color of baby's stool! - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

worrywort · 05-04-2006, 06:11 PM

My 3 week old stool's are green now, sometimes with a yellowish tint. I have read it could be hindmilk/foremilk. I don't really understand this. does anyone else have this problem?
carly

debating · 05-04-2006, 07:00 PM

A breastfed baby can have a hindmilk/formilk problem. The formilk is watery and higher in sugar, and can lead to green poops. The hindmilk comes in at the end of a feeding and is higher in fat.

Do you have an over active let down, abundant supply? If you have too much milk and switch breasts during a feeding your baby may not be emptying the breast and thus getting the hind milk. Always empty the first breast before moving on to the second, no matter how long it takes. Then, for the next feeding, start with the brest you left off on so they get even stimulation.

worrywort · 05-04-2006, 07:25 PM

I let her pull off by herself, sometimes she will want the other and sometimes not, my right breast produces more, it sprays and she will choke sometimes. She sometimes will only feed for a short time and want more right away. I have tried formula and she get's fussy. I am losing my mind here.
carly

rouge · 05-04-2006, 08:00 PM

I would get rid of the formula that will only mess things up. Your breasts need time to adjust to BFing. You have only been doing it for 3 weeks. Nurse till she stops on one side, offer the other side. If she takes it great if not it's ok. Then start the next time on the other breast and alternate. Your milk will adjust and the overflowing one will start to produce less. The reason that one is producing more is you are tending to nurse more on that side. It's supply and demand so that one is making more. I had that happen a lot when nursing. I really had to pay attention and alternate sides if he did not finish both. It takes a couple of months to get everything to work well.

Good luck!! BFing is hard in the begining.

worrywort · 05-04-2006, 10:17 PM

Thank you, I am hanging in there, I really want to continue with the bfing. She is gaining weight. I just want to do it right. I go to a bfing clinic, everytime I am there she gets about 3 ounces, but more on the one side. It is scary when she chokes and I feel bad so I don't want to feed her on that side, but the other is kinda low. I will give it time.
thanks again

carly