DS (9 weeks) has silent reflux (according to GP). V windy, fussy, won't sleep anywhere but propped up on me, generally unsettled and screamy etc. Also has a floppy larynx which is highly correlated with reflux.
So, I decided to trial a dairy free diet to see if it helped (he is exclusively breastfed).. The doctor was fairly non commital about it. I assumed that having lactofree milk and butter would get around the cows milk protein that I thought DS might be intolerant of. Anyway, five days in, and DS has slept markedly better for 2 nights and seems generally happier. But from more reading, particularly on these boards, it seems I have confused being lactose intolerant and cows milk protein intolerant (maybe I should have listened in GCSE biology
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So, is DS' s improvement likely to be placebo or coincidence? Is there any less cows milk protein in lactofree stuff? Or maybe the general reduction in other dairy has helped too?