DD has had 2 episodes of blood in her poop. She is otherwise healthy (no fever, pain that we can tell) so pedi said it is probably a food allergy. I'm wondering if that is the case. She was vomiting and had diarrhea 3 weeks ago with once incident of blood in her poop so we thought it was a virus. After a week of being healthy she had a random poo with blood. I'm so confused! She is ebf. I am more than willing to cut out dairy and soy (already have) but want to make sure it is a food issue and not something else.
As far as reintroducing it in a month or 2, she isn't constantly having bloody poop so how do I know if it actually dairy or soy? She is a happy baby and doesn't seem to be bothered by it. It bothers my DH and myself because blood in poop isn't normal. Is it worth having a food allergy test done? She is just over 4 months old.
Thanks for your thoughts/suggestions
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Re: Blood in poop questions. Really confused.
She was diagnosed at about 2 months with an episode of blood, it was just a small amount once but we cut dairy completely and most soy. She was similar to your daughter in that she was a happy baby, she didn't have any problems with sleep or being irritable or any of the other "usual" symptoms of MSPI.
I would give it at least 2 months before you try to introduce it and just see if you notice any stool changes. If you have any you can give her some pumped milk from when you were eating dairy and soy for a trial that way if she does have a reaction you wont have to wait for your system to clear out again.
What does your pedi say? As far as reintroducing dairy and soy- we saw two different pedi's, one said wait until 9 months the other said wait until a year. I have heard some say its ok to try reintroducing at 6 months.