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September 12, 2011 at 8:22 pm #69020
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InactiveHi,
My LO is 13lbs and 3 months old. She is taking 15mg solutab (7.5mg 2x a day).
She is EBF. Her poop has gone from yellow seedy to green and kinda weird smelling (like chemicals)…since a day after being put on the prevacid. Her pooping has also increased from 1x or 2x a day to like 4x a day.
She is taking the solutabs. I’m trying to figure out if it’s something in the solutabs causing it? What does it mean?
September 12, 2011 at 8:52 pm #69024hellbennt
Keymastercould be anything in the solutab from aspertame to inactive ingredients…
if you want to try an experiment:buy prevacid capsules and open them up and you’ll be administering the beadsoh! prevacid in capsule or solutab form must be given on an empty stomach followed by a ‘meal’ 30 minutes laterok so you give the beads, on an empty stomach, and you give the beads w/ 1/2 tsp of apple sauce & wash down w/ 1ml syringes of wateryes apple sauce is safe for a 3 month old, just use your finger and wash it downthen you follow w/ a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later…see if poop changes?if it does then you know it was the solutabSeptember 13, 2011 at 2:22 pm #69027InactiveThank you! I will try that. I was giving it on an empty stomach and feeding 30min after….
She is like a different baby now on the prevacid…happy – not crying constantly…ugh – it’s just amazing… but she has become very gassy off and on and the poops are def. green, very frequent, and smell weird.
I’m positive the gas and strange poop is related to the prevacid solutabs as it started right after we started giving her them.
I hope applesauce and OTC prevacid do the trick – as the reflux is SOO much better!…we just seem to have gained gas and weird poop in exchange. I’ll try the OTC prevacid with applesauce this evening… I’ll let you know how it goes!
lynnedays2011-09-13 14:25:49
September 14, 2011 at 3:51 pm #69035InactiveJust an update:
Switched to OTC prevacid and apple sauce as suggested. Gas is WAY better today – no screaming gas pain fits. Poop is still frequent, green, and sorta vinegary smelling…lynnedays2011-09-14 15:51:37
September 14, 2011 at 7:03 pm #69036InactiveHow long’s it been going on? I’m thinking it could also just be a coincidence; maybe a bug of some sort. However, didn’t someone say there were trace amounts of lactose and milk ingredients in the solutabs? I thought I remember reading about that, when my daughter was on them. I hope your little one feels better, soon! I have a boy about the same age as your princess.
September 15, 2011 at 7:11 pm #69039KeymasterReasons a breastfeeding mother might think her baby is reacting to something in her milk:
*poop that is not ‘normal’ mustardy yellow, seedy breastfed baby poop
*mucous in poop; mucous can look like: snot, jelly, cottage cheese, stringy like the inside of a banana
*foul-smelling poop
*stinky, foul-smelling painful gas
*straining and grunting to poop and, when baby finally does poop, it’s soft
the TED takes two weeks and then you start adding foods in to see what you CAN eat.
Research all you can! You are your baby’s best advocate!
Look for all posts by Erinntx! (be SURE to read her ‘sticky’ – the link is below)
here’s some more light reading for youMSPI ‘Main’ page:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2697
best EXPLANATION OF FOOD ALLERGIES/INTOERANCES and their RELATION TO REFLUX that I have found, to date: 2nd post: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2697&PN=2
Misconceptions about how Neocate & Elecare work: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6013
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT:
More
Great anne post: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9242Exposure to foods & blood testing: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12993
Sheri’s allergy/intolerance explanation: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10223&PID=87638#87638
Another Sheri explanation- intolerance/allergy post:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11579&PID=97442#97442
Accuracy of allergy testing & great post by sherri explaining IgE and IgG (intolerance/allergies) https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10815
(sue again, replying to gina- breastfeeding info to (TED)https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11324&PN=1probiotics, brands used:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8970&PN=1
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12781&KW=enzyme
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12610&KW=enzymehttps://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12227&KW=enzyme
Post from me:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12200&KW=enzymeSeptember 15, 2011 at 8:06 pm #69043InactiveI really don’t think it’s a bug or related to what I’m eating – as her poop was always yellow and seedy until exactly the day after I started giving prevacid.
It has not changed from green and funny smelling. However – since getting rid of the solutabs – the gas has gone away (we are doing bufferbabies now with OTC prevacid). I was googling around – and it seems lots of people have this happen? One person wrote that their ped told them not to worry – that it was because of the reduction in acid – more bile was being passed out? Thus the green color and odor…
I’m still a little uneasy with it…but she is happy otherwise (which is a change!)!
September 15, 2011 at 8:30 pm #69044Keymaster
happy!September 16, 2011 at 8:19 pm #69052InactiveI guess I should try not to worry about it…but it is just so strange..
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