Undigested food in childs poop

[mommycarol]

Hey ladies! Sorry but its a poop question..my son will 3 in 2 months and i have notice for a long time now that he very often has undigested food in his poop. Like carrots,blueberries,beans,pineapple,apple..
These kind if things. Im just wondering if this is normal at this age! He is happy and full of energy, eats great allthough he is a slim child smile :) Any experiences highly appreciated! TIA

No one with similar situation?? :)

It's normal.

Have you posted this twice? You got responses on the other one...

Normal. Have you ever looked at t your own poo?

@Bakewellisntjustacake Hi! I did post in general health but then delete it and repost in children's health!! Can i find it? Sorry im terrible with the internet..

Kids of this age don't do much actual chewing and breaking the food down in their mouth! It's pretty normal, but the particular food which comes out whole isn't digested therefore the vitamins etc aren't doing anything but decorating the toilet bowl. So maybe cook carrot sticks (eg) so they are softer and easier for him to eat.

@didyouseeit Hi! Thanx for the advice! You mean they get no vitamins and nutritions at all? From the undigested food? I think they get but not as much!?!? 🙄🙄

The food isn’t undigested. The nutrients are absorbed from it, but the cellulose husk is left behind. This is normal in human poop.

It’s similar to how spiders suck the good stuff out of an insect and only leave a husk.

@PlanDeRaccordement Hey! So do they absorb nutrients or not? Sorry..im not english based..im european..you did explain wonderfully but i did not get all of what you said :)

@PlanDeRaccordement ohh now i git it :) so the do absorb nutrients. I did not get the part with the cellulose husk..is husk the outside skin??

[quote mommycarol]@PlanDeRaccordement ohh now i git it :) so the do absorb nutrients. I did not get the part with the cellulose husk..is husk the outside skin??[/quote]
Cellulose is present in entire piece of food from skin on through the centre. Think of piece of carrot is made up of plant cells on microscopic level similar to bubble wrap. The wall of each cell is made from cellulose, just like bubble wrap is made of plastic. The nutrients are inside the cells, just like air is inside the bubbles of plastic in bubble wrap. When we digest food, we cannot digest the cellulose, we instead get the nutrients from inside the plant cells. Just like popping the bubbles on bubble wrap to get the air inside.

@PlanDeRaccordement Got it!! Beautifully explained :)

Glad you liked my bubble wrap comparison. :)

@PlanDeRaccordement yes i did! Thank you :)