Those without babies of your own, stop reading; this will address the most feared topic of non-baby owners: baby poo. It seems to me quite ironic that while very young babies cannot easily discern different colors, their poo takes on a vast variety of hues, textures and characteristics. I've seen it described as black, white, green, pale, frothy, seedy. And these differences are not subtle - they are as obvious as big, flashing neon signs.
But while these signs are obvious and easy to describe, they seem less easy to interpret. Today I've been suffering from the main problem with researching baby issues on the internet: TMISI, or Too Much Information Supplied by Imbiciles. I was so concerned with the change of James' poo color from the "normal" mustard color to white and then green, however, that I spent an hour sifting through first-hand accounts of incidents involving various shades. I ended my research period more confused than I started.
I did learn, however, that the change of poo color to green is often a symptom of too much "foremilk" and not enough "hindmilk." Women in Africa know of no such difference in milk - they simply latch the baby on and wait for it to feed - without this chiming group of anonymous internet voices following their moves.
I now no longer care what this particular color of poo means. I know that the baby seems happy and healthy, and any diagnosis would require more symptoms anyway. What I'm more concerned about, honestly is this: how did my brain get to such a state that baby poo is now interesting? Bring me a copy of the Economist, please!
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