It’s the same old over here – just like it is at your house I bet.
I’m currently playing super sleuth b/c the issues with B’s bloody stools have not let up.
My recent Googling and a call tonight with a lactation consultant has pointed me in the direction of “Hey dumbass. Maybe the abundance of milk you produce is the problem.”
I joke and call myself “The Milk Truck” – but, it turns out that an oversupply of milk can be too much of a good thing. Apparently, in this type of situation, babies who get too much foremilk (the stuff that comes out first) get really full really quickly and don’t get much of the high fat hindmilk. The fatty hindmilk helps to keep baby full and slows down digestion – the foremilk, if too much is consumed, can sit in the intestine and create an imbalance and irritate the bowels causing bloody stool, green stool, excessive gas/spitting up and watery/mucuousy stool.
I block feed B (as I did with the Samurai) which basically means baby nurses on one side per feeding. This method is supposed to help baby get more of the hindmilk HOWEVER, mine shoots out like a fire hydrant upon let down and poor Baby B is having a hard time managing it. He sputters and chokes upon let down, gasps for air – turns out he is not the beefcake his sister was.
Maybe someday she will be the kegstand queen. BUT ONLY WHEN SHE IS 21.
And there you have it. I’ve just schooled you on more that you’ll probably ever want to know about breast milk and baby poop.
You’re welcome.
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