Cow's milk allergy, soy allergy, & low production

Małgorzata - posted on 04/01/2012

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Heather - posted on 05/27/2009

sounds like you've got everything in place, now it's just a matter of waiting for it to work. My daughter is 1yr and can now eat yogurt, cheese and products w milk in them. We're going to try drinking milk next wk. Turned out it was b/c her digestive system wasn't ready to process milk yet, that's why she had issues. Now that it's matured, things are going better. Hang in there!

Kate - posted on 05/27/2009

Thank you! I forget about casien. I like the "new" FDA labels that state weather or not milk is in the food. I found that I really can't eat out anymore (especially at McDonalds) becuase I don't trust the lack of ingredients lists. I am taking reglan at night because I can't tolerate it during the day, and I'm also pumping every hour for 5-10 minutes while I'm at work under the advice of a LC. At home, she nurses on one side exclusively at a feeding, but sometimes if she's not getting any more and still hungry I will feed from the other side.



Thank you for your help (and letting me know that I'm not the only one out there going through this)!

Heather - posted on 05/27/2009

p.s. take a look for other dairy proteins- in addition to whey, casein is a dairy protein a lot of ppl don't think about. And read the ingredients of EVERYTHING- I'm sure you do! :> I once found milk in some store bought chicken broth?!?!?!?!?!?

Kate - posted on 05/27/2009

Thank you! I have cut all (that I know of) dairy out of my diet for a little over 4 weeks now, and she had been doing good until this weekend. She's in pain again when she's done with a feeding (either nursing or bottle) due to the gas and vomitting. She prefers the breast, but needs a bottle while at daycare. I will try cup feeding instead of the bottle, and that should help with the thickened milk also! Thank you again for the input!

Heather - posted on 05/27/2009

My daughter was allergic to airy as well. She neded up with blood in her poops, that's how we figured it out. I also completely eliminated milk products from my diet- very difficult, I know. You're doing a very good thing. I know there's a mother's milk tea and Fungeek, an herbal supplement to increase milk. Also, increase the number of times you pump. Increase in demand equals increase in supply. Wehn you're all done pumping pump for another 5-10mins if you can. I also would pump after my daughter went to bed- when she started sleeping 4 hrs consistently so I had time to build back up a supply for her next nursing. Check out the natural foods section at your grocery store. There are alternatives for you, like Almond Milk, which is very yummy and dairy free chocolate chips which saved my life :> As for the GERD, my understanding is that gets better when they start to sit up and remain vertical for long periods of time. WE had a Bumbo chair that she could sit in when she could hold her head up. My son has it, he's 5, unfortunately never grew out of it.



As for her lack of weight gain, how do you nurse? Some Moms switch sides after 10 min, some just nurse on 1 side and then the other for the next feeding. I'm a nurse on one side mom to make sure she gets all the hind milk, which is where all the fat is. If she's only getting the foremilk, which could account for the lack of wt gain. Also, see a Lactation Consultant!

Emma - posted on 05/27/2009

the best thing for her allergies is to stay on your milk, so I would advise prioratising getting your supply up. you can use natural methods like Fenurgreek, blessed thistle, brewers yeast, oatmeal. and there is also rx drugs such as Domperidone or reglan(metoclopramide)

And of course feed her as much as possible from the breast when you are together a good method is co sleeping so that she has free access to you all night but your sleep is not wrecked(after all you do need to be in working order too.) after each feed you can try to pump so that your breast is further still stimulted biut the real thing is the best stimulant- remember its supply and demand so the more bf the better. keep your diet totally dairy free and cut out all formula it will only cause her problems and fill her belly thus supressing her desire to nurse. whilst she is in daycare you could have the milk cup fed to her to avoid nipple confusion occuring as the last thing you need is her refusing the breast and ending up with no choice but formula cos your supply drops off even more. make sure you get as much rest as possible, keep well hydrated and get plenty of skin to skin contact .

Is she in pain when she spits up? b/c lots of babies this young spit up lots but it is not allways problematic usually unless formula is involved as bm is gentle on the digestive system fi my dd spits up loads but is perfectly happy so I don't see it as an issue. it could be that once you get all the dairy out of you and stop with the formula ect the pain stops. dairy does take quite a long time to exit your system so it may be some weeks b4 you see an improvement.I hope this is helpfull and comes across as I intend it too not harsh its just hard to type left handed whilst nursing lol.