My son turned 1yr old 3 weeks ago. We tried whole milk, no good, soy, no good, today I started lactose free and tonight again just like all the other times he is up screaming with a hard stomach and very bad gas. He only has a night time bottle and does sippy cups during the day. I today as with all the other times we tried to switch from formula started with 1 oz "milk". I tried the whole milk 1 oz then a day off and then 1 oz and he had the same issues. we moved on to soy and the same problems. he did have some issue with yogurt but none with cheese. If I need to continue to buy formula then thats what I will do, but WHATS NEXT? the dr told me to try slowly 1 oz per day for like a wk or so but with this reaction from 1 oz I am afraid to give him again tomorrow.......
thax everyone, he is in gentalease formula we actually use the babies r us brand with no problems and its cow milk based. I do not drink milk but I can, although before pregnancy had issues with IBS which was later noticed due to milk. My husband.... ever see sleepless in seatle when they are sitting at the table with meg ryans fam talkin aout the wedding , "oh we cant have a summer wedding im allergic to bee, and strawberries, etc etc. Yeah hes on of those... slight gluten, seafood, NYS apple, probably from whatever they use as a pesticide strawberries, watermellon, corn>> yeah so we were expecting some sort of problems. I love my doctor, the whole practice, but they arent really helping with the issue. they kind just say give it a week off and try again but they arent dealing with the baby up screaming his poor little head off. >> i will give him a break and then maybe try goats milk before rice or almond.... thx again
I would keep him on formula and research food allergies and a good allergy specialist. Hopefully you can get him tested food allergies if needed.
Try rice or almond milk. My son is lactose, gluten and soy intolerant. If he gets a hold of either 3 it just results in alot of diarrhea. The soy is something new as of 2 months ago. But he does really great on rice or almond milk. Both are lactose and casein free. Casein is a milk protein. You can get it just about anywhere too. I can get both in walmart. Good luck!
You need to check with your pediatrician, there could be an underlying issue with his stomach. We had a lot of problems with reflux and the milk iritated it.
Milk isnt the only source of vitamin D. You should look into the alternatives especially since he gets gas from this. So sorry you're going through it. I would love to hear what you decide.
Stay on the formula for now, his little system doesn't seem ready. It sounds like a milk protein thing. Look that up.
Could your son be intolerant/sensitive to the protein in dairy products Casein?
Our daughter could not transition to milk - did ok but not great with soy and seemed fine with rice milk and almond milk. We thought she was ok with yogurt but later traced her frequent belly aches to it.
If you do want to pursue dairy, try goat milk. It is much easier to tolerate than cow milk and often recommended as such. It is also much more nutritious than cow milk. I drink it myself! I think it tastes great. It is more expensive, but probably less than the soy or almond alternatives.
Again, a slow introduction. And all of these numbers are estimates; as someone else had pointed out he may just not be ready. I read that most children with milk allergies (85%) outgrow them by age 6.
Best of luck!
S.
My daughter has a cow milk allergy, but her kind is very rare. About 95% of children allergic to dairy can not tolerate the casein protein. My daughter is the small percentage of children who can. The casein is in the "liquid" (or "whey") part of milk, so if all the whey is removed, then you are left with hard/aged cheese. She can eat hard (i.e., can be grated) cow milk cheese. She also drink's goat milk without any problems. Science can not yet explain why, but a very small percentage of dairy-allergy kids can drink it. Doctors do not recommend it because the chance of success is very low. However, in my desperation to find a nutritious drink, we tried it with great success. But, we can only buy the Meyenberg brand of goat milk (available at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods). Often other brands of goat milk are bottled at cow milk facilities, so there is cross contamination, and my daughter has a reaction to those like she does to cow dairy. You didn't say what kind of formula you are using, but various brands break up the milk proteins in different ways, so you should find out exactly what is special about the formula that your son can tolerate. Good luck.
My kids both had really bad constipation when we made the switch. We just ended up doing it really gradually, and gave them lots of fruite (especially blueberries and mandarin oranges) to help out the situation. It takes a little while but eventually their bodies ajust. Good Luck!
I would suggest seeing an allergist that specializes in food allergies in children. It can't hurt, and it could save his life. He may have inherited food allergies from his father, and if so, you'll want to know now so you can get an Epi-pen. It can be too late by the time the ambulance gets there (and not all ambulances have epi-pens).
When my son turned 1, the pediatrician ordered a blood test for food allergies at the same time as he was having his blood count, lead, etc tested as is required in NY at age 1. Turned out he was allergic to 7 things. Before age 1, he had an anaphalactic reaction but we didn't have an epipen because he had not been diagnosed (and no family history of food allergies).
