Constipation and dairy intoerence help

[cedar12]

My dd is almost 4. Her history is I bf her until 6 month she then had soya formula as she was alergic to milk.Also allergic to egg. Since then allergies have decreased since 2 years she has been ok with dairy and small amounts of well cooked egg eg in cakes etc. This has made life a lot easier.
At about the same time as we started giving her dairy again we started potty training, she has been constipated on and off ever since. Dr etc says it not linked saying it behavioural. As when she is constipated we get pooey pants, but then she isnt she not to bad go on her own but sometimes does hold on for a bit but not usually for long. Fed up with this she has a good diet lots of fruit and veg and fluid. A couple of weeks ago we went to a party and all the party food was enough to set her off again and the choc a easter.
Decieded yesterday to try and dairy free diet again and to do a food diary. Cant get her to drink soya anymore but she like the yoghurt etc. But she likes the goats milk do you think this will be ok. Even if I could cut it right back and just maybe give her the odd ice cream etc. Any one had any similar probs? any advice please. Bought her probiotic tablet as well thought they might also help.

Any body?

Hi, don't know if this helps, but my sisiter had major problems right from toddlerhood, with bloating, constipation/diarhoea etc. She was diagnosed much later with IBS due to dairy intolerance. She has been told that if her children are the same, keep up calcium levels with chickpeas eg houmous, and lots of veg, and some white bread as has more calcium, and it shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks my dd loves hummous didnt realise it had calcium in.

DD2 has an egg (yolk) allergy but like your DD she is fine with cakes etc.
We have also had problems with dairy since she was a baby. (Severe excema which went immediately when we stopped dairy)
She still becomes terribly constipated and has had an anal fissure which even though now i believe it has healed, she still holds onto the poo and what a performance when she does finally let go.
We tried goats milk and it turned her poo to putty.

I have heard that yoghurt is easier for them to digest than milk.

If your dd is a good eater, i would limit dairy - get calcium from many other sources instead.

oh, and i have been told that probiotics really can help though i am quite lax in giving them to her. The best ones are GG Culturelle, they are capsules which you can break open and sprinkle the powder onto food.

We've switched my dd to goats milk, I have a dairy intolerance too. Lots of other sources of calcium to supplement a switch. You can get flavoured goats yoghurt too. I would cut back a bit on fruit juices as this can make things worse for a weak digestion and would make sure milk is always warm, and juices at room temp. We see a chinese doc accupressure helps strengthen digestion -we have found it helps and I can do it for her at home.

Thanks everyone, i think I will stick to the goats milk and soya yoghurts and see how see goes. Try and keep her dairy free at home then the odd bits when we are out and about. I have started keeping a food diary to keep track.

DD has a milk free diet due to milk protein intolerance and we have been told to avoid not only cows milk, but also sheep and goat as they have very similar proteins in. If your daughter is intolerant to the protein I wouldn't give her goats milk.

I cant remember if its the protein sees allergic to Is that what it usually is?

It's sometimes a lactose intolerance/allergy and sometimes a milk protein intolerance/allergy. Not sure which is more common, sorry.