baby cant eat food without being so ILL- please help!

[jkb]

Hi

I am hoping someone out there has some advice for me please

My baby is coming up for 8 months old now.
I had a thread on here previously when i tried to wean her at 23 weeks..The reason I did this was she has a diary allergy & I am completly breastfeeding & dairy free & so will have to go very slowely with introducing one thing at a time... & so I started a little early.... anyway... it went horribly wrong... within a couple of hours of giving just pure baby rice with my breastmilk...she started all her previous refluxy symptoms that she had before I went dairy free- Hiccups-wet burps, arching her back & crying & crying & lots of tummy sounds. I asked you guys on here & my paedatriction & you all said her system just may not be ready.. to wait & try again....
well I did.. The second attempt was at 31weeks- so she should be well & truely ready!
I did her pear for 2 days, rice for 2 days, banana for 2 days & she LOVED IT.. whoofed it down! but ...she was so bad..in so much pain?!!!!
within a couple of hours again of her first feed I started to see her getting narky & cranky..with lots of wet burps, hiccups etc.. as the days went on it got worse & worse..she just cried & clung to me all day long.. & so after 6 days we stopped... then after no food for 2 days... she was back to my normal happy little girl??
No this reaction seems to be no matter WHAT i feed her? so its not an allergic reaction to the things im trying ( No rash, no runny poo) ..i just feel that she cannot digest solid food ??

we have seen a gastro doc.. hes baffled.. cannot understand what the problem is.. & we have one month.. to try again with yet more different foods & if she reacts this way again then they are going to admit her to see if she has somthing wrong with her tummy

So I just wanted to know has anyone had an experience like this or any advice??
My baby cannot eat food without being in agony & we just dont know why?

(She is 100% BF now & weight is fab (50th centile all the way since birth), she seems satisfied with the milk & is completly happy..as long as we dont give solids.)

I would stick with just one food for at least a week.

Why do they think it is not an allergic reaction? Because she has no rash as well?

It sounds as though the baby rice is the common denominator here, so perhaps avoid that.

Good luck.

Thank you... they dont think allergic reaction because she reacts to all the different foods i try in the same way (have tried 6 things) they think its more a digestion issue.. but dont know what.. I have googled (as u do !) & it may be her enzymes are not developed to digest starches & sugars?

I think that there are often medications that can treat these issues aren't there?

In a patient I had (I'm slt) many years ago, the problems were caused to the child because the condition was not picked up early.

Obviously, I don't know all the ins and outs of these conditions but thankfully you have a specialist onside to help.

My baby is the same age and also had reflux. When I started weaning her we had lots of the symptoms come back too, but I persisted. Gave her only a little at a time and before I knew it, she is a fully fledged solids lover. Good luck.