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Cutting out dairy for colic/reflux?

jonsuzjonsuz member
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Hi Ladies,

DD is almost a month old and since last week has been suffering from reflux and colic. She was in the ER and started on Zantac and has been slowly improving. Both the ER and GI docs recommended that I try to cut out dairy to see if it helps her. Have any of you done this and had success? I am trying to figure out how extreme to go-do I need to read every label for tiny amounts of dairy? Also if any of you have done this how soon did you see a difference? I am so desperate for her to feel better I would try anything but want to make sure that I am doing it correctly. Thanks in advance for your help. 

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Re: Cutting out dairy for colic/reflux?

  • b55cb55c member
    The dairy free world can be confusing bc babies respond in so many different ways. I cut dairy and soy out (those allergies are closely linked) and saw sleep improvement fairly immediately but it can take 4-6 weeks for everything to work its way out. Some babies respond if u just cut out the basics, some respond if u cut out everything (read every label!!). Good luck!
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  • SoccerMama9SoccerMama9

    I cut Lactose out of my diet and cut back on my other dairy products as well and it seemed to help reflux but we started him on Zantac this week anyway.  (it?s hard to alter the diets of 5 other people in the house)

     

    My sister?s baby had colic really bad and she saw a chiropractor for her LO and had great improvement after the first adjustment.

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  • mandyjn16mandyjn16

    DD started having colic around 3 weeks and I found out quickly from friends that going dairy free can help. In my world this meant no milk, cheese, sour cream, butter, ice cream, etc. I never even thought about the hidden dairy. For DD, this was enough. She improved immediately and was like a new baby within a week or two of quitting.HTH!

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  • jonsuzjonsuz member
    Thanks for your help! I just get overwhelmed thinking about reading every label and trying to cut it all out but will def do it if it will help her. I will try just the obvious sources and see if that makes a difference.
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  • shabamwamshabamwam member
    I cut out caffiene and it really helped. Our pedi told me to also try to cut out anything that made me gassy b/c it will make LO gassy too.
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