reintroducing dairy

[northwoods]

After a traumatic (for me) episode of "colic" from my EBF daughter, I cut dairy. It seems to have made a world of difference. But I made a few other changes at the same time (keeping her more upright during and after nursing, probiotics), so I need to reintroduce dairy to make sure that's it.

I'm having pizza for dinner. Is that enough, or should I eat dairy for a few meals? How fast does it travel from my tummy to my boobs to her tummy?

I really want to know if it's dairy, but I'm not looking forward to a crying baby!

[kjbrown92]

how long has it been?

For me, my DS would react exactly 24 hours after I ingested dairy, and then for the next 72 hours after that. For him it was projectile vomiting during and after every feeding, if I even had a tiny bit of a roll that had dairy in it. So yes, I would think that some pizza would be enough. And just be prepared because it takes at least a few days to get back out of your system.

[northwoods]

Thanks! I've been off dairy for just over two weeks.

I'm so not looking forward to this experiment! So far, she's just a little fussier than normal, but not enough to say for sure. I'll give it 24 hours.

[scsigrl]

If I can make a suggestion, I would try it as early in the day as possible.  That way you have an entire day to watch things and IF it were to cause a major (ana) issue, you would get to the ER easier and all that  Just a thought (and what we do for our allergic kids when trying something new).