Is anything getting absorbed?? Everything passing through whole. - Page 2

[farmerjess]

Originally Posted by earthmama4

Does it? Or are purees just less recognizable in the stool as "food"? Sorry to be gross, but I was thinking about this and realizing that back when I thought DS was digesting his purees, perhaps I was just not recognizing the pureed food in the poop because it looks like, well, poop. Its easy to recognize a whole bean or carrot cube, but pureed beans or pureed carrots could pass as normal stools. I remember DS having pretty colorful stools as he began solids. The Dr told me that was normal a baby's body is not as efficient at digestion as an adult's is, which I am sure is true, but again I don't remember having these issues with my other boys other than after a GI illness, which indicates to me it is indicative of intestinal stress of some type.

I am not saying that pureeing won't help, I am sure that in children with digestive problems it would somewhat, just raising the questions that purees may pass through undigested as well and just not be as noticeable, so if we do start more cooked purees, I am going to be noting color. It should be more uniform if he is really digesting, not a rainbow of yellow, green and orange - don't you think?

I was wondering about this too. I think I get fooled into thinking he's digesting purees ok because say, when he eats sweet potato, his poop is orange which I think is good and when he eats bananas his poop is brown, but I think that's just the color they turn inside of him not they color of used bile. I am not sure. My LO is 12 months and has to eat something at this point.... Even meat seems to come out in whole chunks.

[Asiago]

That's a really good question pertaining to the pureeing and maybe just coming out in the stool as pureed (but still undigested).

I always thought that by breaking down the cellulose walls, that it made the nutritious part of the legume, fuit or veg, then accessible for further digestion and nutrient absorption (as pp mentioned).

[juules]

capsgirl08, so how are things going for you and your lo? Any improvement? What helped?

[capsgirl08]

Well, it's been a while since I posted this. I thought we had a breakthrough -- I started him on Bluebonnet Optimum Enzyme. It seemed to make a difference in that I was seeing less whole foods passing through.

Then just yesterday, we had major watery poop (blowout in the car) and the same today. It smelled vinegary.

Could it be the enzymes? I had never given him papaya or pineapple, which I think is in the enyzme...Have to backtrack in the diary to see any patterns.

I wanted to try probiotics as well (finally found one dairy-free around here), but haven't just to minimize variables. I think I'm going to do it to see if it helps with the poops.