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Infant feeding

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green poo !!

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pud1 · 10/03/2008 20:14

my 5 week old breastfed dd has had green poo for the past few days. i have always thought that it should be a yellow colour which it was. is this normal.

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SenoraPostrophe · 10/03/2008 20:16

could she be teething? dd always had green poo when teething, and occasionally at other times too. I thought it might be something I ate but never managed to work out what.

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pud1 · 10/03/2008 20:35

dont think it culd be that. she is only 5 weeks. then again i dont really have a clue

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SenoraPostrophe · 10/03/2008 21:16

does she have rosy cheeks and/or more dribble than usual?

PhDlifeNeedsaNewLife · 10/03/2008 21:20

pud - it can go green if she's a little dehydrated (eg if it's hot). Or teething (though 5 weeks is a bit early!) Or sometimes it just does go green, usually only for a couple of days.

However, IF she is showing any other sign of illness, such as a fever, you need to get her looked at.

hth, sure a proper bfc will be along shortly.

LyraSilvertongue · 10/03/2008 21:21

Mine had it at about this age. Health visitor said it was nothing to worry about and it went back to yellow after a few days.

LyraSilvertongue · 10/03/2008 21:21

5 weeks it a bit young to be teething.

mollymawk · 10/03/2008 21:23

I am not a proper bfc but my DS1 had this and it was to do with a very rapid let-down at the beginning of each feed so he got a lot of the watery milk at the beginning (I think). I think it just wore off in the end.

SenoraPostrophe · 10/03/2008 21:24

some babies have teeth at 5 weeks!

SenoraPostrophe · 10/03/2008 21:24

also don't know about let-down, but not getting enough hind milk might cause it I guess. it was a long time ago (17 months since ds2 was 5 weeks!)

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pud1 · 10/03/2008 21:29

thanks all,

she has no other sort of symptoms. i will keep my eye on it over the next few days. hv coming tomorrow so will speak to her

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lackaDAISYcal · 10/03/2008 21:35

pud, DD was like this and it was a result of my super fast let down and a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance, but it took me a while to suss that out. There are other reasons though, like diahorrea, teething as mentioned.

Talk to your HV and/or Breast feeding counsellor

In the meantime, there is lots of troubleshooting information on Kellymom. It's a fab website

christianmum · 10/03/2008 21:42

You could try offering one side for a 3-4 hour period and then swap, this way they get more hind milk, it worked with all 3 of mine and a couple of friends.

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pud1 · 10/03/2008 21:43

just been looking on kellymom. has answered lots of questions. think it will be a great help

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PhDlifeNeedsaNewLife · 11/03/2008 08:27

kellymom is good, but you can also visit hunkermunker's blog, howbreastfeedingworks (dot com? dot org? can't remember, but google the long name, you'll find it). HunkerMunker and tiktok are bfc/mners and they are marvellous!

good luck pud

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