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Originally Posted by tiggygal23 
Very interesting I did not know that. I find it funny that I did not have a problem with him getting gassy and green until he was 6 weeks old. Does that sound like it could be lactose issues? Why wouldn't they show up right from the start, and also, I have to supplement with 4 oz. during the early evening when my milk production is low. Wouldn't he have an adverse reaction to the formula that is cow based?
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I bet you anything that your milk production isn't that low in the early evening (unless you are pumping?) that just happens to be a time when babies cluster feed in prep for sleeping a longer period at night. It's actually really really common for babies to be fussier and want to nurse a whole ton in the early evening. Unfortunately, it makes people think that their production is lower then.
Riley didn't really start reacting to dairy in my diet until she was right at 5-6 weeks old. She was fine until then. I read something somewhere that explained it but I cannot for the life of me find out where that article is. Apparently, that is pretty normal for milk allergic babies though some have symptoms start even earlier. I think it was something about how the baby's body takes about 6 weeks to build up a strong enough reaction? Like how if you are allergic to bees, the first time you ever get stung, you dont normally have a reaction, but subsequent reactions get stronger and stronger.
If I were you, I would see if you can eliminate the formula totally as that is probably causing some problems as well. If you are really worried about your supply, oatmeal (not instant), brewer's yeast, even dark beer are good natural ways of giving your supply a little boost. I made oatmeal "lactation" cookies (google for the recipe) and they taste really great and totally boosted my supply.
I'd cut out all dairy from your diet for a week-2 weeks and see if that makes a difference (it can take up to 6 weeks to get out of his system but I found that a week-2 weeks is usually good enough to make a difference to see if that is what it is) If he still has the gas and green, try taking soy out along with the dairy for another week. It shouldn't take that long but to be on the safe side, just in case you have a kid that takes a little longer to get it out of his system. With Riley it took about 3 days off of dairy and I saw a HUGE difference (but she was also so insanely colicky - she cried for 6 hours straight every night, like fullbore screaming - after I took dairy out she never cried like that again).
If your son does have a milk protein intolerance/allergy then you'd have to get special formula that is more broken down and easy to digest. It's really expensive and I think you might have to have a script for it, it was easier for me to take dairy/soy/eggs out of my diet then to pay for formula honestly.
Hope that helps!
