[kfillmore]

Can someone PLEASE describe newborn poo. I have a 5 week old.
i am worried. She seems to cry alot out of pain. Her poo is often foamy (like soda coming out. It has also come out 'projectile"like. Just now she had a really watery poo (it puddled in the prefold i was holding under her). I still need to observe but today she cried before some pees. So now I am worried about uti. There is some mucus too.

p.s. I already don't eat dairy, wheat, soy

katharine

 

[duckpond]

Are you very thorough in your eliminations, keeping out hidden sources as well? If so, a food log might help identify other foods that are giving her problems. If not, try to make sure you are keeping all sources of dairy, wheat and soy.

Also, why are you eliminating wheat? Is it for a specific problem, or just in case? Would it be worthwhile to go gluten-free as well?

Good luck!

ETA: In my experience (with a food allergic babe), mucus and foam are not normal, nor is pain. Crying, however, can be normal. It takes a while for them to get their muscles coordinated to eliminate, and the crying can be either frustration, communication to you that they need to go, or the only way they know so far to tense up the muscles they need to tense to eliminate.

 

[i0lanthe]

I usually check kellymom for breastfed poop info.
http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns...erns.html#poop

What color? When I see green and foamy I am switching sides too often and need to block-feed to cut back on the foremilk and get back to mustard color, but different people have different quirks.

 

[sapphire_chan]

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Originally Posted by i0lanthe What color? When I see green and foamy I am switching sides too often and need to block-feed to cut back on the foremilk and get back to mustard color, but different people have different quirks.

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Plus, if it is that, you'll see an improvement in a couple of days so it's worth trying before cutting your diet back further.

And babies do cry before some pees. And fuss to nurse. "My tummy hurts, I need to nurse! Aaaaaa why are you asking me to pee? Don't you know I've got strange feelings down there?!?" nurse nurse nu...peeeeeee

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[Carlyle]

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Originally Posted by i0lanthe I usually check kellymom for breastfed poop info. http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns...erns.html#poop What color? When I see green and foamy I am switching sides too often and need to block-feed to cut back on the foremilk and get back to mustard color, but different people have different quirks.

Yes. This. Don't worry too much, you'll figure it out and your baby will be fine. For us, foamy poo (from yellow to green color) meant that my baby wasn't getting enough hindmilk (the fatty milk that comes at the end of the feeding).

For most moms, this means that they're making a TON of milk and you need to nurse on one side/breast for several feedings in a row and then switch to the other side/breast (called block-feeding).

For ME, it meant that I wasn't making fatty enough milk (I tried block feeding and it made things SO much worse...then she wasn't getting enough milk at all, and she was fussy every time she nursed). I needed to up MY fat intake--drink full fat milk, full fat yogurt (if you're not eating dairy, find other sources of fat...avocado, coconut milk, nut butters, meat). I also went on some tea that included fenugreek and blessed thistle, which immediately eliminated the problem (and turned my milk a darker yellow color). I can give you a link to the tea if you're interested.

Chances are, that if you are making lots of milk (your breasts leak, you can see baby gulping hard during a let down, milk puddles at the corners of your baby's mouth) that you're having the first problem, and block feeding will help you. If not, then maybe you're having my problem and you can try upping your fat intake and some blessed thistle.

Good luck! It was really stressful for me for a while, but once we got it figured out, the foamy poops disappeared and she was much less fussy while nursing. You could also try posting this in the breastfeeding board--those gals know their poop!