A Real Dirty Question...

[VydorScope]

Our son MIGHT have gotten gluten a few days ago, we do not think so, but we found some one elses food in his bag. The teacher was sure he did not eat it, it was merely placed there after lunch by mistake (first day aback in pre-school... all new teachers/assitants to train! yay! fun!)

Well this is day three when the running stools should be an issue if he got gluten, and dirty diapers are mostly normal. He ahs been acting a bit sick, and his stool is GREEN.

Does that me he has a cold or somthing? Not sure what green stools would mean?

[Corkdarrr]

Green poop has to do with WHAT you eat. (I googled this a while ago as it was quite a disconcerting suprise!) As far as I understand, it's not a bad thing. For example, drinking lots of Kool-Aid will turn your poop green. I think it has to do with the chemical make up of certain types of food.

I don't remember what types of food are guilty of this other than the whole KoolAid thing, because I will probably never forget about reading of a lovely college dorm experiment.

-Courtney

(seriously. just google green stool!)

[e&j0304]

We have been dealing with this at our house as well. I am not really sure what green poop means, but my son had it yesterday and it was actually quite runny too. It was seriously the color of really green grass. Maybe he ate some??

[VydorScope]

His nose been running , some coughing, and he has been unusally tried in addtion to the green stools so duno if that matters. His stools are much more "normal" now that he has been gluten-free for long awhile (in toddler time at least LOL) but never been quite right, but normally not green at least. heh

[Lisa]

I do think that it was something that he ate that was green. If I drink some V-8, the next day I will have red poop, and if I have beets for dinner, whoa, you would think that I would call a doctor. I think not to worry until he has celiac issues Perhaps yes, green kool-aid.

Lisa

[wonkabar]

This happened to me awhile ago and I was a little concerned. I googled "green poop" and everything came back food/food color related. The culprit for me were blue corn tortilla chips.

[DonnaF]

Yes, and you don't have to eat something green to get it. Some foods with red food coloring, for instance, can cause it. Even beets have that effect on me.

[rysmom]

Fruit snacks have done that with my kids in the past....

[Nantzie]

Grape Koolaid does it to my kids every time. Blue (from the koolaid) + yellow (-ish-brown) = green

Nancy

[VydorScope]

Ah okay. THanks!

Some how I knew this would be the place to ask dirty questions

[lonewolf]

Blackberries can do it too!

[C&M]

My daughter usually had green poop whenever a blue food was eaten - whether yogurt, kool-aid, etc.