The stomach of a newborn baby is very small, so for the first few weeks or months after birth, he drinks very little milk at a time and it gets digested very quickly. Because of this, the child may poop 3 to 4 times and urinate 7 to 8 times a day. However, some children pass urine 15 to 20 times a day.
Doctor Syed Mujahid Hussain has shared a video on his Instagram in which he is holding a one month old baby in his lap. The doctor said that the parents of this child are worried that the child urinates 15 to 25 times a day. Know what the doctor’s answer was on this.
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What does frequent urination mean?
In the caption of the video, the doctor has written that frequent urination of the baby means good hydration and sufficient milk. Unless your doctor tells you to, you should not start giving formula milk to your baby yet. Mother’s milk is best for a six month old baby. Due to this, all the nutrients required by the child are available from breast milk only.
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look at the color of urine
In a healthy baby, the color of urine ranges from light to dark yellow. When a baby does not take enough fluids or breast milk, his urine may become more concentrated.
How long does it take for a baby to pass urine?
According to an article published in healthychildren, the baby may pass urine every one to three hours and he may urinate four to six times a day. When a child is sick or has fever or the weather is very hot, the child urinates less, but this is also normal.
Focus on these two things
The doctor told that if you want to know whether your baby is developing healthy or not, then focus on his weight and urine output. From this you will know whether the child is healthy or not.
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excessive urination in babies
The doctor said that if a newborn baby urinates 20 to 25 times a day, then it is absolutely normal. This means that the baby is getting adequate amount of breastmilk. Whereas a child may go potty once in 4 to 5 days. This is also completely normal. The doctor says that if the baby is passing urine 8 to 10 times a day, it means that you are feeding him enough breast milk.
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