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Why Is My 9 Week Child Doing Foul Smelling Watery Stools With Pink Sticky Jelly?

My nine week old baby has offensive smelling watery stools with pink jelly, he was also sick this morning. Nappy looks like it has blood streaks in it too. Does this sound like a d&v bug? S something else? No temperature and is just a little grizzly and cries out every now and then like he is in discomfort.
Mon, 6 Jul 2015
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Pediatrician, Pulmonology 's  Response
Hi....it could be cow's milk protein allergy. I went through the history points you have provided -

I was expecting that there should have been a history of cow's milk and formula feed (this too contains cow's milk protein) given to the baby.

I feel that your baby is having cow's milk protein allergy. Unusually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age.
My suggestions for you -
1. Mother should go off cow's milk protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow's milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ butter milk/ chocolates/ biscuits/ ice creams etc. Even while buying commercial food products, you need to see the ingredients and if they contain milk - do not consume them.
2. Feed you baby only exclusive breast feeds till 6 months of age and then start rice based feeds.
3. If this is followed scrupulously - the baby will stop having diarrhoea in another 3-4 days and then start gaining weight too.
4. If you feel your feeds alone are inadequate for the baby, then Zerolac is the only option till 6 months age.
I request you to keep me posted about the recovery of the baby and follow up of the case.
Regards – Dr. Sumanth
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Why Is My 9 Week Child Doing Foul Smelling Watery Stools With Pink Sticky Jelly?

Hi....it could be cow s milk protein allergy. I went through the history points you have provided - I was expecting that there should have been a history of cow s milk and formula feed (this too contains cow s milk protein) given to the baby. I feel that your baby is having cow s milk protein allergy. Unusually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age. My suggestions for you - 1. Mother should go off cow s milk protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow s milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ butter milk/ chocolates/ biscuits/ ice creams etc. Even while buying commercial food products, you need to see the ingredients and if they contain milk - do not consume them. 2. Feed you baby only exclusive breast feeds till 6 months of age and then start rice based feeds. 3. If this is followed scrupulously - the baby will stop having diarrhoea in another 3-4 days and then start gaining weight too. 4. If you feel your feeds alone are inadequate for the baby, then Zerolac is the only option till 6 months age. I request you to keep me posted about the recovery of the baby and follow up of the case. Regards – Dr. Sumanth