relief in sight?

[pastorT]

My ds (16 wks) was just diagnosed with a milk allergy.  He is exclusively breastfed so I am now eliminating everything that has even traces of milk in it.  What I'm wondering is, how long will it be until we see improvement?  He's been struggling with eating.  Feeds for a few minutes and then spasms in pain and begins to cry/scream.  He was diagnosed with reflux at 6 wks, given Zantac.  That dose was upped 2 weeks ago b/c he had outgrown it and now they changed him to Prevacid.  But in the past two weeks he has been waking up screaming in pain and only calms down after he latches on.  This never seemed to be a problem before (night was his most relaxing feeding time).  Also he used to sleep 6 to 7 hours in a row and now has reverted to four hours.  I may post on the reflux section to see if it's b/c of the change in meds, but I just wasn't sure what to expect from this milk allergy.  Thanks for any insights.

[yaya]

hmmm tough one. DS too is lactose intollerant and suffers from bad reflux and I can safely say, its not easy! I think the meds may need shifting if hes uncomfortable as it sounds more reflux related than the intollerance. With DS once we removed diary he made an almost instant recovery. The reflux, on the other hand, continues to be a challenge. HTH

[Mom to M&M]

It normally takes at least 2 weeks for the milk proteins to clear out of the system. But also, Prevacid can cause gas pains while the system adjusts - usually the gas pains only last a week or so...