Poop

stephgra572

Hi all. I'm new to this so I'll take any input. Henry is 4 months old and has had a cold for a little while. We have noticed some mucus in his diapers and his poop has been more watery than usual for a couple of weeks. His dad and grandparents think it might be my breast milk but I dont think that's the case. Anyone experience something like this? The mucus and the unsolicited input from grandparents? Thanks guys

JustBored10

Yes viruses can cause mucousy bowel movements. 

cchenal07

Yep that is normal with a cold. It is mucus. It will stop when the cold goes away. As for input from grandparents .. My oldest is 8 and I haven't figured that part out besides have it go in one ear and out the other. 

lilpoots

^^wss.

Teething is also a cause of weird mucusy poops and that starts for a lot of babies now.

While something you're eating can cause a baby to have mucusy poops, it's unlikely to suddenly start happening at this point, unless you made a huge change in your diet. Example would be suddenly eating diary, soy or meat for the first time since baby was born. 

ktlackey16

We had this problem when little bit got his first virus. My doctor recommended a probiotic that goes in his milk. Florastar, I believe. It worked great.