I have 3.5 weeks fully breastfed baby. He used to have yellow mustard poop with seedy thing inside. He often passed gas with it. He always strain when having bowel movement.
But in the past 5 days, his poo become more watery less seedy, sometimes is little bit slimy and foamy. The color changes between yellow and bright orange. He strains a lot now even though his poop is more watery than before. Sometimes he strains too strong that make him hiccups.
He is little bit fussier that before and seems to have discomfort on his stomach before pooing. He will move his body a lot like there is something on his stomach and this will sometimes wake him from his sleep.
I eat normal food, no dairy product. Just don't know what cause this. I have oversupply breast milk. But as far as I know if there is imbalance on the milk, the color of the poo will be green. It was foamy green one time and the pediatrician advised me to give him Infacol to reduce the gas on his stomach, but it didn't help. Just wondering whether Infacol could cause this.
Could you please help as my son is having less sleep because of this. The pattern of his feeding become random now as he sometimes awake for 6 hours just because he has to spend more time for straining and pooing.
Breast fed babies normally have four to eight yellow-greenish, semi-solid to liquid stools a day. Babies often grunt, strain, or turn red or purple when having a bowel movement. This is usually normal, and if the stool is soft, this does not mean the baby is constipated. Your baby is now getting more fat and nutrients in your milk than he did before. Your milk changes consistency through the first few months. This is normal and it happens no matter what you eat. Your body produces what the baby needs at different stages of growth. The change in your milk will cause the poop to be slimy, foamy, and it will cause your baby to be gassy. Make sure you continue to watch what you eat, so if he gets to gassy you can eliminate certain things from your diet. You can give him Mylicon drops for the gas. If he starts to become constipated or continues to have stomach aches then I would take him to your pediatrician. Hope he gets to feeling better. LIZ
May 13, 2009
the same with my baby by: Livia
Hi there!
my baby is passing by the EXACT same things you mentioned! He even have the hiccups this very moment. I also have oversupply. Do you think there is a connection? My baby is 11 weeks old.
If you have any clue,please let me know!
Cheers, Livia
ps- my email is mondlicht@gmail.com
May 18, 2009
same for my 10-weeks old baby by: Lu
My 10 weeks old daughter is having exactly what you guys described. I also have over supply of milk, I had no idea that could be the cause but reading your posts made me wonder. Actually, my baby is sleeping through the night now, so in the morning my breasts are all full and is usually after that first feeding that the poop is all foamy. Maybe I need to pump for that first feeding of the day.
Jun 17, 2009
foamy, mucus bm by: jsk
I have a 4 week old baby boy and have very similar symptoms and I also have oversupply of milk. My biggest concern is his slow weight gain. He was born big 10 lbs 8.8 oz and did not gain his birth weigh at 2 weeks. I am going back to see our pediatrician again today to see how much weight he put on. I doubt he gain anything though because his anus is always wet with constant poop. Could this mean he has some problem in his intestine or something? Help!
Sep 27, 2009
same symptoms by: Anonymous
My 8 week old daughter is having the exact same symptoms, I was told it was because they swallow too much air. I have oversupply as well, I'm trying to manually express a little bit of milk onto a towel before feeding and try not to let baby get too hungry so that she doesn't gulp. Does anyone else know what to do? Our Dr. told me it was nothing to worry about.
Oct 23, 2009
oversupply... by: Anonymous
It seems to me, like oversupply issues. My son is five months now, and we used to have similar symptoms, so I treated it as an oversupply issue. I started by feeding on one breast for about twelve hours, and then the other for around the same time, as the supply got less, I went to less hrs, untill I was doing two feeding on one breast, adn then the next two feedings on the other. You have to work with it according to your "oversupply". Some people can fix their oversupply issue with just feeding on one breast/feeding, and other people may need a whole 12hr period on one, and another 12hr. period on the other (extreme cases). Then as you regulate the supply, you also have to take into consideration baby's different changes. I made the mistake of continuing to feed him for two feedings on one breast, when he was going through a period of not eating as much because of teething, and didnt realize that my supply was dwindling fast! Then he could barely get any milk! I had to work ER style to get my supply back up again. Not a fun experience when your baby depends on it. Anyway, god luck, and remember to follow your own gut feeling. Everyone has advise, but only follow that which resonates with you.
