What did your 100 percent breastfed babies poop look like? My babies poop is always green?

Question

I talked to the pediatrician about this and she just said it could be something im eating. I have read that breastfed baby poop should be yellow with curds in it and that consistently green poop could indicate an allergy or hindmilk/foremilk problem. I have eliminated potentially allergic foods and stopped taking vitamins to see if it would help. She is emtying both breasts so I dont know if it could still be a hindmilk imbalance. My baby is gaining weight just fine. She is almost 3 months and 12lbs. If your baby is 100 breastfed what does their poop look like? The only time my baby poops yellow is when I go to work the one day a week on saturday and my hubby gives her formula. Thanks

Answer 1

I've had a few babies who immediately from birth had bright green frothy poop, horrible gas that had a nasty cloud around the poor baby. Then there are babies that are fussy, scream a lot, pull away from the breast, spit up a lot, have green poop but not the horrible gas. Is you baby like either of these babies?

You are right about the hindmilk/foremilk imbalance but if the poop is always green from the beginning no matter how often you feed on both/one breast, that's probably not it.

There are many things this could be, you need to see a lactation consultant and then see a pediatrician that is more devoted to finding out what's wrong with the baby. Maybe a consult with a pediatric gastroenterologist? It can be something benign or something serious (but most likely benign). Possibilities are lactose overload, lactose intolerance, foremilk/hindmilk imbalance, GERD, colic, milk or other allergies.

Great article to get you started here:

http://www.babycareadvice.com/babycare/general_help/article.php?id=18

Answer 2

Babies Bowel Movements:
1. Sticky, tar-like and green or black
This is meconium. The first stools of a newborn will be this consistency and color. It is what is present inside the bowels of a newborn upon birth and will clear itself out within the first couple of days and represents the "byproducts" of building an entire human being for nine months.

2. Greenish or Yellow/Brown, grainy or seedy
This is the transition between meconium and a regular breastfed stool and begins as mom's milk is coming in on the second, third or fourth day of life. There may be three stools each day, ten, or even twenty. Occasionally, even a baby in the first week of life will skip a day and have no bowel movements at all.

3. Light yellow to bright green, loose/runny, curdy, lumpy, seedy, creamy, mustard-like
These are normal breastfed stools. The consistency, frequency and color vary from day to day.

4. Frequent Watery Stool often "Greener" than usual
This type of poop is "diarrhea" in a breastfed baby. It can be due to a virus, a bowel infection, stress, anxiety or a food intolerance.

5. Hard, pellet - like, presence of blood or mucous
This is constipation in a breastfed baby and is so very rare in a baby who is receiving breastmilk as a sole source of nutrition, as are most babies in the first six months. It could be related to a food allergy. Formula fed babies get constipated much more often and may even have harder bigger stools like older kids and adults. Getting these stools softer is a balancing act of great proportions.

6. Black stools often accompanied by constipation
This is the result of iron supplementation. Iron fortified infant foods and infant vitamins can cause constipation. A healthy breastfed baby does not need iron supplementation.

7. Red streaked stools
This usually comes from bleeding in the lower intestine or rectum. Most often it is caused by rectal fissures which are tiny "cuts" around the circumference of the anus. This can be a reaction to dairy in mom's diet. Usually babies who had blood in their poop which resolved when mom stopped all dairy products and returned with even a small amount of milk or cheese. Other dietary changes may be needed for breastfeeding moms. Formula fed babies lose blood from the lower intestine when they drink cow milk formula and some have the same losses on soy formula. Occasionally, this "micro-hemorrhaging" can become visible as blood streaking on the surface of the stool. Persistent or increasing blood in the stool or blood mixed with mucus (described as "currant jelly" stool in the texts) requires an immediate call to your doctor.

8. Green, frothy stools
This can be a result of a hindmilk/foremilk imbalance. A true imbalance is rare. It is often seen accompanying a forceful letdown. Lactation consultants will help moms find a nursing pattern which works to combat this problem. If letdown it too forceful in the early weeks, the solution can be to allow milk to leak into a cloth diaper during letdown, then latch baby back on. Feeding two to three times off the same side may also show improvement. Caution should be used with same side feeding as it can decrease supply.

9. Green, mucousy stool
This can be a result of a virus. Often the only sign we see of a virus is in the green stool. This is evidence of malabsorption in the intestines. Watch for how many days and with what consistency it is occurring. With a virus, it will run its course over a few days and begin to improve.

In summary, stools in breastfeeding babies are predictably green, brown, yellow or orange. It is runny and has curds almost every time. It changes color with viruses, may have a small amount of blood (call your doc) and may come once a day and even taper off to once a week or more after a few weeks of age.

I hope this helps you. I did a web search on this and got carried away and learned a lot too. Hope it's not too long for you read.
After reading this, I would agree with your doctor that it is something that you are eating that causes the color of your babies poop to not be yellow.

Answer 3

My daughter was the same way. You have read up on some good info because a its the same thing i was told when my daughter was young.. She was however slightly allergic to milk and soy. You can have a test done on her poop to determine if she has an allergy.. . My daughters didn't change till she was on baby food. then its all sorts of crazy colors haha!! It sounds like she is perfectly healthy i wouldnt worry.

Answer 4

Sounds about normal. Just because her poop is green doesn't mean she's having an allergic reaction to it. You don't need to worry about green, orange, and yellow stools. They are par for the course and are rarely a sign of a digestive problem or allergy problem. As long as she seems happy and healthy I don't see a concern here :-)

Answer 5

All toddler poop is diverse. if your pediatrician says its effective and the toddler would not seem afflicted with the aid of it i would not complication approximately it, my daughters became into each coloration of the rainbow over the final 10 months.

Answer 6

Yellowish green color is normal.

Mommy of 4

Answer 7

maybe the baby has diereah. is it something yhou ate?