If you're anything like me you wonder about your babies poop sometimes. It's like a surprise everytime you change their diaper, what color is it going to be this time? :) Well after changing an orange diaper yesterday I decided to look into it and found this site which I am now fond of. Check out the poop decoder....it may help you too.
So when Andi was having green poop for awhile I looked into it and like the above site says there is nothing wrong with that, especially for formula fed babies, but if you are breastfeeding and they are having consistent green diapers it could mean that they are not getting enough hind milk so make sure they completely drain at least one side every feeding as to make sure they are getting the proper fore milk/hind milk ratio.
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What do you mean fore milk and hind milk??
Fore milk comes out first, its more translucent. Your hindmilk comes out next and its the more creamy/fatty part of your milk that helps your baby gain weight....you can tell because it will look more creamy even. If your baby is really hungry she'll start sucking harder right away trying to get to the fattier more filling milk. Otherwise it just takes time and you need to make sure she stays on as long as she needs to until she gets both out. If she doesn't empty one side but you can't get her to no matter what you do, than you just need to feed her on that side again next time until its all gone before moving on to the other side. If you ever have any other questions on breastfeeding or if this doesn't make sense let me know Jes and we can talk about it. I didn't learn enough with Cam and didn't get to breastfeed her as long as I wanted to so I did A LOT of studying and reading before Andi came and its gone much smoother! :) Live and learn!
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