green poop

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Specializes in OB, Cardiac.

So,

my mom was watching my nephew & said his poop was very green. she said it seriously looked like he had sucked on a green marker. he's about to be 4. i've heard green poop is normal for babies but what about at his age??? and my sister said his poop is always green------but she just lets him eat doritos & cookies all day so im worried its a nutritional deficiencies. any thoughts?

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Is he missing any green crayons from the box? ;) If there is concern you should really contact the kiddo's peditrician.

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I agree that a visit to the pediatrician is in order of there is concern, but if he is eating blue dye frequently (fruit loops, kool-aid, ice pops, the list goes on...) that could be the culprit. Every time my kids were sick I gave 'em the pops for fluids, and every time their poop was an unnnatural shade of green.

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Don't forget flavored colas. Grape soda will also turn the poop a nasty green color. Ice pops definately. My brothers would revel at their technicolor poops after downing a whole box of Otter Pops.

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green dye in cookies will alter the color of stool, especially in immature digestive tracts. bad habit is starting. place fruits and veggies in the child's reach. Good Luck

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Fruit roll ups, fruit snacks etc will turn poop an odd shade of greens, blues and some pretty yellow/green shades.

Nearly had my 3 yr old at the GI doc, couldn't figure out what in the heck could be turning her poo those colors. That is until I realized, that the fruit snack she was eating looked JUST the exact same shade as her poo...

Yelled at the hubby for buying such garbage and threw them out, viola' no more funky colored poo.

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Specializes in OB, Cardiac.

thanks guys!

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Blue slushys, otter pops, popsicles, suckers all blue today, green tomorrow!

I know this from personal candy loving history :)

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Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.

In high school I ate a piece of cake with big green frosting leaves on them with Gnarly green die. My next BM was literally so solid green I had to show my friend. Did he eat anything with food die?

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.
My next BM was literally so solid green I had to show my friend.

I cannot imagine EVER, under ANY circumstances, showing my poop to a friend of mine, no matter how close we are.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

Not green, but mustard yellow.........that's what my 9-month-old grandson's post cibum diapers usually look like. He does it so often, and in such quantities, that we call him "Mustard Butt". The other night, I was changing his diaper and said something to that effect, whereupon the 2-year-old started running around the house, gleefully screaming "MUSTARD BUTT! MUSTARD BUTT!" at the top of his lungs as we all cackled wildly and the baby lay there gazing at me quizzically, as if to say "What did you start, Gramma?" He doesn't know yet that he's related to some really weird people.:rotfl:

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Specializes in Peds; Peds Oncology.

After froot loops added those little blue loops...I had green poop. Took me forever to figure out why.

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