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What Causes Watery Green Mucous Stool In The Baby?

Hello my baby is 8 months and was 5 weeks premature. She hasn't had any issues or pain but for the past 2 weeks she has had watery green mucusy poop she is mauy breast fed but is also eating ceres and a few fruits and vegetables here and there. What do I do about her poop? She poops roughly 5 times a day
Fri, 22 May 2015
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During infancy, you may observe different shades of poops and variable frequencies. There's a wide variety of normal pooping behavior among babies: Some poop after every meal and some only once or twice a week. What's most important is that your baby's poop is coming out reasonably soft.
Once you start changing your baby's input to solid foods – rice cereal, pureed bananas, and so on – you'll almost instantly notice a change in her output, especially if she's breastfed. Green poops are usually due to increased lactogen and sugars in diet.

As a general rule, if you see anything completely out of the ordinary in your baby's diaper, call the doctor. There are several variations on poop that suggest a serious problem:

-Thick black poop made up mostly of digested blood (called melena). It's dark and tarry like meconium but a bit firmer and less sticky.
-Poop consisting almost entirely of red blood, known as "currant jelly poop," which indicates a severe intestinal problem.
- Persistent Pale, chalky, clay-colored poop (acholic poop) that signals liver or gallbladder failure. It looks and feels similar to tan or whitish clay or Play-Doh.
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What Causes Watery Green Mucous Stool In The Baby?

Hi, Welcome to the HCM During infancy, you may observe different shades of poops and variable frequencies. There s a wide variety of normal pooping behavior among babies: Some poop after every meal and some only once or twice a week. What s most important is that your baby s poop is coming out reasonably soft. Once you start changing your baby s input to solid foods – rice cereal, pureed bananas, and so on – you ll almost instantly notice a change in her output, especially if she s breastfed. Green poops are usually due to increased lactogen and sugars in diet. As a general rule, if you see anything completely out of the ordinary in your baby s diaper, call the doctor. There are several variations on poop that suggest a serious problem: -Thick black poop made up mostly of digested blood (called melena). It s dark and tarry like meconium but a bit firmer and less sticky. -Poop consisting almost entirely of red blood, known as currant jelly poop, which indicates a severe intestinal problem. - Persistent Pale, chalky, clay-colored poop (acholic poop) that signals liver or gallbladder failure. It looks and feels similar to tan or whitish clay or Play-Doh.