Your newborn's first poop will be very dark green and look almost black. Over a few days, it'll turn to a lighter green, then yellow (if your baby's breastfed) or yellow/brown (if your baby's formula-fed). While green poop is usually no cause for worry, call the doctor if ...
Green poop in breastfed babies (particularly “EBF” or exclusively breastfed babies) can be a sign that the baby is getting too much low-calorie, low-fat foremilk (the milk that comes first in a feeding) and not enough hindmilk, which is higher in fat. It could also mean that the ...
Two to three days after birth, you’ll notice that your newborn’s stools are greener and less sticky, gradually transitioning to yellow or tan. Green poop in breastfed babies As your baby starts to digest breast milk, their stool will be seedy and somewhat runny. It may be green, musta...
Newborn baby/infant: black-green poop In the very early days of life, green poop is simply the baby’s transitionfrom meconium—a mixture of intestinal epithelial cells, mucus, bile, amniotic fluid, and water—to regular poop, which should be a mustard yellow color if breast-feeding. Someti...