Worried and concerned mum

[Em1705]

Bit of a back story.

My daughter was breastfed up until about 6 months and then we tried her with formula but ended up on dairy free formula due to a possible milk allergy.
Once she started to eat soilds we started the milk ladder and all was going fab! Over the past 6/7 months she's been having milk in her cereal, odd bit of ice cream, cheese, milk in potatoes etc and had no problems. But now that she has turned 1 I've been trying to give her little sips of cows milk and have instructed for the nursery to do so as well.

However, over the past few days she's been having sickness and diarrhea. I'm unsure on whether she has court a bug or its something to do with the sips of milk. My partner took her to doctors and was told to carry on doing what we are already and if it doesn't pass within 7 days to go back as they don't want to do a lactose blood test on a 1 year old. (Still waiting for a dietitian to contact us)

Has anyone experienced anything like this before? Or any advice would be helpful?

I'd try not to worry - d&v bugs are very very common in little ones at nursery, particularly as they get more mobile and interactive at this kind of age and start getting their little hands into everything including one another's faces etc so things can spread very easily. I think it's far more likely to be a viral thing she'll recover from very quickly than a sudden regression of a milk allergy, particularly as she's been doing so well with the milk ladder. I know it's horrible when they're ill but I'd follow the GP advice on this one, obviously if it doesn't clear up do take her back again. How is she this morning?

Lactose intolerance is very rare and if she was fine with your bm then she wasn’t born lactose intolerant. Short term lactose intolerance is common for a few weeks after a bug. Which milk ladder were you following? 6 or 12 step? I was told my children needed to be dairy free for 6 months before starting the ladder.

Hi,
I was instructed by the doctor to start as soon as she started soilds and to told to follow the 6 step ladder.

GP? Were you not refered to a peadiatric dietitian?

The advice I was given was if you think they’ve had a reaction then drop back to the level they passed on the milk ladder and try the failed level again in 6 months.

I would drop back a step on the milk ladder and start again in a couple of weeks. You can get temporary set backs in what they can tolerate after illnesses.
Alternatively it might be a build up reaction to the cows milk so if the loose stools return I stop for 3-6 months and then try again. I'd probably stop the nursery giving cows milk until you are up to a full portion of cows milk too as there might be different definition on "sip" and you have more control over how much they are having if it's only you giving it. My daughter has a lot of allergies and it's only when we are confident she can have a full portion of a food regularly that we reintroduce it into her diet outside the home.