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Can someone please clarify/explain the green poo thing for me?

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5goldrings4MONKEYBIRDs · 06/12/2007 17:10

OK, now 3m old DS is cluster feeding in the evenings, his poo is now permanently green and acidic and sometimes watery (like with my other DSs, that means if he's left in it for longer than a millisecond, he starts to get nappy rash. We're having to use metanium in the mornings if I manage to miss a poo overnight) He's pooing every feed also.

Before he started the evening cluster feeding, he had (pretty much consistently) yellow seedy poos.

Someone suggested (since I'd had an oversupply problem previously) only cluster feeding from one side, but to be honest we're finding that difficult as he's very frustrated and cross if little milk flowing.

I know lots of people say green poo is normal but surely that's only every once in a while rather than every poo (it's been weeks now and I know it is directly connected to feeding lots in the evenings since on those odd days when he doesn't he instantly goes back to yellow). And given it seems to burn his bum more I'm not at all comfortable with it as 'normal'. I'm assuming the green colour is from undigested bile from extra feed passing through too rapidly? If so, surely it can't be 'normal' for the long haul? Or is this just me adding 2+2 getting 5 again .

Will he perhaps settle down at some point when his system adjusts to more milk? If not, why is his body telling him to do something that isn't good for him IYSWIM?

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EdieMcredie · 06/12/2007 17:31

I might be very very wrong but can it mean that baby is getting fore milk only?

Seona1973 · 06/12/2007 19:19

this is from a link from the kellymom site:

Consistently green stools in the breastfed baby can indicate:

an imbalance of foremilk/hindmilk, often resulting in frothy green stools.

a sensitivity to something in the mother's diet, such as cow's milk products.

a sign that baby has an illness. Babies with an intestinal virus or even a simple cold will sometimes have green, mucusy stools.

Teething can also bring about green stools due to increased saliva (can also cause tummy upset)

a lot of green vegetables or something with green food coloring in mom's diet.

If baby has started solids, that could also account for the change in color (this is normal with the change in diet).

MommalovesHerSpanglyXmasName · 06/12/2007 19:23

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5goldrings4MONKEYBIRDs · 06/12/2007 19:51

thanks guys...

Momma... could be actually as I've always had some intermittent positioning problems and am still having nipple pain and damage especially on one side. he's pretty huge- never weigh him but as he started at 9lb 5 and is now in some 6-9m clothes, I know he's er thriving!

I'm pretty much just putting him on whenever he seems to want to feed in the evening but TBH it's still pretty difficult for me to tell the diff between hunger and anything else. I posted a couple of weeks ago about this and it hasn't really got much better. But find it very difficult to know what he wants, since cues for food are the same as cues for 'please dear god let me sleep...' etc..

I was hoping I could resolve it but guess I do need to get an expert to watch me latching still... And maybe I'll persist with the single sided stuff in the evenings (even if it does seem to make him crosser!)

If anyone has any other suggestions I'd still be really grateful - thanks

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MommalovesHerSpanglyXmasName · 06/12/2007 23:07

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