I've been told that frothy poop was due to a lactose intolerance by a
nurse with my second. I don't know if that is 100% true - I never
researched it and just took her word for it, but my second was only
breastfed for a short time and then formula fed and switching formulas
did the trick for her. You mentioned you were dairy free, but what
about lactose free? I know breastmilk is chock full of lactose. lol. I
was also told that green just meant things were moving quicker through
the system or due to a bug.


Linda wrote:
DD is almost 6 months and initially her poops were once every 2 days,
mustardy and a solidish consistancy. Then almost 3 months ago she had to go
on antibiotics and instantly she started pooping frothy green liquid,
several times a day. I didn't worry initially as I know antibiotics can
affect the system, but after a few weeks with no change I took her back to
the doctor. He said she had probably picked up a gastro bug, but as she was
still happy and gaining weight not to worry, she would get over it. It
didn't seem right to me for it to be going that long and after talking to a
few people I thought perhaps the antibiotics had created an imbalance in her
tummy and she had developed an intolerance to something I'm eating. As I
haven't changed my diet in months and am already dairy free which I know is
a common intolerance I decided last weekend to go on an elimination diet.
The first day was no difference but on the second day she only pooped once
which was a better colour and thicker (yay). And again on the third day,
there seemed an improvement, but yesterday and today it seems to have gone
runnier again, and greener again and several times throughout the day. So
was it just a coincidence that she had a couple of good days, and my diet is
doing nothing, or is it taking a while to go out of my system whatever it
is? If this diet is going to help her then I'll stick with it, but I'm not
meant to be adding things yet, still on the bland basics, so if it's
pointless I don't want to waste my time (as I'm already VERY bored with it).
I guess the other thing to consider is that I'm probably going to start her
on solids within the next couple of weeks, which I know will have some sort
of affect anyway. But I am hoping to continue to breastfeed her for at
least another year, so I don't want to be eating something which affects
her - although of course she might grow out of it by that time, whatever it
is.
Thoughts and suggestions??
She is breastfed on demand, and feeds every couple of hours in general, give
or take, and I'm careful to give her the same side a few times in a row if I
don't think she's had much to make sure she's getting the richer milk. She
used to sleep through for about 6-8 hours, but about a week before all this
happened she suddenley decided she needed to feed throughout the night every
few hours as well. Don't think it's connected, but thought I'd add it just
in case anyone had any bright ideas.
Thanks