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Lactose Intolerance
« on: December 31, 2007, 19:57:45 pm »
My daughter was officially diagnosed with lactose intolerance today after 7 months of wondering  :o

I already make most of my own purees anyway but have been using the odd baby jar here or there...i stopped using them once i made a firm decision to get my GP's opinion as i think some baby foods have milk binding products in them...GP agrees with me...BUT now im a bit stumped...how far do i take the 'no cows milk thing'? i know she cant have yoghurt anymore....but what can she have? I realise its not as restrictive as MSPI but i would just like tohear off any mums who have LO's with lactose intolerance and what sorta foods they give them, as im presuming cheese is out of the equation.....

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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2008, 00:51:14 am »
How was your DD diagnosed? Can she drink Lactaid milk and have those products?
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2008, 01:15:27 am »
i make everything from scrarch.
purees of every veg.but introduce every 4-5 days.then u will know if they have a tollerance level too.
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2008, 10:30:27 am »
Is your daughter breastfed or bottle fed? I assume if she is bottle fed they prescribed a lactose free formula. I would stick to making all your own puree's at the moment as their is still lots of choice if you only have to avoid lactose. I would also wean slowly just incase she shows signs of any other allergies/intollerances.

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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2008, 11:49:38 am »
Hiya guys  :)

Lo is having lactose free formula at the mo made by SMA...as far as i know this is the only formula available in the UK that is lactose free but i dont know tbh  ???

Yeah i normally make my own purees...just got a bit lazy coz she didn't seem interested kwim? she did have reactions to banana and apple but for some reason can eat them combined  ???

Jenny - is your Lo lactose intolerant?

Karen - she was diagnosed on her symptoms really....unfortunately according to my GP there is no formal test in the UK for it...
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2008, 18:20:29 pm »
hi i live in usa and i give my dd similac lactose free. what were the symptoms for your lo. my baby was always gassy and was spitting up most of her feeding.she is 7 month old now.

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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2008, 19:25:03 pm »
yip she is viki.we have pepti and she is fine on that.she has been on that since about 8 wks.
she has food intollerances too ,wheat,soy etc.
nightmare with hay fever in spring also.
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2008, 19:33:56 pm »
aww thank you Jenny, you re a star  :-*

Baba - its a long story really.....she suffered extremely bad colic...was throwing up alot even on the first day she was born...the throwing up calmed down by 3 months but the colic continued till she was 4 months....after that she continued to be gassy and had diarhea most of the time...it was always green and loose and watery...she had alot of trouble sleepingcoz of it...but to be honest many friends and family said she was a normal tempramental baby so i plodded on..... :-\
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2008, 19:38:26 pm »
we were much the same with dd1.she wasnt diagnosed till 20 weeks,but she was constipated and needed suppositories ::).
i think thats why with india i knew straight away what to look for and pushed for appointments with a paed.
sleep was a huge issue here.india used to roll around and groan in her cot and even bruise her head on the cot bars.i used to be up all night cos she couldnt sleep and even through the day 20mins was the max nap time.
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2008, 20:34:24 pm »
the confusing thing is Cerys did sleep thru the night from 17 weeks....it was the daytime and all the way thru the evening she was unsettled and miserable like she couldnt sleep Kwim?
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2008, 20:44:43 pm »
Are all her symptoms clear when she's lactose free?
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2008, 20:46:00 pm »
Glad its going good with LF milk Vivki!

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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2008, 20:51:59 pm »
Are all her symptoms clear when she's lactose free?

No not quite yet...shes been on it for a week now and her loose stools have gone and the colour has changed to more of a yellow colour...but its still a bit green and today she was a bit gassy and i ve settled her just now after an hour of being so OT and unsettled (she had settled well at 7pm ???) this is very reminiscent of what used to happen...but yes shes been sleeping during the day ALOT better...

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« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2008, 20:57:44 pm »
Sorry hun, I read this BEFORE I read the text saying she was unsettled   :-[ :-[

Remember there is always nutrigimen, which your doc said, so hang in there, it might just be a blip  :-\

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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2008, 21:02:07 pm »
im hoping so.....I jst find it hard that they diagnose on symptoms alone KWIM?

