Dark green poo

[MummaBear333]

My 11 month old has very dark green poo about 75 % of the time.

He can have 3-4 dirty nappies per day some days too. He still takes quite a lot of formula and it's the follow on milk.

I wonder if it's the extra iron in the formula making it green or if it's something I should be concerned about.

The other nappies are usual colour and texture is fine.

Anyone else have this?

Have you tried cutting down on his formula @MummaBear333? At 11 months he only needs 400 mls a day.

Perhaps reducing his formula will encourage him to eat more abs the problem will sort itself out?

My dd had a lot of green poo and I remember mentioning it to a HV who said ‘no one gets excited about green poos.’ It’s likely just saliva because he is teething. I wouldn’t be too alarmed but I’d mention it to a GP or HV.

@PanicBuyingSprouts yes we are trying with advice from HV.

Although he is still taking well over what he should be.

@vincettenoir yeah I will mention it when she comes back! Thanks!

Will he have cows milk instead of formula?
It could be anything he's eating - does he have any of those chewy fruity snack things?

Turned out to be Cows Milk Protein Intolerance in my lot (among other symptoms)

yes we are trying with advice from HV.

Although he is still taking well over what he should be.

Do you want to give us an outline of what a day's food and milk is like to see if we can suggest any tweaks that would help with dropping the milk?

@girlmom21 not tried him with cows milk instead of formula yet because he's not her one.

He has cows milk in food and cereal etc.

@PanicBuyingSprouts

7am - offer him cereal, fruit or toast etc. He doesn't each much.

9am - 6oz of formula before nap (won't always take it all)?

12pm - scrambled egg, toast, beans, fruit, then pudding yogurt, custard etc.

2.30pm - 6oz of formula before nap (won't always take it all)

5pm - whatever we are having for dinner plus pudding.

7pm - 7oz of formula (won't always take it's all)

Then HV had suggest a dream feed at 10.30pm (6/7oz of formula)

This is to try and combat him waking at night for a bottle as he was consistently waking anywhere from midnight to 5am hungry. We tried offering water and watered down formula but he was still looking for the full volume.

Since introducing the dream feed he is not waking for a bottle anymore. Still waking but just needing settled.

She had also suggested we tried 4 meals instead of 3 but he won't eat he just picks.

Also suggested a supper but he has his dinner at 5-5.30pm then is going down an hour or so later so not really space or time for supper ?

Will he nap without a bottle?

[quote MummaBear333]@girlmom21 not tried him with cows milk instead of formula yet because he's not her one.

He has cows milk in food and cereal etc. [/quote]
Sorry I don't know why I thought 11 months was 13. I'm a knob!

I'd switch the breakfast and bottle then drop the 2.30pm bottle

@PanicBuyingSprouts sometimes but rarely.

He isn't fed to sleep though. He is out down awake and falls asleep. If I don't feed him though he will cry and cry. He is obviously hungry.

Same at night he is waking and no settling etc Will cut it.

@girlmom21 so bottle at 7am then breakfast around 9?

We changed up up because we found post bottle he ate even less like would take nothing.

[quote MummaBear333]@girlmom21 so bottle at 7am then breakfast around 9?

We changed up up because we found post bottle he ate even less like would take nothing.[/quote]
What happens if you scrap the bottle and offer a second breakfast?

He isn't fed to sleep though

That's great, so he doesn't need the two bottle in the middle of the day.!

I'd start with a bottle at 7am

Breakfast at 8 am

Snack on wake up. Things like smooth but butter spread on apple slices, cheese straws with halved cherry tomatoes, boiled egg quartered, pitta strips and hummus.

Lunch at 12pm

2.30 pm snack and cup of milk.

5pm pudding

7pm bottle

Dream feed until 12 months then try some gentle night weaning.
Once he's dropped his dream feed and had a week or two without it, I'd also swap the morning bottle for breakfast with a cup of milk.

A couple of posters have mentioned CMPA may be causing the green poo, and that's definitely a possibility. If the symptoms I'm the link sound familiar, I'd book in to speak to the GP.

@PanicBuyingSprouts oh no don't mention the CMPA!!

We've been down this road before when he was around 3 months old because he dropped some weight and he was put in non diary formula for months and was horrendous.

Terrible skin, sickness like nothing else in this world, wouldn't take much milk. He was referred to dietitian who agreed after I swapped him back to regular formula that it wasn't a CMPA.

A simple one, does he eat blueberries? Just a suggestion as it's a simple thing if so.

@ItsAlwaysThere literally with every meal !! He's a blueberry fiend

• @PanicBuyingSprouts oh no don't mention the CMPA!!*

We've been down this road before when he was around 3 months old because he dropped some weight and he was put in non diary formula for months and was horrendous.

Terrible skin, sickness like nothing else in this world, wouldn't take much milk. He was referred to dietitian who agreed after I swapped him back to regular formula that it wasn't a CMPA

That's fine, just wanted to post the link as some other MNers had mentioned it.

The Blueberry thing is interesting, I never heard of that one before

[quote MummaBear333]@ItsAlwaysThere literally with every meal !! He's a blueberry fiend [/quote]
Brilliant! This can cause green poo!