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Color Of Poop

by c
(Pasadena)

My 6 month old babies poop went from green to pasty light yellow. She's primarily bottle fed and has recently been given Earth's Best Oatmeal.

She's been on that for 3 days until she got the yellow poop.

Before that she was on rice cereal and her poop was green, as it has been since day one.

I have no idea if the pale yellow poo[ is normal or not because the change was so drastic and happened over night.

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Oct 29, 2008

Normal poop, probably
by: Baby Help Line

Hi,

Actually, in most cases yellow poop would be more normal or at least more common than green poop. But since your daughter has had green poop from the start, it is likely to be normal for her (assuming that she has no problems with tummy pain, weight gain, runny stools etc).

One thing that comes to my mind; have you checked the iron content in the formula and rice ceral as compared to the Oatmeal?

For healthy, formula fed babies, the iron in the formula is often believed to be causing the green color. If the Oatmeal has a lower iron content, that could be the reason for the now yellow poop.

In any case, if your daughter seems healthy, the color is not likely to be a problem.

You might still want to discuss it at your baby's next health check-up, since I suppose her doctor knows about her usually green poop.

Hope this helps,

/Paula