Questions about poop with a 19.5 week old... :)

[ladyleah]

Quick question- (x posted in breastfeeding forum)

My son is 19.5 weeks old and is EBF...he is gaining weight well, and has no health issues that we know of (according to his doc).

Ok- now here is the question.. can he develop a food allergy or dairy sensitivity this late? I ask, because he poops about once a day (sometimes he skips a day, but its rare)- and about one time per week he has a large green mucous stool. The rest of the time he stool is the normal yellow/orange....although it seems as he grows that it is less "sweet smelling" (you know what I mean?)- and a little more foul smelling. He is also very gassy, and has always been gassy (lots of burps, etc.)-- but it doesn't seem to bother him anymore.

I eat a little dairy every day, and I avoid tomatoes and citrus and a few other things that seemed to have bothered him in the past. I do not have days where I ingest large amount of dairy, or other "offending" foods-- so I have no idea what triggers the green mucous stool???

His doc says to not try and figure it out, and don't worry about it....but I would love some feedback from others....

Thanks ladies!

[whitneyg]

has he started drooling/teething? it could be the drool stool that my DD had at about that time. it seems to come and go and the nurse i talked to said it can cause some intestinal upset due to the acidity of the saliva. it also has a sour, funky smell that is nothing like the early newborn poops that barely smelled like anything.

[ladyleah]

YES! He just popped his first two bottom teeth a few days ago and he is drooling like crazy!!!! And how you described the smell is exactly what we noticed! And it does come and go, so it had been driving me crazy...because I keep thinking its stuff that I eat, but I can't identify anything in particular. Plus, I would assume if its a food allergy/sensitivity that the stool would remain the same, and not come and go! But- now that you mention this-- it does seem to coincide with times that he is pouring rivers of drool from his mouth. Plus, he has sort of had a stuffy nose so I am using saline drops once a day which might also increase nasal drainage into his gut causing some weird poos.

Thanks mamma!