Can we talk bf baby poo?

[HeinzSight]

What should a 15 week old exclusively bf baby's stools be like?

I'm trying to do some detective work to see why my DD2 is still v fussy, especially in the evenings. She's been like it since birth and I hoped by the time she reached 12 wks she'd outgrow it, but if anything, she's getting worse.

Her stools are still VERY loose and somewhat slimy, is this normal or a sign of an intollerance?

Not an expert but think it's very unlikely to be an intolerance to anything if she is only bf - it's the singlemost baby friendly substance known to man

I noticed that dd2's nappies change colour a bit sometimes, but are mostly loose and have bits of tiny lumps in.

I'm trying to work out if it's a dairy intollerence.

BF poo is very loose, yellowy with milky curds. Very often explosive too, way it is.

Can also be green, and also slimey especially when they have colds. I second very loose and extremely explosive!

However, just because you BF doesn't mean your baby can't react to dairy or other substances in the milk. I know my DDs have both reacted to the dairy I'm consuming - bad eczema etc - but then DD1 is anaphylactic allergic to dairy, so minute amounts would cause a reaction. What I'm trying to say is that it probably isn't that common, but worth considering if you've ruled everything else out (tiredness especially).

Both dd & ds had this until about 6 months old. I was never sure if it was intollerance or just new gut developing. Tried cutting out dairy but it didn't seem to make any significant difference.

Regarding the fussiness it went on until about 14 weeks for dd & 18 weeks for ds. I found that feedind or pacing about in a dark bedroom early evening helped so not sure if part of it was over stimulation & just being very tired.

Not much of an answer for you but I know just where you are coming from.

Yellow to green, loose, explosive. What do you mean by "fussy" in the evenings Heinz?

Watching with interest as I have the same problem. I thought it was perhaps thrush, but I don't have it on my nips any more so I have ruled that out.

Describe 'fussy'!

sorry for absence.

She doesn't seem to want to feed, I have to walk around and feed her to get any milk into her.

I've tried rocking her, she cries
leaving her, she cries,
feeding her, she cries,
massaging her, she cries

I have to say, she doesn't cry all the time, she's just unsettled in the evenings.

I'm wondering whether she's just too tired.

Yellow/green and explosive.

Tired (I never learnt this in time).

What time do you try & put her to bed H?

Our current routine seems to be she has a feed at 7 then she sleeps for an hour or so in her swinging chair then some night I bath her and she can go to sleep anytime between 9:30 and 11 depending on how unsettled she is.

Maybe try bedtime routine earlier, 7pm feed in bedroom etc, fussiness could be overtired? Worth a try? My ds loses the plot from about 7 if he's not in dark room having lay down feed!

You may be onto something x