My ds is 12 weeks old and he has been having occasional red streaks in his stool. His ped thinks it is a dairy intolerance(I am ebf him) so she instructed me to remove all dairy. I have also removed all soy, egg, wheat, citrus, peanuts, tree nuts, beef, and pork. It has been 6 days.
I should add that he is extremely happy and always has been. The only symptoms I noticed were obviously his bm's and since we co-sleep, I can see that he often wakes a lot in pain. Not crying, but wiggling around. On nights when I would eat pizza, he would wake every 45 minutes.
Since taking the dairy(and other things) out, he has been sleeping much more comfortably. So, I guess, in that sense there is an improvement. His poops though are still having occasional red streaks. I am getting so discouraged and I am so afraid that I am not going to be able to figure this out and his dr will tell me to stop nursing and put him on that disgusting, expensive, hypoallergic stuff!
Does anyone have any experience with this? It's so hard for me to gauge any improvement, because he is happy and was happy before. He rarely ever cries-unless hungry or tired. Is his gut just still healing and therefore the little cuts are still bleeding? Does anyone know anything helpful to this situation in regards to probiotics? I just want this to work out. I nursed my dd for 2 years-breastfeeding is so important to me I can't imagine giving it up.
Oh, also, he has been gaining like a champ-no problems in that area.
Thanks for the help!
Robin
Momma to Paige 2-2-04 and Alec 10-31-06
I should add that he is extremely happy and always has been. The only symptoms I noticed were obviously his bm's and since we co-sleep, I can see that he often wakes a lot in pain. Not crying, but wiggling around. On nights when I would eat pizza, he would wake every 45 minutes.
Since taking the dairy(and other things) out, he has been sleeping much more comfortably. So, I guess, in that sense there is an improvement. His poops though are still having occasional red streaks. I am getting so discouraged and I am so afraid that I am not going to be able to figure this out and his dr will tell me to stop nursing and put him on that disgusting, expensive, hypoallergic stuff!
Does anyone have any experience with this? It's so hard for me to gauge any improvement, because he is happy and was happy before. He rarely ever cries-unless hungry or tired. Is his gut just still healing and therefore the little cuts are still bleeding? Does anyone know anything helpful to this situation in regards to probiotics? I just want this to work out. I nursed my dd for 2 years-breastfeeding is so important to me I can't imagine giving it up.
Oh, also, he has been gaining like a champ-no problems in that area.
Thanks for the help!
Robin
Momma to Paige 2-2-04 and Alec 10-31-06
