Lee & Karen Palmer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

# 4 month old baby presenting with grassy green, jelly like stools. Fully breastfed since birth. Thriving and meeting expected milestones. Problem started at about 6 weeks of age after mum had mastitis and had a course of antibiotics. Baby started having frequent green slimy stools with stringy bits in. /---/ Mum has had him checked by the family doctor and now a Paediatrician.  A stool sample came back negative for any infections but positive for lactose intolerance (according to the Paediatrician). #


I apologize I haven't read the whole msg chain, so someone may have already mentioned these things.

Did the ped diagnose the lactose intolerance from a stool sample? If I remember correct (can't check it out right now), breastfed babies don't fully digest all of the lactose they get, but some of it will remain in the stools. 

The baby's symptoms began after the mom's ab-course, right? Has the mom tried giving the baby some probiotics? They could help balancing the normal breastfed baby's gut flora.

Another possibility could be allergy. I know babies whose allergy started showing after either baby's own or mom's ab-course. But this baby doesn't have other symptoms like rash?

Sanna-Mari
bf support group leader / Imetyksen tuki ry
Finland, Scandinavia

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