Think we have taken BLW a bit too far here... Was making DS's tea while he was scooting around the kitchen floor. Realised he had gone quiet and turned around to see him contentedly munching on something out of the food recycling bin (baaaaaarf!). Think it was yesterday's pasta, but equally could have been a tea bag or egg shells. Gross.

Thanks Maplemama TMI alert! It definitely looks like little pieces/chunks rather than streaks, so I think it's pretty safe assumption that it's food. Will keep a look out though.

IsItMeOr - yes, I mean blood. If you're sure it's food, that's not a big deal, but if you are at all unsure, maybe try taking the things that you suspect to blame out of the diet for a bit to see if there is a change?

isitmeor BB has only recently started dunking (mainly spoons or fingers) - he has just turned 11 months. Greek yoghurt dolloped on his tray was what taught him that he could dip his fingers in and then lick something off them. That started at around 9 months I think. Self-fed yoghurt is very messy so I save it for dinner and then he goes in the bath!

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Today saw babyBev's first encounter with a banana (and my first real experience of how messy this could all get ), she was loving it and there was less gagging than yesterday. Lots of excited noises.

Though as her piece de resistance, she threw up all over herself! Then beamed at me.

Think I need to wait a bit longer after a milk feed next time....

maplemama I have seen black and red bits in stools recently, but assumed they were the copious amounts of tomatoes and blueberries DS had been consuming - do you mean blood in stools?

The green poo only indicates a hind milk issue if it is green, frothy and very sudden. This is apparently pretty uncommon. I think this happened for a couple days with my LO when his nose was stuffy and was having trouble nursing. However, he frequently had green poo from about 3 months to 6 months. I asked my doctor and he said something about the body being efficient and reusing some pigment from the liver or something. Anyway, he was not in the least concerned.

As for the frequency, I know that adjusting to solids is definitely a shock to the system, which can end up showing up in a number of ways.

If however, you do see black or red in the stool definitely see your doctor right away.

YodaisaCat not sure about the green poo, but DS definitely increased the number of dirty nappies (from one a day ) after starting on solids. I think the record was 7 in one day, but now at 81/2 mo it is generally around the 3 or 4 mark, sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less.

Can't remember noticing the green poo... are you having him weighed about once a month? I'm sure if he's following his curve more or less you don't have anything to worry about - and I gather it's pretty common for them to fall back a bit when you wean (purees or BLW!).

Ha that will teach me to post on web talking of progress. Just had worst time yet. Barely 5 minutes in highchair before she kicked up a fuss. Tomorrow is another day.

Hi Yodaisa, my DD is also producing green poo. I too have been worrying about the hind milk issue so have been making sure she really finishes a boob before switching but the poo is still green. And she's going 2-3 times a day, which is more than normal. She's not produced any teeth yet though. Some days it seems like she's teething but then it goes away. If you do find out what's causing this do come back and update please cause it is puzzling me.

DD really enjoyed broccoli and potato and celeriac mash. She's getting better with bananas and I've had to buy those organix apple & cinnamon rice cakes as she decided the plain ones weren't bothering with. Even after only one week in I'm starting to notice much more enthusiasm for the concept of eating. She can't spend more than 15 minutes in high chair without getting frustrated but the time seems to be gradually increasing. So far this has been pretty messy but also really fun. Long may it continue.