English

Noun

stooling ‎(countable and uncountable, plural stoolings)

1. (chiefly medicine) The production of stool or feces; defecation.
   • 1999, Judith Lauwers; Debbie Shinskie, Counseling the Nursing Mother: A Lactation Consultant's Guide, 3rd edition, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7637-2765-9, page 204:

     Infrequent stooling in the first month of life is almost always due to insufficient intake of milk. A baby who is voiding but not stooling or gaining weight may not be receiving enough high fat hindmilk. Stooling frequency will correct itself with additional feeds or making sure the infant receives more hind milk at a feed.

   • 2004, Gary A. Emmett, Field Guide to the Normal Newborn, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISBN 978-0-7817-2877-5, page 132:

     Normal stooling is widely variant. Some infants only have one stool per day, especially those on formula feeding. Others may stool with each feeding. Such frequent stooling is common in breast-fed infants during the first month of life.

Verb

stooling

1. present participle of stool.