green poo?

[spiralmg]

DD is having lots of green poo. I can't remember what this means and probably should cross-post in Living with a Babe but thought I'd see if anyone else is having this or knows anything about it.. It's kind of weird. She is having a sort of snotty nose thing going on...should I be worried?

[Kathryn]

Not in your ddc, but wanted to respond. It could be a milk allergy. Especially if she's got a snotty nose. Do you eat any dairy?
It can also be a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. Try feeding her on one side during a feeding so that she's able to get all the hindmilk. Then start on that breast at the next feeding as well.

[IncaMama]

my first guess is too much foremilk

sorry for the brevity, nak and sick kids.

[mamanurse]

Livi has always had greenish pooh. At first, I was freaked out she wasn't getting the hindmilk, but then she put on pounds like a champ. She's a chunker now. Anyway, my doc said some babes always have green pooh and it's nothing to worry about if they're gaining weight well and don't otherwise seem uncomfortable.

[xmasbaby7]

We had nothing but green poo (plus one bloody diaper ) here until around 9 weeks, but it has been golden since. There are two theories I heard, and I addressed both so I don't know which worked.

The books say fore/hindmilk imbalance, so I nursed differently and I noticed my supply changing too.

My ped says it is the bacterial tranisition in the digestive tract caused by a variety of things.

Kate's poo also became the good golden once I went on the elimination diet.

Watch what you eat and nurse a long time and see if it goes away.

[amygoforth]

Drew had very green slimy poo when he had a bad cold recently. The greens went away after the cold was gone. I think all the draining snot upset his tummy.

[beachcomber]

What the others have said about too much foremilk. Carys has green poo if she doesn't do a complete feed on one side. She also gets green poo when she's got a cold or is going through a serious bout of teething (all the drool she swallows).