The problem is with my exclusively breastfed son. I started seeing red in his urine or stool. At first I thought it could be the insert since I use cloth diapers and thought maybe there was a stain or my laundry bled together, until I noticed again on another insert which I made certain had absolutely no stains before stuffing his diaper. The next time I saw it I was worried someone may have pulled back on his foreskin as I had instructed my DH and my mom not to do as it could result in tearing the frenulum of my intact son, both of which said they never did.
I took my son to the children’s’ hospital since I couldn’t be certain it was not internal bleeding. I took a clipping of his diaper insert in hopes they could test the urine/stool sample instead of waiting for him to urinate or try inserting a catheter. The pediatrician on staff confirmed the red/pinkish coloring and took the sample to test. It did not have a trace of blood. The doctor was stumped. She then took another sample from a c-bag that was placed and again, it was clear of blood. She tested his stool and was again stumped when she found that there was not a trace of blood, so she sent samples to the lab… everything came back clear.
The red coloring still exists w/ my 7 week old son.
I have ruled out the possibility of an allergy since it is not blood, and I have ruled out the idea of something colored red since I have not had anything w/ dye/coloring and since my DD nurses tandem and does not have red/pink stools/urine.
In addition, my son always makes a grunting noise, struggles to pass a stool, and seems oddly gassy compared to my 2 year old DD.