Greenish mucousy diarrhea UPDATED with new question

pb_bride · October 2013

M is 11 months. This morning he has 3 bouts of diarrhea in a 2-hr period. It's mucousy, yellowish-green. He has no fever, is acting fine, sleeping/napping well, and eating fine. There is no change in his diet (he BFs 4x/day, plus 3 solid meals + 1 snack).

Do you think it's a stomach bug? Or something he ate? How long does this usually last? I don't plan on calling his pedi (they always ask me to bring him in, but in the absence of any fever or looking ill, I don't think it's necessary), unless M gets worse. I'm offering him water, and I'll probably offer him a couple extra BF sessions today. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks!

UPDATE:

I lost count of how many diarrhea M has today... but the last 2 had more solids in it. Is that an encouraging sign? Sorry TMI, the one I just changed has a small lump of turd, and there's lots of white specks throughout. I did feed him about 4oz of yogurt at lunch, could that be what that is? It doesn't look mucousy anymore, is that a good thing? His diaper rash isn't too bad yet; I'm changing him as soon as I hear him poop, and am slathering thick coats of a bum paste on him.

TJ1979 · October 2013

E had this too. Lasted forever! Try to give him nekky time and keep a good barrier cream on his bum. E ended up getting a horrible rash from it.

Ruthie04 · October 2013

DS2 had a recent bout of something similar. He had 8ish dirty diapers per day for over a week. He was happy as can be until he got a rash from all the dirty, mucousy diapers. That rash cleared, but he came down with a raging yeast infection two days later. It wasn't until the dirty diapers scaled back down (and we got a topical rx) that the rash completely healed.

The only thing I can think of is to do the typical diaper rash tricks and cut back on the acidic foods to ease a potential rash. I also gave him some foods to try to plug him up a little, although I don't know that it really e helped. We found baking soda soaks to be especially helpful on his sore bottom.

Mr. & Mrs. Woodtick · October 2013

chiwifey said:

Sounds like you've been given some good advice above. I hope little M gets through this quickly and is all better soon!

This! Hope M feels better soon!

pb_bride · October 2013

Thanks so much, ladies; though not exactly what I wanted to hear! I honestly hope M's diarrhea won't last that long.

pinkmickey24 · October 2013

Both boys had it and it had to run its course. I did end up having to take them to be checked for dehydration because C cut his eating down significantly and D was not far behind. It lasted about two weeks. I hope your little one is feeling better.

TJ1979 · October 2013

I think that sounds like improvement, and would definitely guess that's yogurt.
I can't believe I voluntarily read this while eating my breakfast. That's how much I love you, @pb_bride!

Mr. & Mrs. Woodtick · October 2013

I'm a bit neurotic and I'm "that mom", but I would call about the white specks. My pedi has always told me to call if I ever saw white in his poo.

I hope it's nothing and your little one starts to feel better.

pb_bride · October 2013

Thanks again for all your input. @TJ1979, happy to hear that my description of M's poop didn't ruin your appetite.

He had no poop overnight, but back with mucousy stuff this am, and seems to have a fever. I guess he has a bug and we'll just have to roll with it!

Want a personalized experience?

Greenish mucousy diarrhea UPDATED with new question

Re: Greenish mucousy diarrhea UPDATED with new question

Choose Another Board

Search Boards