction of new products. In this way, the intestine reacts to new products and there is nothing wrong with that.
Remember! Green color itself is not an alarm signal, especially if it was noticed by you once. The presence of infection in the body can be determined by other signs and general malaise. In some cases, it may be worth checking the white blood cells.
Health to you and your children!
