Hello,
Sorry if TMI, seems strange to be talking so much about poo… but my five month old just won’t stop! We went from going once every 3/4 days to anywhere between 8-12 poos a day for the last two weeks. A lot of them are just farts that follow through but others are big wet explosions. They used to be that yellow mustard colour but now they resemble pesto - sort of goopy, thick, sticky and green. I’m worried about him becoming dehydrated but he has lots of wet nappies, his soft spot seems normal and he seems fine in himself besides this?
I did mention to my GP as we’re having fortnightly calls about his severe reflux but she didn’t seem too worried - just said as long as he’s having wet and dirty nappies he’s fine, but I think she was a bit too dismissive?
He’s breastfed majority of time apart from one bottle of formula in the morning that my partner gives so I get some sleep. We were using SMA up until 6-8 weeks ago when we switched to Kendamil upon recommendation that he wolfs down - that was long before this started but could that be it? We still sometimes use the SMA ready to feed bottles if we’re out and about and desperate as we had loads of bottles left over. I figured as formula is all mainly the same recipe would be ok but could that be it? I’m not sure the do’s and don’t’s. Otherwise there’s no significant change to my diet to impact my breast milk.
A friend with a previously refluxy baby also said that once her little one’s reflux started to improve she pooed loads and constantly as rather than throwing up she was taking all the food and nutrients in. She said it only lasted about 8 days whereas this has been over two weeks. Our little one has been on Omeprazole since about 4 weeks old - and quite a high dosage. We recently swapped from tablet form to liquid as is easier to give but that has only been in the last week whereas this started the week before.
I’ve googled previous Mumsnet threads which suggested imbalance of fore and hind milk - he’s at an age where he’s so distracted feeding that sometimes I do switch boobs to see if I can get him to concentrate better on one side but I was always told by a feeding specialist we saw previously that baby will get the milk he wants and needs from the boob and is much cleverer than we think (for example if it’s hot he might take more fore milk which has more water etc). He doesn’t really show signs of hunger any more, I think as he’s so distracted he just wants to play ALL the time but I do offer him the breast at intervals, sometimes he’ll take it others he won’t, as I worry about the rate he’s pooping and want to make sure he’s hydrated and taking enough calories.
We did a dairy free trial for CMPA a month or so ago to see if that was cause of his reflux but made no difference.
He had a terrible nappy rash from the sheer amount he is doing but metonium cleared that up pretty quickly. He’s showing signs of teething, has been for weeks - very dribbly, literally constantly has saliva hanging from him, putting anything in his mouth. I also read on a mumsnet thread could be excessive saliva. On advice from GP we’re planning on starting to wean early to see if it helps settle his reflux.
Any thoughts?? I can try GP again but seemed a bit useless to be honest! It’s just hard
To know as we were told a breastfed baby not going for ages was normal…but if you google green poo also seems to be normal, but the amount he’s doing I’m worried there’s something seriously wrong!