reintroducing dairy - X-posted in allergy

[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!

[Knitting Mama]

This is secondhand information, but I believe it's pretty quick. A friend of mine's son has a dairy intolerance. She ate food with cottage cheese in it for dinner, and that night her son was up 4 times with colicky behavior (at 10 months old).

[luckiest]

Hm, I'm really not sure how quickly it makes gets through.  I cut dairy after I suspected Felix's early and severe baby acne (all over cheeks and down back, starting at 2 weeks old) was more than regular ol' baby acne.  About 48 hours after I cut it, it was gone - not just better, but totally gone.  Now he's 9 weeks, and I've been slowly introducing it back in.  Pizza one night, nothing the next day, cheese on a sandwich and a yogurt the next day, etc.  He's gotten a couple of spots on his chin after a few days, but nothing like before.  He never had digestive issues with the dairy though, so there was no immediate indication of when it might have affected him.

[TSomm]

For me, if I had dairy with dinner, my DD would have been cranky and irritable the entire next day (after nursing all night).  As long as I didn't eat any additional dairy, she'd be better the following day.  FWIW, I didn't fully reintroduce dairy into my own diet until she was 7/8 months old.  She is almost 12 months and doesn't tolerate much dairy eaten directly (by her) yet.

[gradstudentmommy]

If I eat dairy, my baby's reflux gets horrible about 4 hours later and it often lasts into the next day. If I don't eat anymore of the offending food, he's better within 24 hours.

Also pizza has a ton of dairy so that should be enough to test.