Did You Know Facts – Baby’s digestive track

Did You Know Facts #23

Did you know this strange fact about baby’s digestive track related to his health and hygiene?

Meconium or the greenish black sticky material in the baby’s digestive track stands in for fecal material and allows the intestine to develop so it can digest milk immediately after birth.

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Information source: Facts Random History