Talk to me about poo...

[Gracie123]

My 12 week old exclusively booby fed baby is behaving strangely. Sorry to be graphic, but she usually poos a bright yellow/orangey foamy thing about once or twice a day.
Yesterday she hardly fed at all and today she has done about 5 poos in an hour, and they were all dark green/black and sticky. Almost like meconium.
What's going on? Should we call the gp?

Could well be diarrhea. That's what it was like when DC4 had it. If she's bright in herself otherwise I wouldn't bother GP. It will come and go like any such bug.

Thanks ragged. Just surprised me is all. Nobody else in our house is ill, but we did visit a family yesterday who had d and v last week. Hope we don't all catch it!

There is a guide to 'baby poo' here. Its quite good for describing the different colours etc and what the implications are for each.

hth

Thanks. It only lasted a few hours but the guide will be helpful to have on hand for future.
:-)