My 7 week old baby boy has been doing very green poo, almost everytime I change his nappy for the last couple of days. He feeds very well 2 hourly feeds with most times both breasts. Is this normal ??
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Green Poo???
My 7 week old baby boy has been doing very green poo, almost everytime I change his nappy for the last couple of days. He feeds very well 2 hourly feeds with most times both breasts. Is this normal ??
Hmm, i cant tell you if its normal or not..
But the child nurse i saw the other day told me that poo that is green is from lots of iron intake. Not sure if that is at all a possibility..maybe you have had a higher intake of iron lately and its getting into bub through your milk?
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Claire used to do green poo sometimes. I was also told it was due to certain foods I was eating, although to be honest I dont remember what the nurse said (she often spoke nonsense so I just switch off sometimes). I think it used to happen when I ate lots of chocolate.
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it can also be from a fore/hind milk imbalance. The milk that comes initially in that big spurt is called fore milk, its watery looking, the milk that comes after, the hind milk, looks a bit like cream. its a bit thicker. lots of fore milk can cause green frothy poos. put a post in breastfeeding, and maybe barb can help?
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My DD use to do some green poo's, at first they freaked me out, but I was assured by the health nurse that it was normal, I cant remember why either!!! Wait til they start solids, you'll get a suprise everytime!
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i heard this was perfectly normal and not to worry about it. I also heard it could happen if you eat a lot of sugar.
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Don't really know what it means but the community nurse said they have green poos when they are a bit windy & overfed??
My DS has green poos, yellow mustard poos & sometimes a combination??
I figure if they are putting on weight all is good
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