Super gassy/mucus in poop

[kaycee]

Vent/ WWYD:

DS is 3.5 weeks old. He is such a gassy baby and he has mucus in his poop. My DD had MSPI, so I am paranoid about this. No one believed that she had any issues and told me I was just a first time mom and it was normal. I ended up switching pediatricians and it was identified right away. Unfortunately we waited too long to identify the problem and there was blood in her poop that you could see in her diapers and her digestive system was wrecked. She was really reactive and it took awhile to grow out of.

If this is the same issue again I would like to do something quicker. I also don't want to let my past make something out of nothing. His doesn't always have mucus, but tonight he had a stomachache and it was really bad.

Would you cut out dairy and soy now? Is this something else entirely?

[dottyblue]

I am unfamiliar with MSPI studies... If one child has it, are the odds higher your second will too?

I would say, it doesn't hurt to take precautions earlier. Especially with what you went through last time. The upset stomach could just be normal newborn weirdness, but the mucousy poop gives me pause.

((Hugs))

[pippa]

I would cut one at a time but yes I would do it now. I'd do dairy first and see if it made any difference.

It sounds like MSPI.

[fayeelle]

I would absolutely start now. Personally I would cut both and see what happens. I 100% feel you on people not believing MSPI. Unfortunately neither my pediatrician or GI doc have been on board but I have done what I feel is right and KOKO.

For E her gassiness/ pain improved after I cut dairy. GI kept saying she may have a hard ball of fecal material in her colon so the mucous was to work everything through. After 2 explosive diapers post prune juice I called it good and still sae mucous. I cut soy and started solids (waited till 6 mths) and finally got normal stool.

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[laurenh]

Yes, I would cut both now. I was optimistic the twins would escape it but nope, I had to cut at 2 weeks just like with DD1. I'm sorry They had outgrown by 6 or 7 months though, unlike the 2 years it took DD1! Hope it is the fix for your son!

[water*drop]

I would cut it and see. I know there's a chance you're making something out if nothing, but I figured it was easier to cut dairy and soy for a few weeks and then do a challenge once I was out of the newborn haze because it's so much more miserable when the baby is miserable. This is not necessarily the advice is give somebody with no experience with mspi, but the research I read did seem like there was a higher chance of siblings having an intolerance, plus one you're familiar with the diet, it's just not as big of a deal.

In my case, DD was very sensitive to both dairy and soy. I cut both with DS around 4-5 weeks, he showed a big improvement in all things GI and reflux. I did a soy trial a couple of weeks later, and he was gassy but didn't get reflux, and the gas didn't make him THAT uncomfortable. I did a dairy challenge, and he was gassy with reflux. I now don't eat dairy but just minimize soy. For me, this method was mentally easier than waiting for it to get better/worse before cutting because life with DD was so miserable once it got bad for her. I was having so much anxiety and over analyzing everything DS did. Doing it that way gave me faster answers.

[kaycee]

Thanks for the advice. If he has any bad diapers today I will start cutting stuff and see if it helps. At least the one perk to having to follow a stricter diet is that I will lose the baby weight.

[ringstrue]

DS has MSPI and I stalled on removing dairy because it was only 1 bad poop a day or every other day. Unless your LO has other illness symptoms I'd assume MSPI now.