Thanks for your replies.
Barb-I'll ask the mother about her sweet intake.
Gary - Seems a bit too specific to give Calc for imperfect digestion, but will take more info -
Barb - Green poos are not stringy, mucosy or grassy. Do you know why there could be an exces of bilirubin - could it be immature alimentary system?
Rochelle - Good one except diarrhoea isn't slimy, but is after nursing (but then everything else is after nursing too, since the mother is feeding baby every two hours) Interesting that in so called "gripe water" the main ingredient is magnesium I think. Do you mean Bry italics and mag ordinary type? in Murphy (I don't have that book.