October 2012 Moms
Lactose Intolerance
Hello everyone! I just wanted all moms to be aware about the symptoms of lactose intolerance in their newborns. I took my one month old little boy to the Dr today because was so worried about his belly button hernia but little did I know that a poopy diaper lead to us finding out he was lactose intolerant. He had been having more green stools then yellow (BF baby) and he was having serious gas problems and became more fussy after eating. I was just going to get him some gas drops thinking it was the broccoli I had eaten. He also was spitting up a lot more even 1 hr after nursing. I started to think it could be acid reflux and was going to ask about that until my Dr. saw his stool and tested him for lactose intolerance. So now my diet will be dairy free to help him until he grows out of it if he grows out of it.
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
I would like to know this as well. My pedi thought LO had reflux, but I am not 100% convinced and would like to know how they can test for it.
Ditto this. Also my understanding is the green poop isn't a sign but blood or mucous in the stool are signs. FWIW we though milk sensitivity and now it looks like just reflux so I'm slowly adding back dairy. My pedi said they can look pretty similar.
Ditto. Usually it is the milk protein, not lactose, that little ones are intolerant of.
I find many people confuse a milk allergy with lactose intolerance, they are two very different things.
This is an informative article: https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/lactose.html
Curious how they tested for LI. My doctor tested me by eliminating dairy for a week and then having me go on a huge dairy binge to see what happened.
As far as I know they can't test for LI. They can however test for protein sensitivity, sort of. The test the Ph level of baby's stool. They also test for blood. If the Ph is abnormal or they find blood it indicates baby is sensitive to something. Most likely milk and/or soy protein but it can be other things. Elimination diets,starting with dairy, are what is usually recommended to determine what the sensitivity is to.
There are different levels of lactose intolerance. Few are truly lactose intolerant and most can tolerate small amounts. It is possible for many people to increase the amount they can tolerate.