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What Causes Frequent Bowel Movements In 10 Month Old?

my baby is 10 months old, she is on bottle feed few days ago she was doing lose motions we consulted doctor he changed her milk for 10 days and gave lactose free milk, now after 10 days i have again swtiched her to normal formula feed she was having before, but still she is doing 4-5 motions daily but not loose , they are thick, sometimes green, plz advise, also advise about what i should feed her foods.
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Let me assure you that in a baby of this age, passing stool 10 times a day is quite normal and not alarming. Greenish stool occurs due to rapid transit of fecal matter through the large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to get converted to the yellow pigment of stool. It is not a cause of concern.

I think that you can continue with the older formula but the importance of giving semi solid food is much more than giving milk formula which is now just an optional component of diet provided that the nutrients can come from other food items.
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What Causes Frequent Bowel Movements In 10 Month Old?

Let me assure you that in a baby of this age, passing stool 10 times a day is quite normal and not alarming. Greenish stool occurs due to rapid transit of fecal matter through the large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to get converted to the yellow pigment of stool. It is not a cause of concern. I think that you can continue with the older formula but the importance of giving semi solid food is much more than giving milk formula which is now just an optional component of diet provided that the nutrients can come from other food items.