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Infant poop question

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Mommastuff

Thu, Nov 12 2009, 1:13 pm

Maybe tmi but here it is...

Does the smell of baby poop indicate anything? I assume most nursing babies have a sweet smelling poop but mine is smelling sour. Is this even something to ask the doctor?? He maybe has reflux (I'm not sure and neither does the doctor at this point) so I'm wondering if that is playing a part.

Wondering what you think (or know)!

Hashem_Yaazor

Thu, Nov 12 2009, 1:26 pm

It can have to do with what you ate. If baby doesn't seem fussy, you don't see anything like blood in it, I'd ignore it.

Mommastuff

Thu, Nov 12 2009, 1:34 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

It can have to do with what you ate. If baby doesn't seem fussy, you don't see anything like blood in it, I'd ignore it.

it always smells the same, no matter what I eat

Hashem_Yaazor

Thu, Nov 12 2009, 1:37 pm

It always smelled this way? Then I wouldn't worry about it.

Tapuzi

Thu, Nov 12 2009, 1:40 pm

My baby's poop smelled terrible when he was exclusively breast fed. Like sour milk, like his breath. Guess we are just the lucky ones.

louche

Thu, Nov 12 2009, 2:19 pm

Mommastuff wrote:

I assume most nursing babies have a sweet smelling poop

I have heard this myth, too, and have come to the conclusion that diff. ppl have diff. ideas about what constitutes "sweet-smelling". The horsey set likes the "fragrance" of horse, whereas I use "you smell like a horse" when I mean to be very insulting. (The only thing worse, used when I need the really BIG guns, is "you smell like an elephant." And I mean that in the nicest way.)

Bekitzur, don't take that "sweet-smelling poop" thing too literally unless you meet a mother who is willing to wear it as perfume.

onlyme

Thu, Nov 12 2009, 2:36 pm

Whoever said it was supposed to smell "sweet" probably meant "sickly-sweet"

Mommastuff

Thu, Nov 12 2009, 9:17 pm

onlyme wrote:

Whoever said it was supposed to smell "sweet" probably meant "sickly-sweet"

probably, though my last baby's poop smelled like vanilla yogurt. Smile

(I like vanilla yogurt)

Mommastuff

Thu, Nov 12 2009, 9:18 pm

Tapuzi wrote:

My baby's poop smelled terrible when he was exclusively breast fed. Like sour milk, like his breath. Guess we are just the lucky ones.

maybe it's their way of saying "change me please!"

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