Green poo in 14 week old - worried

[HelloMama]

My ds is 14 weeks old now and has been doing green poos for about a week. I am exclusively breast feeding him, and as far as I know, I haven't changed my diet recently or eaten anything new. In the past, whenever i ate a large volume of greens, such as broccoli or spinach, he would have about 1 green poo, then it would go back to yellow afterwards (sorry if TMI!). I read on a website that continual green poo is not a good sign and something is probably wrong. He has also just got nappy rash which he hasn't had before. Apart from a bad cold (the last few days) he is his normal self. Do you think its the cold which has caused this? SHould I be worried enough to take him to the GP? The baby clinic isn't until next Tuesday, so would you wait until then and see if it settles over the weekend?

The only other thing is that I take multivitamins (designed for pregnancy and breast feeding) and I also read that it could be the iron content which has upset him. Has anyone else had experience of this happening?

I'd really appreciate advice! Thanks.

Perfectly normal, I think it may be the iron. Don't worry!

HelloMama, this happened to me. Well, I mean, it happened to my son. But this sometimes happens. It can happen because of the foremilk to hindmilk ratio.. too much foremilk (the first thing that comes from the breast during a feed) makes for green poo. You might try keeping him on the same breast during the entire feed and using it again if he feeds again shortly thereafter.

BUT green poo does sometimes just happen (it did to him). It might be due to the cold. If you're worried about the multivitamin, give it up for a few days and see how/if it changes and if it does, then introduce it again and see what happens (this confirms that it's the cause).

Hope it goes well for you. My son did have a milk allergy when he was little, but also had a lot of normal green poos (the milk allergy manifested itself as a non-stop trickle of poo from his bottom).

I wouldn't worry. Mid-wives, HV and doctors all told me that green poo was normally a sign of ds/dd fighting a virus and funnily enough, dd did only get green poo either during or after a cold. Can't remember what age she was when green poo no longer figured - even when she did have a cold...but would think that if you ds is otherwsie feeding and sleeping well with no other signs of illness, then you've nothing to worry about.

dd1 had this when i had a course of antibiotics for mastitis. i was v worried and dd was skinny, so i took her to the gp for a check up but it soon cleared up. i was especially worried because it was during a hot summer but she wasn't actually dehydrated.

Just looked up the advice I got regarding foremilk/hindmilk -- and my son was having green mucousy poos! So don't listen to me and make breastfeeding unnecessarily complicated.

Here's the thread.

thanks all!
JJ I think the foremilk thing may be part of it. As he has a cold he is finding feeding difficult due to the blocked nose, so after a while I think he gives up. He is on the mend though so fingers crossed this won't last.

but but .. green poo is normal in some babies .. it isn't a sign of infection ... its just normal .. well it has been for both my very healthy babes

I think it's the cold. My dd had green poo when she had a cold at 4 months, and a paediatric nurse friend agreed it didn't mean anything more serious. Both times it happened, it cleared up within a week or two around the time she got better.

Also, their digestive systems are developing all the time. Around the same time they start dribbling a lot and cry more tears.

Worth taking him to the GP's to check if there are other signs of problems. DS2's stayed green after birth - eventually after much toing and froing it was discovered that he had a cord infection (at 6 weeks) by which time he had lost a lot of weight. Very easily treated though. Did he feed less during the cold?