[Mandy4President]

My daughter's poopy has been green. I don't mean like a little green tinted, but like florescent, may glow in the dark green. Plus she has been constipated. Should I be concerned about this? She hasn't been eating grass, green apples, mint anything lately. I just can't figure it out.

[DPline]

How about cereal or something else with food dyes? I know after my kids have Fruit Loops and other colored cereal, birthday cake with colored frosting (the nasty Crisco kind) etc. we sometimes have some dayglo poop.

[Mandy4President]

Not that I can think of, just smores poptarts~

[Birth4Mom3]

yup, my kids always had that w/ froot loops!

[Mindybeth6]

My kids poop is ALWAYS green. LOL. He is a glowworm. HAH. But he Fruit Loops everyday so that may be the culprit....my DR has always said as long as they are "going" don't be worried.
Hugs

[pvanabel]

Has she had pedialyte at all? Casey and Miriana's do when they have peidialyte?

[becky716]

My son's will be green if he drinks grape Kool-aid or eats any kind of Trix yogurt. If it would make you feel better, call your pediatrician.

[amymole36]

Superman or Blue Moon ice cream???

[lionbird]

Dr. Spock says it doesn't matter the color, just whether its there or not.

[Waiting4Celeste]

Our ped says that happens when babies are on Formula with Iron. Something about the way their little bodies metabolize the Iron.
Don't worry... but call your pediatrician if she seems bothered by her constipation.
Ahhhh... the poop discussions! Ya gotta love parenthood!!

BTW... I just googled "green poop + baby" (tee hee!!) and found this on justmommies.com:

Green Poop
Every now and then the notorious green poop may show up in your baby’s diaper. You may take a look at it and ask yourself “how’d that get there?” There are many different causes for green poop. More than likely, if your baby has green poop, it’s nothing to worry about, but here are a few possibilities.


Iron-fortified formula - Some formula-fed babies will develop a case of green poop from the iron in the formula they are taking. As long as your baby is happy and not having any problems with constipation, there is nothing to worry about.

Jaundice - A baby that has jaundice may have dark or greenish colored stools. This normally goes away once baby is off of the bilirubin lights.

Dairy Sensitivity - Some breastfed babies are very sensitive to certain foods in their mom’s diet. If your baby is having problems with green mucousy stools, blood in his stools, spitting up a lot, or a skin rash, he may be sensitive to something in your diet. Dairy products are one of the most common causes of food allergies in babies. If you think this might be the problem, try eliminating milk and dairy products from your diet. It may take a couple weeks to see results from a dairy elimination diet. You should see improvement in a week or two. If you’re not sure, you can always try it out for a few weeks and then try having a cup of milk to see what happens. If the symptoms come back, then milk is probably the culprit and you will want to avoid it.

Foremilk/Hindmilk imbalance - If your baby is breastfeeding and has green frothy-looking poops, this may be a result of a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. To put this simply, when a mom breastfeeds the first milk that comes out (foremilk) is thinner and lower in fat. After you have nursed for a bit, you will start to produce richer, fattier milk called hindmilk. Babies that receive too much of the thin foremilk and not enough of the richer hindmilk sometimes have problems with green stools and tummy aches. If you have been switching breasts a lot instead of letting baby get a good feed on one breast, you may have problems with this.

Other reasons - Sometimes babies just have greenish colored poop. The range of color in baby’s poops can vary. Any range of yellow, mustard to yellow/green is pretty normal for a baby. If baby is gaining well and happy then there is nothing to worry about.

[disneycrazedhubby]

thanks for the information.. being a first time daddy (soon) ,it will be good to know this. Now i wont feel funny when i need to ask a poopy question!

[Truthdefenders]

Blue bottles of Koolaid cause this. Don't know if that helps.

[Mandy4President]

Originally Posted by Truthdefenders

Blue bottles of Koolaid cause this. Don't know if that helps.

Wow! Blue Koolaid causes green poopy? That's almost like, magic! Do you think her poopy is supposed to be yellow but the blue neutralized the yellow and it came out green! (yellow + blue = green, right?) We could almost do a science experiment with this! - lol

[kemaus]

Both of my younger kids have that bright green poop occasionally...usaually on the same days...so, I'm guessing it's something they are eating. They aren't bothered by it, rather they think it's pretty cool and everyone has to come and inspect! LOL!!! They are so proud!!! Anyway, I never worry about it because they are healthy and happy.

Kris

[WVUMom418]

Okay this is weird but I actually heard a guy (yes a grown man) say today that if he drinks one of those 32oz bottles of grape gatorade that he has green poop.

My daughters have it once and awhile and I never worry because at least they are going.