Bf baby with cmp intolerance??

[Lawabidingmama]

My DD is 16 week she has in the last few weeks started with a rash HV tells me it's baby eczema. She was very snuffly forthe first 8 weeks ( I was told this was due to quick birth) this has totally cleared up now. She is often windy and untill recently would cry with wind. She has bouts of being unsettled. She wants to suck boob alot but is slow to gain she's dropped from 25 th to 9 th is 11 lb 11 oz at 16 week. She normally only poos once a day and is never sick though occasionally her poo has a bit of green in it. Could she be cmp intolerant? She's ebf btw

Hi - my DS is CMP intolerant and I had no idea till he hit 6 months. He had a wee bit of eczema but nothing major - just lathered him in doublebase and he was okay. I fed him till over 12 months and ate dairy all that time without issue but I know from friends that every baby reacts differently. Do you eat a lot of dairy? Could you try cutting it out and seeing if it has an impact?

hi im sorry new to this what does CMP mean?
have you changed your diet recently?

Hi thanks for the replies abigboy her rash is nothing major either just a few spots on her trunk though it does flare up and has only developed in the last few weeks. I eat a fair bit of dairy milk on cereal every morning a few cuppas lots of chocolate cheese etc I am going to try eliminating it seem how that goes I'm mostly concerned about her bouts of unsettleness as she gets very upset and is a terrible sleeper! Was the eczema the only symptom your DS had? Would I need to cut if out completely or would cutting down be enough?

Cmp- cows milk protein

I would maybe ask them to move this to the BF section as there are loads of people who may have a better idea of what might be the cause of the wind etc. My son showed no other symptoms but if you touched a finger dipped in milk to the back of his neck it came out in huge welts. Two of my mates have boys with CMP allergies. One was like me and ate loads of dairy (milk in tea/cereal, chocolate, cheese - similar to you) & our boys were fine until weaning. Our other friend's son had to be switched to special formula early on as BF was such a struggle.

Different babies react differently, some more strongly than others. Mine had stomach cramps, wind and diarrhoea. I had to cut ALL milk out of my diet. The slightest bit went through (even flavouring on salt and vinegar crisps). You have to check all labels. The thing is, milk is disguised under other names (eg. yoghurt, butter, cheese, casein, whey etc.).

As a b'feeding mum you also need to take calcium and vit D supplements (check they don't contain milk too). You can try milk substitutes (found alongside longlife milk in supermarkets) for cereal, cooking etc. Rice milk is not suitable (rice contains trace amounts of arsenic not enough to harm adults but there is a worry about anyone under the age of 4). Oatley is your best bet (in case baby is also allergic to nuts). Dairy free margarines can also be used. Don't rely wholly on soya dairy replacements, unless you have to, because it is thought that young babies who are still developing, might be affected by plant oestrogens in the soya. Also, some babies who are allergic to milk are also allergic to soya.

If you really think milk is a problem see your doctor and ask to be referred to a dietitian who will be able to monitor you and your baby, to make sure that you don't miss out important nutrients. If milk is the problem, hopefully it will only last for a few years!

All the best!

Yes, you need to speak to your GP and a dietician...I suspected that cows milk was affecting my DD from about 8 weeks old. She would be violently sick and I eventually realised that it tended to be about 24 hours after I had raw dairy - so if I had cereal in the morning, the next morning my DD would sick up gallons of breastmilk. I cut out raw cows milk but continued to eat cooked dairy and there was a difference within 24 hours for my DD. On hindsight I should not have cut out dairy as it is a major food group, although I was having cereal with soya milk which would have helped my calcium intake. When my DD was diagnosed with CMP allergy at 6 months I was prescribed calcium. At around 9 months my DD developed eczema around her chin and mouth and it did seem to be linked to my dairy intake - we were able to control this with moisturiser and short courses of trimovate. (very weirdly, at xmas last year my DD had a bug and breasfted lots (she would have been 20 months at the time) more than her usual 1-2 times per day. Around the same time I was eating lots of dairy - chocolate, dips, creme fraiche etc and her eczema really cleared up!!!! Allergies/eczema are a minefield)

I have never beed advised to cut out all dairy - in fact our consultant was keen that I did not, saying that I should just avoid large quantities. This is what we had been doing for 4 months anyway, however, some bf mums do need to cut out all dairy products from their diet.

my daughter who is 11 today!! was intolerant to normal bottle formula, she would projectile vomit literally as soon as she finished her bottle.. we changed to soya against all advice from the doctors and health visitor who said tht normal formula was best. as soon as i changed her vomiting stopped and she became much more settled.. by the time she started weaning we introduced dairy back into her diet very slowly and she never had problems. maybe your dd may grow out of it aswell..