The quickest one: my 9 (maybe 10) weeker started getting green poops around 6 weeks. Tried the block feeding and it worked the situation out. Now, I still have oversupply and a strong let down, but have switched to one breast feeding instead of block because it decreased my supply. Within the last week or so I began noticing mucous in his green poops, but not yellow. Then these last couple of days, he has mucous in all poops. Sometimes all I get out of him is yellow (or green) color on his cloth diaper and a few globs of mucous, no seeds. We both currently have thrush, could that be a culprit? I have chosen to remove all dairy except yogurt as per the candida diet, but now I'm beginning to wonder if maybe he has an intolerance.
Second situation: My 23 month old has had constipation since she began food solids around 8 months. I noticed an improvement when I began taking magnesium supplements myself and was breastfeeding her. After she weaned at 20 months everything went downhill. Now she is either constipated or having diarrhea. I believe a few of those harder poops were moist quality ones, but she was still unable to pass them without screaming and crying in pain. And all this while drinking a whole lot of water in a day! Her background: a planned, needed c-section, had 2 ear infections, one of them perforated the ear drum, within 6 months (has not had another since that occurred) has the most sniffles (makes me wonder if she has environmental allergies) and is usually the one to start the colds around here, having them more often (after our round she'll have another by herself) and they last longer than what I would think is normal. It was a friend of mine that pointed out a possibility of dairy intolerance if not an allergy. This would make sense after all I read because of my son's intolerance that he outgrew by age 2, but he never got any of these symptoms, just colicky at first, but doesn't fit the occasional diahrea, or does it?
I'm not sure if I'm leaving anything out. Thank you for any help!
Second situation: My 23 month old has had constipation since she began food solids around 8 months. I noticed an improvement when I began taking magnesium supplements myself and was breastfeeding her. After she weaned at 20 months everything went downhill. Now she is either constipated or having diarrhea. I believe a few of those harder poops were moist quality ones, but she was still unable to pass them without screaming and crying in pain. And all this while drinking a whole lot of water in a day! Her background: a planned, needed c-section, had 2 ear infections, one of them perforated the ear drum, within 6 months (has not had another since that occurred) has the most sniffles (makes me wonder if she has environmental allergies) and is usually the one to start the colds around here, having them more often (after our round she'll have another by herself) and they last longer than what I would think is normal. It was a friend of mine that pointed out a possibility of dairy intolerance if not an allergy. This would make sense after all I read because of my son's intolerance that he outgrew by age 2, but he never got any of these symptoms, just colicky at first, but doesn't fit the occasional diahrea, or does it?
I'm not sure if I'm leaving anything out. Thank you for any help!
