At 10:21 PM 12/10/02, you wrote:
>Hi Wise Ones,
>
>I need your help with this one. Baby is 2 months old, weight gain good,
>mostly yellow poops with some variation in color. Baby began stooling blood
>a couple of weeks ago, every day, sometimes a quarter sized amount of blood
>and not just in mucus, but just plain blood. No constipation, no
>supplemental iron, no medications, no anal fissure. Baby is taking
>vitamins, but not with iron. Still, I suggested they could be the culprit
>and mom is going to try a period without the vitamins to see what happens.
>Mom went off dairy for a week and bloody stools continued. Should mom stay
>off the dairy a bit longer? Should she just go straight to a major
>elimination diet? Is there anything else I can suggest she do (or not do)?
Removing the vitamins from baby's diet is a good start, as is mom going off
dairy--fully. The vitamins are probably not the core problem but can be an
additional irritant.
In my experience mom needs to eliminate beef also. The blood in stools is
often a bovine protein sensitivity and beef also has that protein. I find
that beef is the usual culprit in the bloody stools if there is not also a
problem with over-supply.
Another avenue to explore is over-supply. This can cause much damage to the
lining of the intestines, creating mucus and blood in stools. Sometimes the
over-supply doesn't show up in green stools, but getting the supply down to
a one-baby supply corrects the problem.
With food sensitivities the baby often feeds frequently, mistaking GI
disturbances for hunger. And an over-supply follows.
The irritated intestines that accompany over-supply can invite food
sensitivities because of the permeability of the lining.
Pat Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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