Milk and diaper rash, WWYD?

Superchicy

We tried regular whole milk a couple weeks ago and DD got absolutely horrible diaper rash.  The pedi said try lactose free milk.  We started Saturday with 1/3 lactaid and 2/3 formula, and everything was going well until Sunday night when she was starting to get diaper rash again.  We kept it covered and kept going, but the rash is getting worse and she is now a pooping machine. 

WWYD?  Keep going and hope she gets used to the new milk, and in the meantime just keep her slathered up with butt cream?  Throw in the towel and switch to soy?  I hate to see her uncomfortable, and omg does her poop stink now, but is it just a transitional thing that will get better or not?  Any thoughts?

Mrs.Cooley2bee

My first instinct would be to keep trying small amounts with her formula for the rest of the week.  If it doesn't get any better I would switch to soy and then in a month or two try going back to the lactaid to see if she grows out of it.  GL with whatever you decide!

shawnsweetie

Parker could not do any dairy (locatose free or not) for the longest time. he only recently (about 21 months) started doing dairy in small portions.

We used almond milk for him since he couldn't do soy either.

hannah&ben

Henry has the same problem, we tried WCM a little right around his first birthday and a couple times since.... the worst rash he's ever had all 3 times.

For now, I'm not doing anything, he still nurses 5-6 times a day and I give him water in his sippy with meals and in between nursing sessions.

I decided to not try any more since it's so hard on him (even with just a little splash of WCM in his oatmeal in the morning)... when he self weans we'll try one more time to see if he's grown out of the issue but if he hasn't we'll switch to fortified almond milk.  I'm not a fan of soy.

Pedi thinks our plan is a good one.

 

adamsbabble

There is a transititonal period but with Ava it only caused her to poo to get harder and didn't cause diaper rash.  With Charlotte, it caused diaper rash and never got better.

We've tried different things... whole milk (we use organic so we then tried non-organic as well), 1% cow's milk, soy.  Eventually pedi said to not even worry about it.  Humans are the only species on the planet who drink milk and we don't really need it.  It's absolutely fine to just give her water and a balanced diet.  She did say that it's important to expose her to sunshine for at least 15 minutes everyday for vitamin D so we just get out for a walk or playtime on most days.

I actually did keep trying for a couple months before even bringing it up with pedi though, just because I found it strange that I've always been able to eat dairy while BFing her and she's been eating yogurt since 7-8 months old, and then all of a sudden she couldn't drink milk?  I expected it would go over uneventfully but that was not the case.  I don't really know how to explain it the way pedi did, but basically the lactose is different in some things than in others and sometimes it's also just the amount of lactose that will bother a person, so while she may do fine eating a small container of yogurt each day, drinking 16 oz. of milk everyday like most 1 year olds do will absolutely wreak havoc on her digestive system (and cause horrid diaper rash).  Since we are dealing with an intolerance vs. an allergy, I can at least experiment with the amount.  I've found that she does do okay with rice milk, and switched Ava over to that too just to make things easier.  It was no big deal to Ava so I guess the plain doesn't taste much different.  As far as regular dairy, I know that she can have some yogurt or cheese each day, just not too much. 

I would talk to pedi to see if you're dealing with an allergy or an intolerance, just so you know, but this sounds very similar to what we went through with Charlotte and the conclusion we came to is just to give her a balanced diet so she gets the fats, vitamins, etc. through other sources. 

Superchicy

adamsbabble:

I would talk to pedi to see if you're dealing with an allergy or an intolerance, just so you know, but this sounds very similar to what we went through with Charlotte and the conclusion we came to is just to give her a balanced diet so she gets the fats, vitamins, etc. through other sources. 

THanks!  Sounds like Brooke is reacting very similar to Charlotte.  The pedi did say he thinks it is an intolerance since she too can have cheese, yogurt, etc.  I'll keep playing with it.  This is another time when I wish I'd been able to nurse so I didn't have to think about it and could just continue to nurse.  Now we either keep her on formula, move to a substitute, or keep playing.  

ETA:  I would say she could get it all through diet but she has become so picky I'm worried about her getting enough of what she needs until I can break through this picky period.