Milk Protein Intolerance/allergy Symptoms?
Posted by: Alan in Milk Allergies, tags: Intolerance/allergy, Milk, Protein, Symptoms
My son is almost 7 weeks old and has been VERY gassy since about 2 weeks old. This is extremely painful for him and he is fussy because of it. It is also painful for him to poop. We have tried gripe water and mylicon…none of it helped.
We have him on probiotics and are taking him to the chiropractor. This seemed to be helping but he has now gotten worse the last 2-3 days. I’ve been reading about milk protein intolerance/allergy.
What is the difference? What are the symptoms? From what I’ve seen, symptoms often include some kind of rash or blood in stools. He has never had any of this…just horrible, painful gas. He does spit up a lot too, which has gotten worse. I’ve wondered about reflux but know that has nothing to do with the gas.
Is it possible he has a milk protein intolerance or allergy without the other symptoms? Just the gas and spitting up.
I am breastfeeding. If this is a likely possibility, I will cut dairy out of my diet. But if there is no chance this is a possibility, I don’t want to deprive him and me of those nutrients.
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December 31st, 2009 at 12:32 am
My kid was sensitive to my eating dairy for the first 6 months. He was just like yours – VERY gassy, spitting up a lot, no rash to speak of, and no blood in stools (though twice he had a *very very tiny* blood streak/clot in his diaper, but his symptoms were going on for at least a month and a half before this happened the first time). Cut dairy from your diet (the high protein stuff, not butter, cream, etc) and see if it makes a difference. It made a big difference for my kid. Also look for other reasons he could be gassy – is he gulping while eating? You may have an overactive let down/oversupply. You’re probably already trying to burp him really well. Also, you didn’t say which probiotics he’s on, but a little acidophilus helped my son as well.
BTW – unless there is another symptom other than gas, there is nothing else from your diet that could be causing the problem – don’t torture yourself by putting yourself on a bread and water diet (I did this listening to the old wives tales, how stupid of me). Other symptoms that might indicate an allergy to something else would be like vomiting, rashes, eczema, etc.
December 31st, 2009 at 2:49 am
I don’t know exactly what milk protein intolerance/ allergy is…. maybe just a fancy name?
My son was allergic to milk, he was fine while i was breastfeeding but when we switched him to formula he got horrible diarrhea that is the main clue that he’s having an allergic reaction, if they poop within 20 minutes of eating something & it’s green in color that’s an allergy (my mother in law was a nurse)
Are you eating any green foods? salad? broccoli? green beans? any GREEN vegetables cause gas when breast feeding (or at least they can) It probably has a lot to do with your diet if you’re breastfeeding, if you notice the days that he has the worst gas, think back to what you ate or keep a log for a couple days, I also used Little Tummy’s gas drops & these worked AWESOME for us, Mylicon never worked for my son & he had horrible gas when he was a newborn, also. Make sure you are burping him very well & often, My son did so much better when he got burped properly, I use to feed him & hand him over to my fiance, he has big hands & could get him to burp like crazy with little effort……
If not, talk to your doctor, Your poor baby!! I feel for you too, it’s tough.
Think about what i said & talk to your doctor if it doesn’t get better.
Also offer him some water, he may not like it at first but just keep offering it to him, my son didn’t like it at first but now he’s a water drinking fool!
It’s good for them (i think 7 weeks is old enough I would definitely talk to your doctor about it first but just a suggestion)