Is green p**p normal?

Question

My baby is pooping bright green (think melted green crayons green). She just had her two month checkup yesterday and the pediatrician said it is nothing to worry about and that she is gaining weight well and all, but it kinda wierds me out.

Does anyone else have experience with babies pooping bright green?

Answer 1

My baby had it a few times but the doctor told us it was nothing to loose sleep over, happens with babies at times

Answer 2

yes, your babys fine. that happened to my aunts baby. also always believe the pediatrichian 98% of the time their right

Answer 3

Well there could be a few causes to that, the formula you are feeding your baby it could have alot of iron in it. As long as your baby is happy and still eating that he/she should be fine. I would talk to the pediatrician.

Answer 4

well its not normal it means that shes eating alot of crappy food

Answer 5

I heard of that and it is normal if he/she eats lots of greens.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, yes green is a natural, normal color for young infant p**p.  No worries.  It may also come in a mustard yellow, rusty orange and avocado green too with smells that do not match the description.  LOL!  You're fine.

Answer 7

totally normal!!!!!!!!!!!!! it'll go to a yellow to mustard yellow, then brown. it's just the pregnancy stuff still comming out along w. digested formula or breastmilk.  

Answer 8

only if you eat spinach for every meal

Answer 9

normal..happened to my babies*

Answer 10

Green p**p

Every now and then the notorious green p**p may show up in your baby’s diaper. You may take a look at it and ask yourself “how’d that get there?” There are many different causes for green p**p. More than likely, if your baby has green p**p, it’s nothing to worry about, but here are a few possibilities.

Iron-fortified formula - Some formula-fed babies will develop a case of green p**p from the iron in the formula they are taking. As long as your baby is happy and not having any problems with constipation, there is nothing to worry about.

Jaundice - A baby that has jaundice may have dark or greenish colored stools. This normally goes away once baby is off of the bilirubin lights.

Dairy Sensitivity - Some breastfed babies are very sensitive to certain foods in their mom’s diet. If your baby is having problems with green mucousy stools, blood in his stools, spitting up a lot, or a skin rash, he may be sensitive to something in your diet. Dairy products are one of the most common causes of food allergies in babies. If you think this might be the problem, try eliminating milk and dairy products from your diet. It may take a couple weeks to see results from a dairy elimination diet. You should see improvement in a week or two. If you’re not sure, you can always try it out for a few weeks and then try having a cup of milk to see what happens. If the symptoms come back, then milk is probably the culprit and you will want to avoid it.

Foremilk/Hindmilk imbalance - If your baby is breastfeeding and has green frothy-looking poops, this may be a result of a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. To put this simply, when a mom breastfeeds the first milk that comes out (foremilk) is thinner and lower in fat. After you have nursed for a bit, you will start to produce richer, fattier milk called hindmilk. Babies that receive too much of the thin foremilk and not enough of the richer hindmilk sometimes have problems with green stools and tummy aches. If you have been switching b*****s a lot instead of letting baby get a good feed on one breast, you may have problems with this.

Other reasons - Sometimes babies just have greenish colored p**p. The range of color in baby’s poops can vary. Any range of yellow, mustard to yellow/green is pretty normal for a baby. If baby is gaining well and happy then there is nothing to worry about.

Answer 11

if u eat green staff yea its normal

just don't eat much so u don't have diarrhea

Answer 12

do you formula feed?  breastfed babies usually have loose mustard colored poops. formula can produce different colored poops.

Answer 13

Yes!

Answer 14

Yes, and yellow!  As long as its not RED then you have nothing to worry about!!!

Answer 15

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Answer 16

Green p**p is normal in the realm of baby p**p. "Green", "p**p", and "normal" all in one sentence. It's so surreal but is most of the time true but here is a little more information to help you out.

