Talk to me about poo...

[Gracie123]

My 12 week old exclusively booby fed baby is behaving strangely. Sorry to be graphic, but she usually poos a bright yellow/orangey foamy thing about once or twice a day.
Yesterday she hardly fed at all and today she has done about 5 poos in an hour, and they were all dark green/black and sticky. Almost like meconium.
What's going on? Should we call the gp?

[ragged]

Could well be diarrhea. That's what it was like when DC4 had it. If she's bright in herself otherwise I wouldn't bother GP. It will come and go like any such bug.

[Gracie123]

Thanks ragged. Just surprised me is all. Nobody else in our house is ill, but we did visit a family yesterday who had d and v last week. Hope we don't all catch it!

[moosemama]

There is a guide to 'baby poo' here. Its quite good for describing the different colours etc and what the implications are for each.

hth

[Gracie123]

Thanks. It only lasted a few hours but the guide will be helpful to have on hand for future.
:-)