A frined of mine has a 6 month ds and desperately needs some advice. He has suffered from awful colic since he arrived, and nothing seemed to help it. As he still seem sot have it, the HV and his mum are wondering if it something else. He is quite little, and although he is putting on weight, he dropping down the centiles on the chart. He feeds very reluctantly, and then only for 10 mins tops, is totally bf, and never sleeps for more than 2 1/2 hours at night before waking and screaming in pain. They can manage to give him a bottle of expressed milk but only if he is starving, and his dad does it. He is alternately constipated or has diarrhea (sp?). He rejects most solids. Mum has tried not having any dairy herself as her brother is lactose intolerant. It didn't make any difference over a 2 week period. She hasn't given him anything with gluten in either, although she eats it herself. They have a supportive HV who has referredher to the GP, who has in turn referred him to the paed at the hospital, although the appointment is not until December. Any suggestions? Don't think it is teething. Other than the above (!) he is a relatively happy chappie and doing all the right things development-wise. If it is gluten intolerance, how can she ensure he still gets all his calories and vitamins and things?