Colief lactose free milk

[Cupcakesandlove]

Hi,

I have birth to a little girl 4 weeks ago and she had always had problems with wind, as I increased her formulae she became irritable and in pain. Of an evening she would take 4:5 hours to settle and would cry constantly and we were unable to settle or comfort her... After much googling I tried infacol and gripe water they all helped with the wind but not what appeared to be a chronic gut ache, she would projectile vomit go red in the face bring her knees up to her chest clench her fist and arch her back all signs of colic... I then read up on colief which breaks down the lactose in the milk. This is now working fingers crossed I'm now wondering is it worth putting her on lactose free milk... Has anyone done this and it cause problems? May I add my cousin also suffered from this when he was born and while I was pregnant I was unable to tolerate dairy (this may be linked)

Is it not easier to try eliminating lactose in the babies diet first than to eliminate cows milk protein first. OP said there had been an improvement since starting colief so changing milk again could cause other issues

Thanks everyone. I think it's early days so we are just waiting to see if it was an under developed digestive system, fingers crossed that's what the issue is and when it comes to weaning her off of colief there isn't much of an issue. If of course the symptoms return I will be requesting a referral to a paediatric doctor straight away! I know how difficult diagnosing an allergy in children can be, my cousin still after 7 years is waiting a referall - thankfully we don't live close so could be her nhs trust

I was responding to the question how you find out if a baby has CMPI, if you know a better way DementedPixie please do share.