8 w.o. EBF DS2 often passes wind which leaves a small smear of poo in his nappy. It upsets him and he cries or fusses until he's changed. He has red sore-looking patches on his bum cheeks where they touch each other. He has 2-5 of these minor soilings per awake time. When he's had a long fussy awake spell during an evening, he's dirtied an incredible number of nappies in this way.
The problem isn't that he needs to do a proper poo, as we do EC (pottying) and I give him the opportunity to poo every time I change his nappy. (If a proper poo is on the way, he'll do it in the potty when cued.)
He was like this from birth and I assumed it was just down to his immature digestive system and he'd grow out of it. Sure enough, it seemed to stop. But now it's back again. He's also had a few more 'curds' in his poo, whereas before it was uniformly coloured and smooth toothpaste-type appearance (only yellow of course).
I realised today that in the last few days I've been eating dairy again after a month's dairy-free trial for DS1 (who also bfs) and I wondered whether there might be a connection there.
He doesn't seem to have any reflux symptoms and generally seems to be a settled and happy baby, though these mini-poos do seem to bother him both when they're on the way and once he's done them.
Does it sound like symptoms of CMPI?