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Mom of a 4 yr 9 m old child4 years ago

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Is green colour stools common in exclusive breastfeed babies? Also babies given iron drops and the drops also can be seen in the stools as the dark spots...Why does this happen?

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ExpertDr. Swapnil SaxenaAyurvedic Physician4 years ago

A. green colour stool can be there if there is imbalance in forr milk and hindmilk baby is having mild cold or cough or he is drinking formula milk as long as the consistency and frequency is fine nothing much to be worried about the colour baby should be active and feeding properly

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