2-3 days ago our 2-week old infant son started passing 5-7 stools per day, usually during or immediately after a feeding. We are feeding him with Isomil Advance. There is usually some grunt-related effort with this; sometimes it just passes without effort. The stools themselves seem ordinary enough (mustard color and seedy).
What we have noticed is that his rear/butt around the anus is getting red and irritated. We have used desitin for the past few days and it has not improved (nor does it seem to be getting much worse). We used Desitin and have moved to A&D ointment to relieve the redness. We are also wondering if we should stop cleaning with pampers wipes every time and start using a warm damp cloth, or is wiping our newborn with frequent stools going to cause irritation no matter what?
