With Solid Foods . . .
. . . come solid poops.
I saw Althea doing “the shit face”: lips puckered outward, the rims of the eyes bright red, eyebrows highlighted with pushing out the latest intestinal concoction. I promptly took her to the changing pad and was shocked at what I saw — so shocked that I called to Chris to come take a look at Althea’s accomplishment.
It was a pea-green, semi-solid poop the consistency of instant mashed potatoes.
Chris frowned — not out of disappointment, but out of sadness. For this marked a major milestone in our babies’ development: Not only was the poop turning solid, but before long, it would smell, too.
Luckily, it’s still tinged with the regular yeasty-sweet smell of a breastfed baby’s poop. But considering we tried carrots today (which they LOVED), we might be in for a completely different diaper experience by Friday.
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I was just thinking about this last night as I shoved a spoonful of rice cereal into my son’s open/smiling grin. Yes, he is one of the few that seems to like that rice crap. I do not want the liquid, yellow, non-stinky poops to be replaced with stinky, multi-colored, cow patties!!! And, as I thought about it, I still wanted to grab a jar of sweet potatoes from the cabinet. My sweet hubby held me back.
Oh I miss the nonstinky bf poop. Formula poop REAKS, now mix that in with food, she could have the tinest little nugget, or streak of poo and it’ll smell like she had a massive blowout!
It’s JILL from BZ. Just a heads-up… bananas can give babies black stools. Don’t be alarmed – usually black poop means blood and is a bad thing. Just a friendly warning for the fun to come! And twins who eat together, poop together… double the fun for diaper changes!
eew, def. the worst part of solids IMO. I miss the BF poo! Also, too weird about our birth order similarites. I tried to find studies done on twin birth order, but didn’t come up with much– it will be interesting to see if there are any more!
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Probably-not-interesting observation: carrots look exactly the same coming out as they do going in. Same consistency, same color.
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