My 4 month old EBF son has had occasional tiny bits of blood in his nappies since about 7 weeks old. It’s not much blood (sometimes wouldn’t notice if I wasn’t checking carefully), it’s not every nappy, and it’s not every day. Often his nappies can be mucusy too. Sometimes they’re normal breastfed poo colour, sometimes they’re green.
Ive been to the GP about this quite a few times now, and they’re pretty chilled out and dismissive which has left me feeling unsupported. I’ve been referred to paediatrics but the appointment isn’t until end of August.
The diagnosis made was CMPA, so I cut out dairy (this was over 2 months ago now). As that didn’t make much of a difference I then cut out soy, then eggs, then wheat. We’re still having the occasional blood in nappy and I can’t find a correlation from keeping a food diary. I’m also not keen to cut out more foods at random to the detriment of my own health.
I’ve had one GP tell me to keep allergens out and to persevere, and another one telling me to reintroduce as it hasn’t made a difference so it’s likely not that and it’s not good for me. They haven’t tested his stools as they said they “don’t do that” (which seems odd??)
Throughout the whole thing, little one is happy. He hasn’t got eczema, or painful reflux (he does spit up a fair amount but he’s a happy spitter), he doesn’t seem to be in pain, he eats happily, he’s gaining weight, meeting milestones. People comment on how placid and happy he is. His sleep isn’t great but lots of babies don’t sleep.
i don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to get a health professional to see me and help me. I don’t know whether this is an allergy or not, and if so, what I should be doing. I don’t know if I should reintroduce foods into my diet or not (I would love
to as I am struggling and it’s impacting my mental health massively). I don’t know if there is something else that could cause this, and if so whether it will go away or whether it needs treatment. I don’t know if I’m hurting my baby and it makes me sad.
looking for advice/similar experiences/hope!