Pictures of infant and baby bowel movements: The scoop on the poop

October 10, 12:39 PMNashville Stay-at-Home Moms ExaminerKatie Derrick

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K. Derrick

Just about every new parent, and many second and third timers as well, has looked at a poopy diaper they were changing and wondered if it looked normal.  Now this topic of conversation may make some squeamish but it is a fact of everyday life with babies that their parents inspect the diaper looking for signs of health or illness.  Is green normal? Should it be so watery or is that diarrhea? My breastfed baby's poop looks a lot different than my next door neighbor's formula fed infant's poop. Is that normal? It is also a fact that babies do not poop on cue so it is generally very difficult to actually get a doctor's opinion on a real sample. So what is a concerned parent to do when their darling little one just exploded with a shiny brownish-green mess in their diaper?  In come the intrepid writers at BabyCenter.com.  While it is not for the faint of heart, they have compiled a slide show of actual photographs of some of the most commonly seen types of infant and baby bowel movements.  They also include a short description below each photo and suggestions for when to call a pediatrician and when to just relax with the knowledge that the mustard-yellow color of a newborn breastfed baby's poop is completely normal.