Although the first stool of your baby, called meconium, might be strange to see, it tells you a lot about how your baby is ...

Understand the first dirty diapers. Early poop is meconium: a black or dark-green, thick, sticky, tar-like substance. It’s made up of intestinal cells, lanugo (the downy hair some babies are born with ...

Meconium is a completely normal part of your baby’s first days. It is their very first stool, which is usually passed after birth. But, in some cases, babies release meconium while still in the womb.