How long for BM diet change to take effect?

[LilMomma83]

After cutting something out of moms diet, when would you notice a difference in baby? Yesterday was my second day to drastically reduce dairy (I had a little cheese, no milk, no yogurt), DS is supplemented with formula and has been on soy formula for about 3 days. Last night he seemed so much happier and less gassy...in fact he only even woke up once. (he's been waking up and crying for hours on end at night/wee morning hours with a hard little belly). I don't know if it is coincidence, or maybe he is doing better without the dairy...but, I think I read it takes about 2 weeks to get out of moms milk??

FYI- that was the ONLY difference that I can think of in regards to food, care, or anything else.

[LadyCatherine185]

It does take 2-3 weeks for dairy to completely leave the system, but when I cut out dairy when my LO was 3 weeks old, I noticed a difference in about 5 days.

[lil_miss_understood]

it should only take a couple of days to start seeing an improvement, ime

[kismetbaby]

My LC told me to cut dairy COMPLETELY for 2 weeks and then assess and perhaps try adding it back. You might see an improvement right away, but its hard to be sure about cause and effect unless you eliminate for 2 weeks.

Good luck! I have found it very challenging to eliminate dairy and also find it hard to determine what (if anything in particular) causes the gassiness and reflux that my son has.

[Tattooed Hand]

I cut out dairy 6 days ago and have yet to see a difference. This morning was actally a gassy, poopy hell of crying.

[Bokonon]

Originally Posted by Tattooed Hand

I cut out dairy 6 days ago and have yet to see a difference. This morning was actally a gassy, poopy hell of crying.

I had to completely cut out dairy (including "hidden" forms in packaged foods like whey and casein) plus soy before DD got some relief. It took 2 weeks before she was much better, and another couple of weeks before her skin cleared up. And it definitely got worse before it got better - at about 10 days in, her symptoms were worse than they had been. But a couple of days later she was like a changed baby!

[Tattooed Hand]

good to hear, i've cut out soy too, which is hard (its in so much and i love cheese and yoghurt). you mentioned her skin cleared up, mine has something on her face that i can't decide is acne or a rash. is this related? i'll hang in there for another couple weeks.

[Tattooed Hand]

does this mean i can't have dairy or soy as long as i bf?

[Bokonon]

Originally Posted by Tattooed Hand

good to hear, i've cut out soy too, which is hard (its in so much and i love cheese and yoghurt). you mentioned her skin cleared up, mine has something on her face that i can't decide is acne or a rash. is this related? i'll hang in there for another couple weeks.

Your baby is so young that it could just be infant acne, but if it clears up when her other symptoms do, that's probably your answer.

[Bokonon]

Originally Posted by Tattooed Hand

does this mean i can't have dairy or soy as long as i bf?

Not necessarily. As she gets older, you can trial them back in and see what happens. I tried this a couple of weeks ago with dairy, and I reacted worse than DD did! I felt awful, like I was getting the flu, and I had a terrible migraine. So I stopped with the dairy again. She got the red ring on her bottom again, and a little bit of a rash on her eyebrows and forehead again. She didn't start spitting up again, but was definitely gassier for a couple of days.

So now my strategy is to just do a tiny bit of non-obvious dairy every few days (like in my non-dairy creamer, which has casein).

Many babies grow out of their intolerances. Some don't. The only way to know is to try it, but don't do what I did and have a yogurt smoothie and a latte in the span of 4 hours.

[ElliesMomma]

next feed, in my case, is how long it takes to impact DS if i add dairy or other reflux triggers back into my diet at all.