Dr saidall symptoms point to it.....but its not as though she cant live on the normal milk - its the side effects it seems to cause... :-\

when she was 6 weeks old we were advised by HV to try the lower lactose milk - cow and gate comfort...we found this actually made her worse and was advised to stop giving it to her..

I know its a blip but it puts a feeling of dread in my stomach coz i worry whther i ve done the right thing...my mum doesn't think theres anything really wrong with her (although shes never seen one of her 'normal milk' poops  :-\)...she says shes doing what babies do...cry and not sleep!  ???  :'(
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2008, 21:02:25 pm »
Could it be possible that she has a milk intolerance and not just lactose? Alimentum and Nutramigen are both lactose free but also are "hypoallergenic" - while they still contain milk proteins (I think 21% for Nutramigen and 17% for Alimentum) they are broken down and easier to digest.
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« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2008, 21:03:41 pm »
I agree, I am afraid, if the LF milk doesnt help 100% I think maybe it is the milk protein too. My dd was a lot like Cerys until we got special milk, as you know

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« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2008, 21:05:04 pm »
i dont know yet....dr said we ll try this milk for a couple of months and see how she goes.....

I told him id blamed alot of the green loose  (and explosive) poops on teething....it was coz her sleep was getting worse and worse...and he said no he wouldn't put all those things down to teething.... :(
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« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2008, 21:29:00 pm »
I agree with the doctor and wouldn't put it all down to teething. But it is relatively rare (although certainly not unheard of) for a Caucasian baby to have lactose intolerance - much more common to be intolerant to the milk protein instead (lactose is the sugar). And based on what you've told me about her it sounds more like MPI to me although I could certainly be wrong. As for what others say, don't worry about that. When my DD was suffering from reflux and MPI as a babe many told me she just had colic or that's just how she was. But I trusted my gut and once on the right formula and for her reflux meds for a time she was a different LO! Sure she still cried and still had some napping issues and all but it was totally different.
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« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2008, 21:32:54 pm »
I agree with the doctor and wouldn't put it all down to teething. But it is relatively rare (although certainly not unheard of) for a Caucasian baby to have lactose intolerance - much more common to be intolerant to the milk protein instead (lactose is the sugar). And based on what you've told me about her it sounds more like MPI to me although I could certainly be wrong. As for what others say, don't worry about that. When my DD was suffering from reflux and MPI as a babe many told me she just had colic or that's just how she was. But I trusted my gut and once on the right formula and for her reflux meds for a time she was a different LO! Sure she still cried and still had some napping issues and all but it was totally different.

Yes - although this evening shes been a bit unsettled, overall we have seen a changein her - much more happy and settled..
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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2008, 23:46:22 pm »
I feel for you
I have been allergic to dairy all my life (I am now 27)  They thougth it was lactose intolerance and I tried everything, but in the end I am allergic to the actual proteins in the milk.
If you are worried for when she is older (in regards to getting calcium) there are a lot of alternatives.  For now I would continue with the lactose free formula and purees that you are making.  When she gets a bit older try the dairy again....as there is a chance she could out grow it.
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« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2008, 07:27:35 am »
If the symptoms don't go away completely I would certainly ask to try the nutramigen as it does sound more like MPI to me aswell. It is also possible that nutramigen may not work well as it is still based on cows milk so you would then have to go to an amino acid based formula like neocate. However it could be lactose intolerance and in that case the symptoms should dissapear completely on the formula you are using. Please don't worry about what other people think, I was told by my father in law that my son did not have food allergies even though he was covered from head to toe in eczema. The fact that his flares obviously were related to certain foods including dairy when you looked at the food diary I had done made no difference to him. It is only recently that he has realised now that my sons eczema is under control and he can see his reactions to foods if he accidently comes into contact with something he should not have.

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Re: Lactose Intolerance
« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2008, 20:37:24 pm »
Thank you kelly  :-*  and Tara (is it Tara?)  :-*

im gonna plod on with the LF milk for now - she seems so much better at the mo...the only thing is that now she seems a bit constipated... :-\
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