The reason p**p is often brown is that your red blood cells live for only three months at a time, and when they die, their hemoglobin gets broken down. Hemoglobin is made up of several protein chains attached to a porphyrin ring which contains an iron atom. When a dead red blood cell gives up its hemoglobin, the proteins and the iron get recycled. The porphyrin ring gets broken down to bilirubin, which gets picked up by your liver, converted into a green substance called biliverdin, and excreted into the bile which goes into your small intestines and eventually into your large intestines. There, most of the biliverdin is converted into a yellow substance called urobilinogen. Some of the urobilinogen gets converted into a red substance called stercobilin. So you've got a little bit of green, a lot of yellow, and a little bit of red and, if you remember color mixing from elementary school, the result is brown. If your liver is dameged or your bile duct is obstructed, the biliverdin doesn't make it into your intestines and your p**p turns white or gray because it doesn't have any strong pigments.

  I have consulted with a doctor, a physiologist and a microbiologist on this question, and the following summarizes their answers:

    Healthy people can have green p**p if they eat a diet rich in leafy green vegetables, or if they consume large quantities of food coloring (in ice cream, cake frosting etc.).

    Green p**p can also be caused by excess iron in the diet, from dietary supplements, for example. If the body does not absorb all the iron consumed, the iron may stain the p**p green, the color of iron (II) salts. Ordinarily, the green color may be masked by the normal brown p**p color, but if digestion is thrown off by illness so that bilirubin is less concentrated in the intestine, the green color may become apparent. This can happen when a person is afflicted with diarrhea.

    Green p**p in SICK (if your baby isn't acting sick then again it is normal due to the liquid diet) babies may come from iron in baby formula not being properly absorbed, or by green pigments in bile salts (again, green from iron).

Answer 17

yeah it's completely normal, it's just because she's on such a liquid diet.

Answer 18

Yes, it's normal. Mine have both done it. They did it on breast milk and formula. It's just how they digest their food. So don't worry.

Answer 19

no

Answer 20

lovely

Answer 21

Stool colour chart: http://www.childliverdisease.org/uploade...

GREEN STOOLS

http://www.mother-2-mother.com/cc-baby-A...

The occasional green stool is not unusual in the breastfed baby. Consistently green stools, however, are not normal for the breastfed baby. Most doctors don't seem to recognize this as a potential problem because they often define "normal stool" as that of the formula-fed infant. Baby's stool can be a wide variety of colors and textures , and not all of these are cause for concern. It is helpful to know what is normal for the bf baby as well.

Consistently green stools in the breastfed baby can indicate:

    * an imbalance of foremilk/hindmilk, often resulting in frothy green stools.

    * a sensitivity to something in the mother's diet, such as cow's milk products.

    * a sign that baby has an illness. Babies with an intestinal virus or even a simple cold will sometimes have green, mucusy stools. Teething can also bring about green stools due to increased saliva (can also cause tummy upset)

    * a lot of green vegetables or something with green food coloring in mom's diet.

    * If baby has started solids, that could also account for the change in color (this is normal with the change in diet).

http://www.drjaygordon.com/development/p...

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.  My wife described the smell as "curried yogurt".  Opinions on this odor description differ widely.

Frequent Watery Stool often "Greener" than usual

How can you spot diarrhea in a baby who has loose frequent stools every day?  This type of p**p is "diarrhea" in a breastfed baby.  It can be due to a virus, a bowel infection, stress, anxiety or a food intolerance.

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.

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.

Another cause of malabsorption in the intestines can be teething. The profuse saliva of a teething baby can cause irritation in the intestines interfering with proper absorption.  When babies teethe, we can see lots of drooling.  Large quantities of saliva is swallowed which can irritate the intestines causing runny, acidic stools. This can also cause a rash in the diaper area.  

Answer 22

Completely normal, the important thing is that she's pooping. Baby p**p comes in a variety of colors and smells. Yuck, I remember those days.

Answer 23

Don't worry. Thats totally normal. Are you feeding formula or breast milk? Thats more common in formula fed babies, but can be seen either way. Its fine.  

Answer 24

he must have spray painted his butt