Green poo with black/dark green bits

[jam1981]

Hi everyone

My husband has just changed our 12 weeks old son's nappy and called me through to take a look. It was dark green in colour with some stringy dark green/black bits (almost like wilted spinach). Any ideas what this could mean? (He is exclusively breastfed.) Thanks

Jo x

My ds recently had a spate of green poos and i've discovered there are various reasons, not all a cause for worry. I googled as you do and found green is within the range of normal

However in ds case he was explosive, pooing at every feed and the nappies had a quite toxic smell. Otherwise he was fine, alert and plenty of wet nappies.

Took a few nappy samples to gp who said it was likely a gastro virus and only thing to do was bf through it. He still wasn't right after 2 weeks and gp suggested he'd developed a cows milk intolerance and for me to cut out dairy and only bf, no formula. Also it might take 6-8 weeks to right itself.

Best of seeing GP. Hope your ds is ok soon

Think if he's well in himself, just one nappy may be fine.