Most new parents will agree — the amount of thought and conversation surrounding a new baby's bowel movements is . . . plentiful. And probably surprising. With limited options for communication with a ...

New parents know that surprises abound in a baby’s diaper. But according to new research, it’s what you can’t see (or smell) that could be a cause for alarm. Infant fecal matter contains a lot of ...

One of the most common concerns for new parents is whether their baby is pooping enough or too much. It is a question that comes up at almost every paediatric visit. The truth is, there is no single ...

A small study found that even newborns can carry microplastics in their system, while infants seem to have much higher levels than adults. Reading time 3 minutes New research suggests that infants are ...

Baby's first poop is one of the first milestones your little one will hit — maybe even before coming out of the womb. The official name for this bowel movement is called meconium and fair warning: it ...

It seems that I get a lot of questions and concerns from parents about their child's stools (poops). Who would have thought that once we become parents we would be so interested in poop!! But from the ...

In a recent study published in the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science and Technology Letters, scientists found 10 times more microplastic in babies’ feces than in adults’. Researchers ...

Baby poop is not something you might typically think about unless you’re a new parent. But the squishy, frequently malodorous stuff is incredibly important: It’s a window into not only a baby's ...