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iron?

brachysirabrachysira member
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Probably like many of you, we have been putting a few scoops of preemie formula in a bottle of breastmilk every day in addition to our regular breastfeeding so LO can get some extra calories.  This has iron, and we also add iron via dropper.  Although in her early days, she'd have a poopy diaper every 5 minutes, at 4 months, she takes about 4 days to go and has a lot of straining.  Her doctor says this is fine but to watch for blood.  The last few diapers look like typical bf diapers but there are some thicker black globs.  They almost look like cat fur, but they're not.  I read this could be caused by iron, but how can I tell if this is iron or blood?  Thanks!
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Re: iron?

  • cottingham3cottingham3 member
    Once we started supplementing with iron enriched formula our pedi had us swith from vitamins with iron to the regular Poly Vi Sol in the yellow package. She said the formula alone can cause constipation and the iron would not help things. He has slowed down on the dirty diapersa lot lately...4.5 months actual 7 weeks adjusted....but they are still a good consistency. He had never had any stools like you describe but now that he is about 50 percent formula his poops are much darker and a bit pasty. GL!
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