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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??)
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