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anyone give LO lactaid milk?

MrsMommyQMrsMommyQ member
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We just started DD on milk a few days ago. When she was first born she got very bad diarrhea from regular formula so we switched to Similac Sensitive and she has been great with that. 

We started milk by doing 2 oz milk mixed with 4 oz of  formula and that's where we're at now. We'll do that for a week and then do the 4 oz milk to 2 oz formula for a week, and then at week 3 we'll do straight milk. So far, so good. No issues.

But, I'm a little worried bc yogurt gives her diarrhea. So I'm wondering, how long till we see if milk gives her diarrhea? If she gets it from milk, can I try lactaid milk?

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Re: anyone give LO lactaid milk?

  • driveshorsesdriveshorses member
    DD had the opposite problem with milk. It stopped her up for days, and you can set your watch to her BM's. So I have her on Silk soy milk. I did have her on goats milk but DH b!tched about the cost. She loves the Silk, wasn't crazy about the cows milk. My nephew is on Lactaid milk and he does well with it.
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  • MrsWalker81608MrsWalker81608
    DD started on soy formula at 2 weeks.  She had such a strong reaction to milk at 12 months that we gave her soy milk for 6 months (she threw up for 3 hours after less than 1/2 a stick of string cheese).  We just started her on Lactaid last month and she's doing well so far.  Pedi said that she's old enough to drop to 2%, so that's what we give her now.  We had an idea that she'd be ok since she steals spoonfuls of my cereal on the weekends (I also use Lactaid).  You can ask your pedi, but ours told us to just play around with it to see how well she tolerated it and pull back when she reached the limit.  So far she tolerates Lactaid and Greek yogurt.  That's still pretty much it.
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  • mmkerrmmkerr member

    DS was on Similac Sensitive and Zantac when he was an infant. When we switched to whole milk around a year, he would get constipated and then get diarrhea everyday. And you could hear his tummy rumble from the gas. His pedi recommended soy milk but I didn't want to switch entirely to soy unless we had to. We tried Lactaid and it made such a big difference. He still drinks it now and we don't have any problems.

    I would try the whole milk gradually first and then if you have issues, talk to your pedi about maybe trying Lactaid as an alternative. I know a lot of babies that have issues with lactose based formulas grow out of it by the time they're ready for whole milk. 

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  • hellopoppyseedhellopoppyseed
    DS1 has been on lactaid milk for months. He is totally normal on it. He has diarrhea on regular milk because several stomach bugs made him lactose intolerant.
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  • DandNclarkDandNclark

    FWIW I dont think its a milk allergy like in adults. I can't have any milk product but yogurt. So I wouldn't give LO Lactaid if they can't have yogurt, I would try Soy.

    My neice can't tolerate milk and they tried lactaid and she still couldn't tolerate it. They finally had to switch her to Soy.

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