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 soon learn that baby poop comes in all shapes, textures, and colors. Breastfed babies usually have seedy mustard-colored poop, while formula-fed infants have firmer yellow or brown poop.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It's typical baby behavior to crawl around on the ground, chew on toys and put a lot of things in your mouth that you shouldn't. But did you ever think about how much of that ...

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 ...

Poop is a window into the body. Poop is a window into the body. Its different colors and textures—and the food that comes out—can give you a clue as to what’s going on inside. Sometimes poop is ...

Baby poop comes in a variety of colors, and those colors can change depending on your baby's diet. Your newborn's very first poop, called meconium, is greenish-black and tarry. Breastfed poop is ...

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast ...

Fair warning: this story is going to have some interesting new ideas that many will find disgusting — but that’s often par for the course with parenting. A new scientific study showed that giving ...

In further evidence that microplastics have thoroughly polluted every corner of the Earth, scientists now report they have discovered it in newborns’ first feces. In a disturbing new pilot study ...