I am responding to the question of the woman in Belgium whose baby has
green stools.  My answer is "so what?"  If the baby is thriving, and is
a content, happy baby, why should anyone worry about green stools.  Why
would anyone admit the baby to the hospital, never mind do unnecessary
tests?

        This is not an infrequent problem.  We treat the stools, we treat the
test.  We should treat the baby, not the stools.  Tell the mother to put
on sun glasses, and she won't see the colour of the baby's stools.  And
go back to breastfeeding.

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC