I have 10 week old twins.
I breastfed for as long as I could and I have a dairy free diet as it doesn't agree with me (never diagnosed). Another of my children is lactose intolerant.
Twin 2 has been known as the whinge one and had what seemed like colic since I introduced formula, we tried infacol which brought up wind but he was uncomfortable after every feed and only really settled if he pood or fed from me.
He's sick occasionally and HV thought he has reflux - gp not concerned, discussed at his 6week review.
2 weeks ago we tried comfort milk. His poo became green, very runny to the point every nappy was leaking and he stank of rotten eggs, he had excessive wind too. Having 4/5 poo nappies a day. Gp told me to switch back to previous milk.
After reading up on intolerances I decided to pay more attention to his nappies. They are mucousy which I hadn't really noticed before, not really knowing what I was looking for.
So I spoke to H V. Who advised a special milk, dr said try wysoy, which I did, baby seemed happier, poos looked like they were changing. I had to call gp for prescription and spoke to a different one who advised I should have him on LF milk as it was more likely that.
So today he had 2 bottles of LF MILK - he has woken in pain with a green, mucus poo nappy which smells very bad! And his bottom is red.
I have just fed him with the WYSOY again, as I am sure it must be something else in the milk.
We have a gp appointment Monday to get referred to dietitian.
Does anyone have any experiance of this? Could it be milk protein intolerance??
HE has other symptoms too, eczema, stuffy nose, sneezing,
Sorry it's so long just didn't want to miss anything out.
Thanks for reading