Milk Protein Allergy

GAPeach68

LO was diagnosed with this last Wednesday.  I started cutting out dairy and switched him to Nutramigen for 48 hrs.  Started back with the breast on Friday.  His stool got better but he has since had some pretty ugly bloody poops.  For those of you experienced with this (since I got very little info. from the pediatrician)....does it take a while for this to clear up or does this mean I ate something I shouldn't have?  How long do I just stay with dairy elimination before it becomes apparent that something else needs to be eliminated also?  I understand that many with the dairy intolerance/allergy have issues with soy.  I am so frustrated but I feel like I've gotten more info. from the internet than I have my pediatrician so I am starting here.  Thanks!

miniray

We met with the pediatrician about this today and she told me it could take 4-6 weeks to see a complete improvement.  My LO reacted to Alimentum and so she suggested Neocate which is an amino acid based formula.  He is breastfed but we like to have some formula on hand because I had to throw out most of my freezer stash as it was contaminated.  Also, my LO reacts even more to soy than dairy so you may have to cut out dairy as well (MSPI).

miniray

I meant you may have to cut out soy too. Sorry phone wont let me edit my post.

Shauna07

You should meet with a pediatric allergist.  There is a big difference between allergy to milk protein and intolerance to dairy (this goes aways much faster). DS is 3.5 years old and is still allergic to milk protein -- so this means no cows milk products.  We have an epi-pen for him.  We didn't even know about his milk protein allergy until he was 6 months old and he had yogurt for the first time (head to toe hives).  A blood test will give you more information...good luck!