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If you thought teething was bad (the crying and constant dribbling and chewing) wait until you get your first tooth poo. It is important to note that most medical people will tell you that tooth poos do not exist. Well come and check out a tooth poo nappy and tell me it doesn’t exist!
So what is a tooth poo I hear you ask? Well it has a very distinctive smell that is quite vinegary, sour and hot smelling. If that is even possible? The second that this poo comes into contact with the skin it immediately starts to burn. Therefore it is very important to change a tooth poo nappy as quickly as possible.
Babies seem to produce tooth poos just before the tooth is about to break through the skin and looks almost like a bubble or blister on the surface of the gum. However they can also produce tooth poos after the tooth has cut through the gum and sometimes straight after it has finished growing.
Tooth poos are also very runny and I have yet to find a brand of nappy to be able to contain this type of poo. After trying all of the branded nappies, I literally drove from supermarket to supermarket like a crazy possessed woman buying every different type of own brand nappy there was, certain that one of them must work but sadly not.
This means that whatever your baby is wearing for a week or two will end up covered in bright yellow poo. The best way that I have found to treat this stain is to soak the offending items in a bucket of hot water and add two laundry tablets. This obviously makes a very concentrated mixture. Leave it to soak for at least a couple of hours and then remove the clothes from the bucket and put them into the washing machine with your normal detergent and a scoop of vanish.
Once my son produced nothing but tooth poos for two and a half weeks while growing his first molars. This meant he had about 4 outfit changes a day and I was developing a fear of leaving the house in case there wasn’t anywhere to change him. I took him to the Doctors and was informed that growing teeth doesn’t have any effect on the poo a baby produces. Hmmmm! Instead I was told that he may either have an upset stomach or a food intolerance and was asked to scoop up his poo from his next nappy and put it in a specimen bottle to be sent off for testing.
Carrying out that task was a fun experience I would rather forget.
Well in the meantime his tooth finally made an appearance and just like magic his tooth poos instantly stopped. Shortly after this I had a letter in the post informing me that my son’s sample showed absolutely nothing unusual and that it was a normal poo. Trust me there is nothing normal about a tooth poo.
Forewarned is forearmed so when you experience a tooth poo clean it up as quickly as possible, soak the clothes before washing and dress your child in old clothes and carry lots of spares when leaving the house.