Tell me about his/her symptoms. My story is kinda long, but bottom line, I am curious if constipation was a sign of a soy allergy for anyone else?
I EBF/EP for about 6 weeks. As soon as I introduced one formula bottle a day, he had blood in his diaper. Immediately after switching to soy formula while supplementing, he was fine. Then we went to soy formula exclusively. He was constipated for about a week and a half (hard stools). Then we went to hypoallergenic. He was normal within a day.
Pedi suggested trying soy again at 3 months with the hope that he'd react better now that he's older and is used to formula.
He's only been on soy for less than a week but has been constipated ever since. Prune juice seems to be helping temporarily but when I stopped, it got worse again. On top of that, his "baby acne" is all of a sudden flaring up, which makes me think it's not just baby acne.
Please share your experiences! TIA!
Big Kid Jan 2010
Littlest Man Sept 2012
Re: If your LO has Milk/Soy Protein Allergies...
For us, the milk and soy protein intolerance showed up at 3 months. DS was pretty much fine before that (although I always suspected that soy made him gassy and fussy). The big symptoms for us were green, runny stools with mucous and blood in them, as well as inconsolable crying after I ate large amounts of soy (like a soy burger). DS never had constipation. Oh, but he did also have flare-ups of his baby acne and eczema. So I think it's a possibility.