Hi all,
I called docs last week as baby had cough and diarrhoea and they said a virus is going round and because she had no temp, to just monitor her and let them know if it gets worse...
The cough is so much better but the diarrhoea is a lot worse. So today I called and they've basically asked me not to feed her any more milk at all for the next 3 days and to just give her water with dioralyte. I questioned this as she's 7 months and she is on 3 meals a day however she easily still has 28oz of milk a day with a HUGE bottle before bed. The Dr said no more milk and that I need to bring in stool samples every day etc. I asked if she could have coconut milk or other alternatives and she said yes.
I've tried her today with different types of milk and she hates all of them... she's crying for her milk when it's not 'solid' food time and I'm dreading bedtime as she usually can polish off 400ml easily.
Has anyone ever been asked to do this if a doctor has suspected a milk allergy? I am quite shocked that I've been asked to just stop the milk altogether with no allergy testing being offered! I am reluctant to give her no milk and I've just given some of her normal milk to get her down for her nap as she wouldn't take anything else.
I know this will make the stool sampling difficult as all of them will have milk/lactose present however I don't think I can just take it away altogether with only water given as an alternative if she doesn't like coconut milk etc?
Am I doing the right thing still giving her normal formula? Surely they can give her an allergy test whilst on her current formula and then tell me to take her off her milk when they can suggest an alternative/prescription?