Ok my LO was diagnosed with lactose intolerance after christmas based on the symptoms she's been suffering since birth...
She was suffering Diarrhea, colic etc...at 7 months of age she was still suffering violent green watery diarrhea and what can only be described as belly aches every few days...so the doc prescribed her lactose free milk which seemed to do the trick - until now. Shes now nearly nine and a half months old and over the last 2/3 weeks things have steadily gone downhill again. The doc told me at the time of prescribing the LF milk that there was no 'test' for intolerances available so diagnosis is normally based on symptoms alone. I am trying to figure out if maybe there is something else going on with her or if i have done something wrong and maybe AP'd her in some way....i would be so so grateful if anyone could take a look at what her symptoms are (i will write them below) and tell me an honest opinion of what they think. I have posted on colic crying and reflux and ill probably post on one of the sleep boards too as i am so sodesperate to get answers. She is no longer sleeping more than 1/2 hour during the day - and this is all broken up over the day so as you can imagine im at the end of my tether here. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. here are the 'symptoms' bearing in mind shes been on an LF milk since the begginning of January...
- the main one is the sleeping...it was always a prob before the LF milk and once she started the milk she was happily taking two good naps a day...over the last few weeks tho these have once again dwindled down to barely anything. She starts to settle - cuddles herlovey while sucking her thumb, turns on her side...but minutes later - most of the time between 5and 10 mins later she cries out, flips onto her stomach and starts crying
- she has gas back that smells like when an adult has passed wind (after eating something dodgy - yes it can smell that bad!)
- Her stools have gone from being watery and explosive to being yellowy and normal when she first started the LF milk and have now gone green again and are mostly hard...last week one had black sesame seed like things it it...shes also going 3 or 4 times a day (like she was before the LF milk)
- Shes had a blocked/ runny nose since birth - she gets colds but once they are gone the snotty nose is still there. This cleared up for about a week on starting the LF milk but came back pretty quickly...
Im sorry i wrote more than i intended to
im just not sure what to do anymore...could it be an allergy to something else in the milk or is it justthe way she is? could it be just a sleep or teething problem? please help i dont know what to do anymore......
