Susan (Hilton) - You mentioned that the six-week-old baby had "large" green
stools.  I'm interpreting that as meaning they are solid and not the common,
runny breastmilk stools.  If that's the case, I have my own unproven but
"been there, done that" theory!  My first question of the mother at this
point would be to ask if she is taking pre-natal vitamins with iron or any
other type of iron supplement. If she says yes, I would next ask if she is
anemic (sp?).  If she indicates that she isn't then I would suggest she stop
taking the iron.   My 2nd son had thick, green stools, occassionally slightly
bloody, and *classic colic* symptoms.  I went through all sorts of
elimination dieting - dairy, eggs, etc. to no avail.  Once I realized that if
the prenatal vitamins which I was instructed to continue taking as long as I
was brfdg were giving ME terrible discomfort and constipation (which they
were), then perhaps they were also the cause of HIS trouble!  I first cut
back to 1/2 a vit. a day, then 1/2 every-other-day.  I noticed improvements
in his overall health and disposition each day.  I decided it WAS  the iron,
and quit taking them altogether.  Matthew's *colic* disappeared!  As an LLL
Leader I have had this situation come up nearly a dozen times over the past
5-1/2 years of working w/moms and in each case (albeit a small sampling) the
elimination of iron supplements has been the key.  Good luck!
Ellen - mother of Joel, Matthew & Joshua in rainy, cold  Wisconsin (Is it
spring anywhere out there??)