Weird poo question...

[amanda111308]

For the past few weeks my son will have a coal black poo, it is still soft and squishy (TMI) so I do not believe he is dehydrated at he drinks tonnes of liquids... He also has 2+ bowel movements a day so he is very regular. What could be causing such a dark color?

Again he doesn't have this kind of stool every time he goes, but it has become a regular occurrence and I just want to be sure there isn't anything else going wrong that I could be overlooking.

 

[cmarie33]

Maybe a lot of iron is his food? I honestly don't know. Have you spoken to a doctor/hv? xx

 

[amanda111308]

I haven't seen a doctor about this yet, but he just weaned from breast feeding to formula, and it is iron fortified formula... maybe this is the culprit??

 

[honeybee2]

sounds like it! What formula is he on? If its 6 months + then it has extra iron in it x

 

[stockers697]

Is LO okay in all other ways? My friends baby was very unsettled and had black poo which in his case was old blood due to lactose intolerance x

 

[lunamoona]

I haven't seen a doctor about this yet, but he just weaned from breast feeding to formula, and it is iron fortified formula... maybe this is the culprit??

I would get this checked out, in adults this indicates bleeding in the stomach, maybe the change to formula is upsetting his gut.