Hi
Would like to hear from parents with similar experiences please.
DS has had various mild issues since birth. He is a happy little soul deep down but appears to be blighted with digestive/bowel issues.
We started at birth with quite severe reflux with calmed down with gaviscon and weaning began (under advice of gp & Hv) at 20 weeks.
Had dips on the weight charts which coincided with chicken pox at 7mo then 2 nasty ear infections the following month.
He seemed to pick up and followed the 9th centile for a while after this until 12mo when we started with cows milk. A tummy bug 2 months ago saw him almost drop off chart on red book but has gained a little weight recently to take him back up to just under the 2nd centile.
Peadiatrics are now involved as he is tiny for his age. Coeliacs has been mentioned and we have a blood test appointment at the end of the year.
Poor DS has had another nasty tummy bug very recently. We have had history of constipation and not being able to poo properly - will strain for hours on end writhing in pain only to result in a marked nappy. Since having the tummy bug we went the other way - constant poo to the point we went through 5/6 nappies an hour for a few hours the other day.
Dr gave us a call back as I was worried - told me to stop giving him cows milk, give him formula and try reduce the amount (was drinking a lot of milk have now cut down to 450ml formula a day).
The change in DS was almost instant, the last three days since stopping cows milk he has been a different child! So happy, laughing, giggling and really good fun to be around. The past few months he has been so miserable! I am on ADs as the crying has been difficult for me, I am self employed and work from home so his main carer - it has been hard to see him struggling.
So now it is weighing on my mind that cows milk is actually the problem. We have a Dr appointment tomorrow to discuss and I am going to request additional tests if possible to be run alongside the test for coeliacs.
Just wondering if any of this sounds similar to your experience of lactose intolerances?!!
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Possible intolerance in DS
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inadaydream · 11/12/2014 14:48
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