Couple of issues... HELP decode poop!!

[southernmommie]

I have looked at some pictures (gross I know, nut I need help) of baby poop on the internet and can't find what DS7mo. is having.

When he poops it is bright yellow with tinges of green and very pasty. He is breastfed and just started baby food. But he hasn't had baby food in a week and during this week is when his poop started doing this. (Before he wasn't pooping at all.) He has a cold now too which is going on 3-4 days now. The other kids have it too.

Here's our story. I'm trying to figure out what's wrong. 

About 3 months old he basically slowed his growing. We all got sick in the house about that time so he actually lost a little of weight. Then about 4 months old he stopped growing. Which is where he's sitting at now at 7 months. (He just turned 7 months today.) To give you an idea, he was born at 8 lbs. 2 oz. Gained on target the first 2 months staying within the 80 percentile range. He is now sitting at 13 lbs. 2 oz. I noticed that he was fussing while eating and up to an hour after eating. Not constant and not hard but off and on just fussing. So I would try infant cereal with a little baby food for flavor. Within an hour he would scream in pain. Every time. So I would stop for a week or two and try again. I've tried for over 2 months. About 2 weeks ago he finally got to where he didn't scream in pain after trying food. Now from about 5 months to 6 months old he wouldn't poop. At all. He would only poop after I would give him a bottle of pear juice and he would explode out his diaper and be really watery and mucosy. I would do the bottle at about 3ish weeks or more after realizing he hasn't pooped. This can't be normal! So after being out of state for a death in the family about a month, I finally get home and get him to the dr. She acts kinda unconcerned. I asked for diabetes test (I was gest. Diab. with this pg) and an allergy test. Just to rule out anything we might have missed. Glucose was normal. Allergy test came back normal too. All numbers were zero. Which I have a question about. I made mac and cheese with soy milk for the first time before I got the results. We had a late dinner. I nursed little man and no baby food at this time. In the morning he starts getting a rash only in his hair line all over his scalp and at the bottom corners of his eyes like tears dripping but rashy. It was gone by the end of the second day. Was that an allergy reaction to the soy milk?

I feel like there is something there in all this that either I'm missing or the dr is blowing me off. Which I don't understand since he's sitting at a 1% on the weight chart. 

My other 4 kids have consistently sat above the 60-80% on the chart or higher! So this is not my normal. 

Other than that he is crawling, babbling, trying to stand bless his little heart. He interacts with everyone. 

Thank you for reading this. Please help me figure out what is wrong. 

[somegirl99]

Hugs mama, sounds frustrating.

I just wanted to quickly reply to let you know that while allergy tests can be helpful tools, they definitely don't find everything, and the best way to figure out food allergies (which it sounds like to me) is with an elimination diet (both him and you, as you are nursing).  The top allergens include dairy, gluten, soy, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, and peanuts.  Try visiting the allergy forum and see if you can get more ideas there.

[~Adorkable~]

it seems like to me that if he suddenly changed his growth curve a lot, as you have described, the peds should be wanting to know why. add that with the symptom of poop issues and i think you need a new doc.

 it may be something really simple, but it does seem like something, so i would go back to them and ask for them to look into it or find someone that will

[southernmommie]

Thanks. I will definitely go back and have them look for more!

[PatioGardener]

Originally Posted by ~Adorkable~ 

it seems like to me that if he suddenly changed his growth curve a lot, as you have described, the peds should be wanting to know why. add that with the symptom of poop issues and i think you need a new doc.

 it may be something really simple, but it does seem like something, so i would go back to them and ask for them to look into it or find someone that will

I'd suggest a good IBCLC as well to look at milk transfer issues as you have mentioned tongue-tie is a problem.