Reflux or Milk Protein Sensitivity Moms

Clbehenna · February 2013

How was your LO diagnosed with a milk protein sensitivity? Here's our issue...

When my DS was about three weeks old, he started screaming after every bottle I was EP. I cut out dairy for two weeks and saw no change I know that may not have been long enough, and our pedi said his symptoms of crying, arching his back and acidic smell on his breath suggested acid reflux. We tried Zantac and saw no improvement, so switched to Prevacid. Saw an immediate improvement, but after a few weeks symptoms returned to his dose was upped to 2ml twice a day. He's been doing great for almost two months! We also now have him on Enfamil AR to try to reduce the instances of the milk coming back up as much as possible.

Well, about a week ago, his symptoms began to return, but only after late afternoon and evening bottles...and only sometimes. We decided to go see a GI specialist after having an Upper GI done, and he said he thinks it may be a milk protein sensitivity instead of reflux. I'm not sure it makes sense...he has no other signs/symptoms of this, other than occasional fussiness and gassiness, and the Prevacid has helped a lot. What do you think?

He wants us to put him on Nutrimagen, but I don't want to if we don't have to...I hate that the first ingredient is corn syrup solids...45...gross. Of course we will if this is truly what he needs, but his symptoms are so inconsistent...I just want him to be consistently happy and comfortable! Thoughts?

Jimsgirl5821 · February 2013

With DD she was just gassy, would scream after some bottles, mostly at night and developed HORRIBLE eczema. They had us try Alimentum for two weeks and she was a new baby, skin and all, so we stuck with it. She did grow out of it and was able to have milk when she turned a year and eats dairy with no issue now. Good luck. They say there are symptoms like blood in stool, too, but Dd never had any of that.

Kristen050 · February 2013

DS was an extremely fussy baby so LC and pedi suggested cutting dairy. I saw some improvement but he was still fussy. 2 months later he had visible blood in his stool. His poops were also a little mucousy. They didn't test it but said most likely it's soy. So I've been dairy and soy free for 3 days now. It seems diagnosis kind of comes after trying to get things out and seeing if there is improvement.

beckcour · February 2013

I was told by two lactation consultants that you should see improvement 3 to 5 days after cutting out dairy. It takes 3 weeks to get completely out of your system. My LO was colicky on breastmilk and vomited/spit up a lot. I don't think she had an allergy but she was definitely sensitive to something. I tried elimination diets and it didn't work. She does really well on Similac Sensitive. I hope you find something that works for your LO!

BuckeyeBride200 · February 2013

My G/I said it could take up to 6 weeks to eliminate all milk/soy protein from my system. You could check your baby for a Lip Tie or Tongue Tie, as they can sometimes cause "colicky" symptoms that look like reflux. I have some dairy free recipes on my blog: dairyfreemammaries.blogspot.com. GL!!!

nicaka94 · February 2013

My baby has both the reflux and milk protein sensitivity. So she is on 1.3 mL of zantac 3 xs per day and nutramigen only. She is doing a lot better! She is happy all the time now. I still notice just a lttle itching after her bottles, so we may have to move to an amino acid based formula. I ordered the nutramigen AA (it is now known as PurAmino). Good luck, I hope that you find something that works.

JennyLo26 · February 2013

My son had the same symptoms you described. Almost immediately after we came home from the hospital is when it began and every week it got a little worse. He was bf/ff from day one but was exclusively on similac advance formula after about a week due to some issues I had. We tried similac sensitive for a while and that helped a bit but not entirely. I tried everything. I bought all kinds of bottles to ease his gas and I was giving him round the clock gripe water. Around 5 weeks he began to scream during his bottles. He also had a rash on his forehead and was constipated. He would go 3 days without pooping and when he did it was watery. Pedi said these are all normal things but I knew it was something more.

At 6 weeks I switched him to similac alimentum and he was a new baby. He began to poop everyday, poop had more consistency, his rash went away and he drank his bottles with a smile on his face. No more gassiness too. I reported back to pedi and she confirmed he probably had a milk protein allergy. The difference was night and day. I wish I would have figured sooner.

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