Reference books vary slightly on the average number of dirty nappies to expect each day in the first week. If you are not seeing these colour changes on these days, asking for early support with breastfeeding will help to make sure your baby is getting enough breast milk. Day five-yellow/mustard poo: soft and plentiful, at least three or four poops per day.Day three-greeny-brown (khaki) poo, getting runnier.The stool consistency also becomes softer or more liquid and the number of poos per day gradually increases too. When breastfeeding is going well, the colour of poop generally changes from black on the first day, to khaki green by the third day, then to brown and finally becomes yellow or mustard coloured poop by the fourth or fifth day. The colour changes give a clue to how breastfeeding is going. Over the next few days, breastfed baby poop tends to change through a predictable sequence of colours as the baby drinks more and more breast milk. Meconium is black, thick and sticky and will be passed in the first two days after birth. The very first poop your baby passes on the first day of life is called meconium. Jonette McClelland, a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, joined Kids Plus in 2012.Breastfed baby poop in the first week Colour of poop in the first five days
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