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green poo in bf baby, does this mean he isn't getting enough

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sparklygothkat · 24/10/2007 22:51

???

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sparklygothkat · 25/10/2007 12:26

yes, have 3 older kids (9,7 and 6) at least its halfterm and DH is here and lets me lie in (even if Callum doesn't lol)

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laundrylover · 25/10/2007 12:26

So is the issue just that the green poo has got you worried? With a 30 minute feed I can't see hindmilk being a problem (tho I know Tiktok and others say not too place too much importance on the fore/hindmilk issue).

You sound like you are doing fine and shouldn't worry about the green poo then!

Let us know how much he's grown tomorrow...just saw his pic on your profile - he's very cute!

sparklygothkat · 26/10/2007 17:19

he lost weight, so tube is back again

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saggarmakersbottomknocker · 26/10/2007 17:34

Sorry that Callum has the tube back in Sparkly. dd was tube fed for many months so you have my sympathy. Personally I'd keep on now as you are bf and then topping him up with EBM, the weight will come, he's just not got the energy to manage the full feed by himself yet.

He'll get there. And he's soooooo cute

tiktok · 26/10/2007 18:21

Green poo means nothing , nada, zilch, zero, if the baby is otherwise doing fine. It is a colour that's on the normal spectrum.

In a baby who is not otherwise doing fine, it may be a sign to check for effective milk transfer.

Forget about hindmilk and foremilk, and about judging its transfer by the time on the clock (as you well know, laundrylover, now don't you?!) . F/m and h/m sort themselves out. It's volume of milk that puts the weight on the baby, and that's affected by the number of times the baby is put to the breast, and the effectiveness of milk transfer when he's there

Greeness has nothing to do with air/wind (????). It's green because it has whizzed through the system too quickly to have been mixed with the bile juices that turn it yellow. That's all!

Spink · 26/10/2007 18:42

tiktok (and all other bf gurus), can I do a little hijack and ask for your help? Someone on a thread nearby needs you...

tiktok HELP!

thank you.. Hijack over
xx

sparklygothkat · 26/10/2007 21:59

i am geeting fed up tbh, with the tube and the not gaining weight as soon as its removed.

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saggarmakersbottomknocker · 27/10/2007 15:48

Sparkly - it will get better. Maybe it's just worth leaving the tube in a little longer this time.

How's he doing today?

laundrylover · 31/10/2007 13:03

Hi Sparkly,

How are you today? Is the tube still in?

Tiktok - I was trying to say the same thing about hindmilk/foremilk and the 30 minute feed - it came across all wrong!!!

HunkOLantern · 31/10/2007 13:05

SGK, you're doing so, so well, you know! He will gain, he's just v little and every ounce makes a difference atm. Thinking of you xx

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