Weaning - help!

[MrsJangles]

Hi
I wasn't sure where to post this as I couldn't find a section on weaning. Basically, I've been weaning for a couple of weeks and my DD has been having frequent poos which are green and fairly loose. When I say frequent, I'm talking 6-7 times a day, whereas she had maybe one a day before that. She is FF as well. I'm concerned about the colour as well as the frequency. The hv said not to worry, it's normal, but I'm not convinced. She also has two lower teeth coming through, so I don't know if this could be making it worse.

She is fine in herself, playful, alert, my usual crazy little bird. I'm just worried that maybe her body is rejecting the food? Is this normal? Everywhere I look says that they usually get constipated when weaning....

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

When my dd had this for four weeks I was going mad with worry. We'd been away from home for four weeks! Apparently the water I was drinking could easily of affected her. Two days back into the uk and it all stopped. I had a doctors appt booked and everything! Have you changed something in her diet??
I'm sure that's probably not why with your dd but maybe don't give her food that you've home made and do a bought pouch today and see if it makes a difference??
Always worth a try!

There's no usual with babies . my son had terrible tummy trouble from teething so that may not be helping. I would say as long as she's fine in herself and taking plenty of fluid still then it will settle in a day or two. Her tummy isn't rejecting food at all (assuming she's old enough to wean of course) it's just re-educating itself.

Weaning is under Feed The World in the topic list. I posted there last year under another name about my son basically refusing to wean, scaring me silly that he would never eat real food.

It was ridiculous of course, at around 9 months he started shovelling food in and never looked back. He had teeth coming through as well and I'm sure they made the process harder.

I'm rambling now but what I really wanted to say is that old MN adage: This, too, shall pass.

i can always tell that dd has been eating or if she is getting more teeth by the colour of her poo

if she if fine in herself then nothing to worry about