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Newbie, unsupportive pedi, please advise

steffiluvsteffiluv
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Hello ! 

My LO is 5 weeks old had consistently green and mucousy stools. I started my own research and thought it was a milk imbalance on my part, which block feeding didn't fix. I tried to give her formula because i blamed myself and that was by far the worst night we've had (it had milk and soy). 
So then I saw milk protein intolerances, and I quit my morning bowl of cereal. Still green, but noticeably less mucous. 

I went to her pedi today, armed with multiple pictures of slime and a nice frothy green number she did in office, AND HE LAUGHED AT ME. he said that was normal for bf babies. When I asked about her tummy, he said "babies cry, what do you want me to do about it"? Seriously?!? Well, I basically almost cried and wouldn't leave, and somehow ended up getting a sample of similac alimen-whatever to pacify me but no confirmation of my allergy thoughts, because she has no blood in her stools. (My mother was with me and seems to think he was ok, so maybe I'm overreacting about the comment, but still.) 

I'm a FTM and pretty anxious anyway, so i don't know what is normal, but I do notice a difference since I cut out milk and cheese (but I'm hungry! Lol) . I finally had some soy milk tonight, so I'm hoping she's not intolerant to that, too. How long after you eat something would it be an issue? 

Any advice on where to begin would be great, (I need a list of foods and I heard they have hidden names? , and is milk intolerant = all dairy, and basically I'm a hot mess, lol. ) 

and did anyone else have this prob with the pedi? 

Thanks!
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Re: Newbie, unsupportive pedi, please advise

  • PinkPeony6210PinkPeony6210 member

    Both of my girls were/are on hypoallergenic formula...DD1 didn't have blood in her stool, and she was still put on it, but DD2 did have blood. Every case is different.

    If you don't feel supported by your pedi, I would think about looking for another practice. Feeding issues are frustrating on their own, and having a pedi laugh at you when you're looking for answers, is even more frustrating.

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  • shotzieshotzie member

    Wow, that's terrible! I would look for another pedi. Even if something a parent is worried about, turns out to be nothing, the pedi shouldn't laugh at them! 

    As far as a milk protein intolerance - you need to be completely dairy free. Here's a list of ingredients to avoid:

    How to Read a Label for a Milk-Free Diet (from the FAAN website):

    All FDA-regulated manufactured food products that contain milk as an ingredient are 

    required by U.S. law to list the word ?milk? on the product label.

    Avoid foods that contain milk or any of these ingredients:

    butter, butter fat, butter oil, butter 

    acid, butter ester(s)

    buttermilk

    casein

    casein hydrolysate

    caseinates (in all forms)

    cheese

    cottage cheese

    cream

    curds

    custard

    diacetyl

    ghee

    half-and-half

    lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate

    lactoferrin

    lactose

    lactulose

    milk (in all forms, including 

    condensed, derivative, dry, 

    evaporated, goat?s milk and milk 

    from other animals, low fat, malted, 

    milkfat, nonfat, powder, protein, 

    skimmed, solids, whole)

    milk protein hydrolysate

    pudding

    Recaldent?

    rennet casein

    sour cream, sour cream solids

    sour milk solids

    tagatose

    whey (in all forms)

    whey protein hydrolysate

    yogurt

    Milk is sometimes found in the following:

    artificial butter flavor

    baked goods

    caramel candies

    chocolate

    lactic acid starter culture and other 

    bacterial cultures

    luncheon meat, hot dogs, sausages

    margarine

    nisin

    nondairy products

    nougat 

    And here's a link to our collection of posts from the MSPI Moms check in. We talk about food a lot: www.mspimoms.blogspot.com.

    You'll need to give the diet a good month to work. It can take a couple weeks for the dairy proteins to clear your system and another couple to clear LO's system. If LO isn't completely better after a month, then try cutting soy too. A lot of MPI babies are soy protein intolerant too. HTH! 

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  • NiniJ55NiniJ55 member

    First of all... get a new pediatrician and take the baby to a pediatric allergist if you can. 

    I could take up to a month for dairy and soy to leave your system.  You must eliminate all sources of dairy - including hidden.  Which means casein and vegetable oil (it's usually soybean oil).  Take a look at your prenatal vitamins and read EVERY SINLGE LABEL, EVERY TIME.  It's super important if you actually want to see a change.

    At first they kept telling me that DD simply was collicky and had baby acne.  Well, she is dairy, egg and peanut allergic.

    I won't get into her full story but we are currently on Alimentum.  I would go with your gut feeling and start an MSPI diet.  if that does not work then eliminate the top 8 allergins and see if that helps.  but you really have to be super diligent in reading all labels and keeping all the offending allergins out of your diet.

     

    Good luck!

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