There is a great discussion of this issue for health care professionals on the University of Denver Children's Hospital Website. It may be helpful for the doctors involved because it is clearly written by doctors for doctors, but it would also be reassuring to the mother. They do not advise weaning and state that most babies will outgrow this by about 9 months. They talk about how anemia is a rare complication, but they do advise iron supplements and intermiitent CBC's. It really addresses all of the concerns of the team involved. 

Here is the link. If for some reason the link doesn't work, you can access the page by googling "Bloody stools thriving breastfed baby denver". 

http://www.thechildrenshospital.org/conditions/digestive/professionals/stool.aspx

Kathy Lilleskov RN IBCLC

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