1 Liquid chair as a variant of the

norm. A liquid chair in the baby will be present invariably, so the unformed children's organism is arranged. The frequency of bowel movements per day can go up to 10 times in the first weeks of a child's life and about 2-5 times to 6 months. Thick in the baby will be only the very first feces - dark and dense meconium. Further, many children may have problems with both faeces and feces. As a rule, many sleepless nights pass before the intestine of the child adapts to a diet different from that which was in the mother's womb.

The color of the feces during the first days of life of the crumb can be yellow( the most ideal variant), green, with the presence of foam, grains, etc. This is the norm, or rather the reaction of the intestine to breast milk. Usually by the end of the first month the feces become more homogeneous, and on it it will be possible to judge the state of the digestive system. To guard parents should be dark feces, with blood veins, which may indicate the presence of internal bleeding. With such a sign, you should immediately consult a doctor.

Calve the kid with liquid calves, which is not present for 2 more months, after each feeding. This is due to the fact that his intestinal flora from birth is sterile and will only begin to be populated by useful microorganisms in the course of life. Enzyme production in infants is very weak, and thanks to the anatomical location of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract, food quickly passes and is digested.

2 A cause for concern

A loose stool in a baby breastfed can also indicate any abnormalities in the body. To distinguish a normal chair of the baby from diarrhea it is possible on some grounds:

• increase in the frequency of the act of defecation( more than 8-10 times a day);
• change in stool consistency( it acquires a more fluid structure);
• bowel movements appear abruptly, as under pressure;
• on the smell of stool becomes more acidic, unpleasant;
• normal liquid yellow stool changes its color to green;
• in feces may be present a small amount of foam, blood or mucus.

In addition to changes in the act of bowel movement, color and consistency of the stool, unpleasant symptoms may appear, manifested as poor sleep, loss of appetite, moodiness, rising body temperature. The child will become restless due to colic, increased gas production. After eating the breast milk may become frequent regurgitation.

Diarrhea in a child is not always a serious pathology. Often it passes for a short period of time on its own, without any therapy. If this did not happen, it is better to show the child to the pediatrician, in order to establish the cause of diarrhea. Especially this applies to those cases where a liquid, like water, stool appears against the background of a rise in body temperature.

3 How to respond to parents?

A newborn's stool during breastfeeding may be liquid for many reasons. Usually it can be adjusted at home by the mother herself. Since the child is born on breastfeeding, he receives milk from his mother, which contains everything that the mother herself ate. It is the malnutrition of the nursing mother that often causes a disorder in the infant's stool. To correct a situation in this case it is possible by means of correction of a food of mum.

To the intestines of the child worked well and he time to chew, eat a lot and sleep soundly, you should add to your mother's food:

• slightly salted porridge( rice, buckwheat);
• fish, steamed or boiled;
• tea made from chamomile and mint;
• fish soups;
• boiled lean meat;
• is a dairy-based natural product with a low fat content.

Many pediatricians advise a nursing woman to eat the food he ate during the child's birth, with the exception of semi-finished products, fatty foods, foods with a lot of unnatural ingredients. Do not eat and smoked, especially fat, fatty fish, sausages, etc. It is necessary to abstain from eggs, cakes, freshly baked flour products, sour and spicy dishes.

Very often, a loose stool in a newborn with breastfeeding is observed when his mother adheres to a vegetarian diet. A large number of vegetables, herbs and fruits in the diet of the mother will always reflect on the density of the child's stool. If, in addition to liquid feces, there are no other unpleasant symptoms in the form of colic, restless sleep and behavior, then this chair can be considered a variant of the norm.

Initially, the menu of the nursing mother should be moderately dietary. All new products need to be introduced gradually, recording the reaction to them in a specially marked notebook. This will help to trace the reaction of the child's body to a new product and, if necessary, cancel it, introducing it a little later.

When a loose stool appears, newborns do not need to give up breastfeeding and switch to artificial feeding. Unfortunately, this is a problem for many mothers who write off a child's chair disorder for poor-quality breast milk. This is fundamentally not true, besides, in milk, in addition to nutrition, a large number of useful vitamins and trace elements that positively affect the immune system. In some cases, it is the breast milk that saves the baby's body from a large loss of fluid during poisoning, dysbiosis, etc.

If a baby has a frequent, liquid stool of a green hue, this may be due to a malfunction in the feeding process. In particular, this problem is observed in those children who are alternately applied to both breasts, as a result of which the child sucks in the liquid front milk, while the more nutritious and fatty remains in the mother's breast. You can correct the situation by applying the baby to one breast until it completely empties it. In the first month, when the child will suck very little, milk from the second breast should be expressed in order to preserve lactation and the shape of the mammary glands.

4 Reason to see a doctor

Violation of the act of defecation in a child, when the liquid stool is present quite often and the situation does not change when the mother corrects her diet, should alert the parents and become the reason for contacting a specialist. This must be done in the event that a toddler has a hard and inflated tummy, he is restless, often screams and sleeps very little.

Cautioning the parents of the infants should also have a loose stool, in which there is a loss or poor weight gain, lack of appetite, vomiting, high body temperature. All these symptoms in the complex are extremely dangerous for the crumbs, so a visit to the doctor should be immediate. They can not be ignored, because they are a signal of serious violations, dangerous for the health and life of the child.

If the liquid yellow stool is suddenly replaced by an alarming, watery consistency that has an unpleasant smell of rot, you should immediately examine the child with a doctor. Infectious diseases associated with penetration of a bacterium into the intestines of a child are often manifested. It happens mainly in those children whose mothers in addition to breast milk offer the child water from dubious sources( water, well, etc.), do not comply with hygiene in the house, their own hygiene and the baby, poorly disinfect the toys of the child. As a result, all pathogenic microorganisms easily penetrate into the sterile organism of crumbs and begin their active destructive life there.

A common diagnosis in children, unfortunately, is dysbiosis. Often, it appears when the mother during pregnancy or after the delivery took for health antibacterial drugs. The stool for dysbacteriosis is liquid, green, with the presence of mucus and grains. To clarify the diagnosis, you will need to undergo a test and take the necessary tests.

Diarrhea in infants may occur with lactase deficiency. In this violation of the child in addition to the liquid stool, there will be a shortage of body weight, an increased restless condition of the baby. To diagnose it is possible at the doctor, by delivery of a feces on the analysis. Without this, it is impossible to determine the absence of lactase as an enzyme in the child's body.

5 Short-term causes of deviation

Sometimes problems with stools can occur in the newborn periodically. The most common cause is teething in 4-7 months. Few of the children endure this period easily and without complications. Most children have high fever, which is almost impossible to knock down without the use of injection antipyretic drugs, diarrhea starts, sometimes severe vomiting.

Symptoms of teething in children are similar to those of purulent sore throat or poisoning. Medical help at this moment will help to transfer the instant of eruption without serious complications, and breast milk often saves the scab from dehydration. After the teeth have crawled, the unpleasant symptoms will stop. It is very important during this period to protect the child from hypothermia, contact with a large number of people, so that, against the background of the weakening of immunity, no infection will join. All the toys that the child takes into his mouth, it is necessary to wash in boiled water with soda.

Allergic reaction to the injected product in the diet can provoke a loose stool. Often babies are born to varying degrees with allergic manifestations of food. In addition to skin rashes, the baby will invariably have diarrhea, with parts of undigested food. It is not always possible to eliminate this problem on your own, especially if the allergy is observed in a large number of food products, so it is better to contact a qualified specialist.

Antibacterial drugs that prescribe children for health reasons are treated against bacteria, but have a harmful effect on the entire useful microflora.

Against the background of taking antibiotics, babies often develop dysbacteriosis, which is accompanied by a loose stool and other characteristic symptoms.

This can be prevented only by frequent breastfeeding and special preparations that help restore the intestinal microflora. These are the preparations "Bifidium", "Lactovit", "Bifidobacterin", etc. They should be given to the child in the appropriate dosage, spreading in a spoon with breast milk. These funds can also be consumed by the mother, as a result of which they will be delivered with breast milk.

A liquid stool in a child is not a cause for concern if the child feels and develops well. In other cases, medical examination and consultation is required to exclude the presence of any violations. It is better to be reinsured once again and show the child to a specialist, than to launch a problem and only further aggravate the situation.