Sour smelling poop??? allergy???

[bbbeyes]

Hi there...don't know if this is the place to post this one, but figured others were talking about poop in regard to allergy so I would start here.  My son is 4 mons. and has really mucousy watery stools that in the last day have become VERY sour smelling.  Normally they smell a little sour like curry, but today are just down right, hold-your-nose sour!  I don't know if maybe he is having a reaction to something I am eating...he is only breastfed. Have any of you ever had this or are your baby's poops watery/mucousy, golden, sometimes green?  The doctor says the stools are normal, but I've never seen anything like it. But then again, I don't know that I've seen a baby's poop that is breast fed only.  Could use all the help I can. 

[Mom to M&M]

Mucous in the diapers can definitely be a result of something you are eating or also from a virus. If it keeps up I'd probably think about doing an elimination diet - have you looked into that? Does he seem uncomfortable at all?

[bbbeyes]

No, he doesn't seem uncomfortable.  He seems uncomfortable when he has gas or has to poop, and then he has loud gurgley poop.  Then it is wet/mucousy/stringy. Why would the pediatrician tell me it's normal?  I was thinking about taking him to a GI specialist, but wasn't sure if that would be too drastic. 

[Mommy Moo]

From my experience with my bottle fed kids, their poop only smelled sour when they had diarrhea or were getting a cold/flu.  Don't know if that helps, but that's been my experience.

[Mom to M&M]

I'd probably keep an eye on it and if it continues you can take him to a GI doctor - but if he's not uncomfortable it may just be a virus running through.

[First Time Mom]

I was just coming to the board to look into sour poop!

My dd is almost 16 months, she was diagnosed with a milk protein allergy when she was 6 weeks old. Her poop was what you described but she was also a screaming/crying baby. I bf (still do) and had to eliminate all dairy, even foods made with trace dairy (such as bread), her poops became normal after this. Once she past the 12 month stage ped told us to reintroduce dairy. She's fine with yogurt and cheese but gets this sour, runny poop whenever she has milk. I've taken her on and off milk for months now. The past 2 days I gave her fortified soy milk (still eating yogurt and cheese) and today was the first day in a while that her poop had better consistency and the sour smell was gone. Ped kept telling me to keep with the milk, that the poop was considered fine, not to worry, but I know sour, runny poop is not normal! If I were you I'd try to eliminate all milk and trace milk from your diet for 2 weeks to see if it makes a difference.