Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... Hi doctor, my 5 month old son has been pooping a lot the past 2 days. It is pale yellow. He is a little bit cranky too. He is more on formula now than breasfeed. He gets 26ounces a day of good start(nestle) and breastfed at night. I am worried that he might have viral infection. Please help. Thanks a lot.
Welcome to Chat Doctor.  I am a pediatrician and am happy to help.  Healthy breast-fed infants the age of your son pass between one and eight bowel movements per day with an average of two to four. They may have a stool after each feeding.  The stools of breast-fed babies are pasty, mushy, and light yellow.  Babies fed cow milk based formulas have one to four putty-like, firm, pale yellow stools a day.  A viral gastrointestinal infection causes an infant to run a fever, vomit, have diarrhea, and a poor appetite. In any young infant who is having diarrhea with or without vomiting it is important to make sure they do not become deny Chat Doctor.  Signs of deny