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My little girl has your list exactly! When I saw blood, I emailed our pediatrician. She said eliminate dairy and eggs for two weeks completely, even hidden forms & then well test for blood in her stool. I'm not even through week one yet and her symptoms seem the same, minus streaks of blood. But I think it takes at least 2 weeks to see a real change. So, I'd say it could be a food intolerance. Maybe try a very strict dairy-free diet for 2+ weeks and see what happens?

@travellingbee: oh ok I see. I wouldn't be overly concerned then. If you continue to see it I would try eliminating dairy again. Babies have explosive poop and can have a small streak of blood in their poop for a variety of reasons.

@travellingbee: hmm, I'd keep a food/poop diary, but reaction times vary is what I've been told. It could be a different intolerance, like eggs or soy. Or completely food unrelated. You can always have the pediatrician check for microscopic amounts of blood. If it's a good thing, they'd probably be there, versus a random event or reaction to a vaccine.

@travellingbee: My daughter had the same symptoms as your son (though maybe a bit fussier) and constant green, mucousy poop. I saw NO change in her symptoms after I eliminated dairy, soy, and eggs for the entire 6 months that I EBFed. I was very strict about my diet too (I have celiac disease, so I'm used to being very vigilant about trace amounts). I didn't definitively know that she was intolerant to dairy and eggs (but not soy) until she started having solids and she broke out into hives after having a small amount of each. She outgrew both sensitivities by 16 months.