• J Paediatr Child Health · Dec 1996

    Bowel habits of healthy Australian children aged 0-2 years.

    • E B Tham, R Nathan, G P Davidson, and D J Moore.
    • South Australian Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
    • J Paediatr Child Health. 1996 Dec 1;32(6):504-7.

    ObjectiveTo define the bowel habits of healthy Australian children aged up to 2 years.MethodologyOne hundred and forty children were recruited in six age categories with a minimum of 20 children per category. Data on bowel habit was recorded by parents daily for 1 week.ResultsStool frequency decreased with age. Ninety-five per cent of infants 0-14 days passed more than two stools per day compared with 21% at age 13-24 months. Breastfed infants passed more frequent and looser stools than children fed infant formula and solids and also showed a wider variation in frequency.ConclusionsMean stool frequency decreased with age as did the variation. This is a combined effect of age and feed type. These data can be used as a guide to the bowel habit of healthy Australian children.

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