Goodbye dairy

kleigh926

Today will be my first dairy free day. DD has some signs of a dairy intolerance like green, sometimes mucousy stools, minor sinus congestion, and fussiness especially during and after eating. I'm gonna have a really hard time with it since cheese is in just about everything I usually make for dinner! If nothing else it might force us to eat a little healthier, haha. I know I've seen a couple other posts about this, but I'm just wondering how many other people are cutting dairy. Everything I've been reading about it says it's rare, affecting only 2 to 3 percent of babies and even less in BF'd babies. But it seems like it's more common than that.

wifeofadam

I think people are quick to jump on dairy, because it seems like the most common intolerance for a baby to have, but it could be a number of things - soy, gluten, caffeine, etc.

My son has an anaphylactic dairy allergy and I was able to drink mil

Tulips114

I have been dairy free for almost a week.  And chocolate free for one day...boo.

ETA My DDs only symptoms are gas and reflux, so I may have been too quick to cut dairy.  But I just feel like its the most likely culprit and takes the lon

bumpuser7698452

Our first couple weeks were spent with a gassy, angry baby. I cut out dairy, caffeine and stopped drinking my nightly beer. Things got so much better. I've since added back my coffee in the morning and an occasional beer and everything has been dandy. Sti