How long after eating dairy would you expect a dairy intolerant child to have a reaction?

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Ds2 is currently on a dairy free diet for the last 2 weeks as doctor thinks he may be dairy intolerant. SIL looked after him today and despite me really stressing that he can't have dairy i.e no fishfingers cos milk is in the batter etc, I obviously wasn't explicit enough as she gave him chocolate.

He's done 2 runny poos in the last 45 mins last one had flecks of blood in. This was around 4 hour since eating the chocolate. Is that too quick for me to blame it on the chocolate?

No it's not too soon. If I were you I would get into the habit of providing all of his food if he is going to be looked after, as it is often a while before people understand what is/isn't safe for him to eat.

Thanks. I did provide a jar of food and a soya pudding for him (he's only 15 months) but he ended up staying there for tea as well (I'm ill) hence her having to give him an extra meal.

Trouble is it's a very new thing for everyone to deal with. Myself and several members of my family are gluten intolerant so I'm used to checking everything even if it's something I think should be ok. I'm quite shocked though that she didn't link dairy with chocolate. She fed him Dairy Milk!

Oh no! But it's hard to be cross when you also need to be grateful isn't it.

It is. We are still waiting for confirmation of the dairy intolerance although he has been so much better whilst dairy free (sleeping through the night for the first time) I think it seems fairly certain. Next time she has him I will really have to stress how important it is she checks everything or only gives him food I've sent.

Forgot to say he did another very runny absolutley foul smelling poo this evening so either he's coming down with this bug, or dairy affects him much quicker than I thought it could.

With my DS1 he will get stomach cramps and foul poo within a couple of hours of eating dairy, and he will sob half the night with stomach ache

Are you getting him properly tested at the hospital? Because I wasn't sure whether my DS was allergic to milk protein or intolerant to lactose but the tests tell you which - and it means they can eat different things. For instance my DS can eat butter as it has virtally no lactose, which is very helpful. And we saw a dietician at the same time who was very helpful.

We see a consultant for a bowel problems ds2 has. A dairy intolerance has been queried before, but as up till now his symptoms have not been typical of a dairy intolerance the consultant has put any problems down to the bowel problem. Recently though he symptoms have been textbook of a dairy intolerance so the GP thinks he may have a temporary intolerance bought on by a bug. So we have to keep him dairy free for a couple of weeks and then gradually reintroduce dairy. If the same problems start up again we will be sent back to see our consultant. I just think that from how much he has perked up since stopping dairy and from how he was yesterday after eating a fairly small amount of chocolate that he does seem to have an intolerance.

His poo was still runny and sulphur smelling this morning, but getting back to normal this afternoon.

We've been told that if he does have a dairy intolerance then we will be sent to see a dietician.

i have heard that the symptoms can go on for some days.

and bowel related food intolerance is very painful, more nerve endings in bowel than in brain, so its a nasty thing for a baby to have to go through.

its really hard getting this understanding across to others that dont have the care of your child everyday, so i second the idea of providing own food for your child.

hope its soon outgrown, or less of a issue for your baby.

Sounds like the right timescale.

So hard, isn't it with rellies. MIL wondered why DS2 and I couldn't eat pizza (he's CMP allergic/intolerant not sure which yet, and breastfed)
I have a lovely friend who goes to great lengths to source dairy-free cake, and then puts milk in my coffee .