Hello, Thank you in advance for any advice.
In efforts to be brief I am going to just provide the facts as I understand them. My son is almost three months old, his stools have been green, expolisve and mucus filled since about three weeks old. I treated this as over supply in the beginning, but that alone has not solved the problem. Thankfully he is gaining weight and meeting milestones so at least I am not getting pressure to stop nursing. But because of this people tend to think I am over reacting to the stools. I maintain this is not normal poop for a BF baby. Ok, the following is where we are now...
1. I am doing an elimination diet. I have eliminated all of the eight major offenders, nightshades, corn, pork, and beef. I began this with dairy seven weeks ago and have eliminated the others as time as gone by. Wheat was the latest eliminated and I have gone about two weeks without that. It feels as though the more I give up the worse things get!!
2. The stools are different now than when I started. They were green and did test positive for blood one time, but tested negative after giving up dairy for two weeks. They stayed green until about a week ago and now they are greenish/orangeish/brwonish and vary in consistency from egg white to forgive my bluntess but snot. They have a bad smell. I am not sure if this is a step in the right direction or a step in the wrong direction.
3. Probiotics have been suggested to me, but I do not know where to begin on that front. A friend lent be some of hers that were dairy free. At that time dairy was all that I had given up. Now, I understand that probiotics can contain some of the vary things we are trying to stay away from. Are there any that are free from all of the common allergy offenders that are also safe for infants/newborns?
4. I was given antibotics when he was born, but I have not noticed any signs of yeast or thrush in his mouth.
5. He has some cradle cap and some wax in his ears but those are the only skin type things that could be viewed as allergic reactions.
6. His sugar dropped drastically at birth. They insisted that I supplement. I was not sure what to do, but my instints told me to insist that we only use sugar water. We did this via a feeding tube attached to my nipple. Thank God it only had to be done once. Though I still wonder if it was really neccessary at all. I mention this only because I wonder if it effected his gut.
I would appreciate any advice anyone has for me on how to help my son feel more comfortable. I am worried that if I do not get this figured out his gut will get so torn up that he will be allergic to everyting.
Thanks,
Cindy
In efforts to be brief I am going to just provide the facts as I understand them. My son is almost three months old, his stools have been green, expolisve and mucus filled since about three weeks old. I treated this as over supply in the beginning, but that alone has not solved the problem. Thankfully he is gaining weight and meeting milestones so at least I am not getting pressure to stop nursing. But because of this people tend to think I am over reacting to the stools. I maintain this is not normal poop for a BF baby. Ok, the following is where we are now...
1. I am doing an elimination diet. I have eliminated all of the eight major offenders, nightshades, corn, pork, and beef. I began this with dairy seven weeks ago and have eliminated the others as time as gone by. Wheat was the latest eliminated and I have gone about two weeks without that. It feels as though the more I give up the worse things get!!
2. The stools are different now than when I started. They were green and did test positive for blood one time, but tested negative after giving up dairy for two weeks. They stayed green until about a week ago and now they are greenish/orangeish/brwonish and vary in consistency from egg white to forgive my bluntess but snot. They have a bad smell. I am not sure if this is a step in the right direction or a step in the wrong direction.
3. Probiotics have been suggested to me, but I do not know where to begin on that front. A friend lent be some of hers that were dairy free. At that time dairy was all that I had given up. Now, I understand that probiotics can contain some of the vary things we are trying to stay away from. Are there any that are free from all of the common allergy offenders that are also safe for infants/newborns?
4. I was given antibotics when he was born, but I have not noticed any signs of yeast or thrush in his mouth.
5. He has some cradle cap and some wax in his ears but those are the only skin type things that could be viewed as allergic reactions.
6. His sugar dropped drastically at birth. They insisted that I supplement. I was not sure what to do, but my instints told me to insist that we only use sugar water. We did this via a feeding tube attached to my nipple. Thank God it only had to be done once. Though I still wonder if it was really neccessary at all. I mention this only because I wonder if it effected his gut.
I would appreciate any advice anyone has for me on how to help my son feel more comfortable. I am worried that if I do not get this figured out his gut will get so torn up that he will be allergic to everyting.
Thanks,
Cindy
