mucous poops??

[Anonymous]

I was jus wondering what everyone means when they say they saw “mucous” in their poop? I’ve heard this a lot, but never quite knew what it meant. What does mucous look like? I’m asking because today when I changed Hailey’s diaper (sorry if this is nasty and TMI) there were long, very dark coloured stringy parts. I’ve NEVER seen that before and have no clue what it is. Is that mucous?

[hellbennt]

yup

mucous is stringy stools…looks like er um, phlem…

[Anonymous]

Thanks Laura…..

[Anonymous]

Sounds like it to me too. Has Hailey had anything different in the last couple of days that would have started that?

[Anonymous]

strawberry flavoured apple sauce… she was really just playing with it though (I didn’t think any really got in her mouth). Nothing else that I know of. Could it be dried blood. The strings (sorry, I know this is nauseating) were almost black colour.

[hellbennt]

could be blood? – the way I’ve heard/read blood described is “like coffee grounds” so that means to me more like flecks/specks, but I obviously do not know…

[Anonymous]

Thanks Laura. I’ve seen coffee grounds before so I know that it definitely didn’t look like that. It was just nasty…

[Anonymous]

Lori, after dealing with Tylers poos every day, nothing nauseates me anymore . His mucousy poos can be a variety of colours from dark to clear. Strawberry flavoured apple sauce – have never heard of that one. Some children have alot of issues with artificial flavours and colours, maybe check the ingredients. Does she have a cold – I think sometimes that can cause it too.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Amber. I shouldn’t have said “strawberry flavoured” applesauce. Actually it’s apple strawberry blend- we had all different kinds of apple sauce here (i.e. apples blended with different fruits). No artificial colours or sweeteners.

[Anonymous]

I’ve seen that blend before too – but I think strawberries can be
highly allergenic – you may want to avoid those (and raspberries too)
until after one year.

Safer berry blends are the blueberry ones. I’ve seen apple/blueberry, pear/blueberry and banana/blueberry.

[Anonymous]

If she hasnt anything different to eat, I would also agree with Amber that it might be a cold or tummy illness coming on.

[Anonymous]

Matthew has them from time to time. The string have never been very dark but yes, looks like phlegm. And they mean nothing for Matthew…. i used to worry about all this allergy/intolerance and the ped used to tell me to relax… mucous CAN mean something but a ton of babies have them from time to time. ANd it has been true for Matthew… so hopefully it is the same for Hailey!! How is she doing, by the way… any improvements in feeding. I posted about matthew in response to your happy b-day for Noah for an updated… we are struggling here to figure out this baby.

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