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Experience with baby allergies?

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pigsmayfly. Tue 23-Aug-22 20:22:58

My 3.5 month old grandson is breasted and has been struggling with his digestion. He has had green, frothy nappies from the time he had his first vaccines, more latterly yellowish but very full of mucus. My daughter cut out dairy products from her diet but is told by doctors etc that he must be allergic to cows milk even though she hasn’t eaten dairy in weeks. His weight gain is slow these days and he gets tired easily. Grabs, gave any if you any matching experience that may help? I’m quite concerned.

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NotSpaghetti Thu 25-Aug-22 14:39:02

My daughter-in-law told me about preparing baby formula incorrectly and how you must put the water in first before the powder. She has a friend who did it the other way and had multiple problems with the baby's bowels over a couple of months including frothy stools.
She happened to make up a bottle in front of someone who worked in a nursery and they explained about the need to be very accurate about proportions. Problem solved pretty much overnight.

This baby is breast fed though so not a solution in this case but I think it's still interesting.

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noeljoy12 Fri 26-Aug-22 21:46:12

Hi! I'm a current breastfeeding mother, and I have been nursing for 4 years now (two children). It sounds like a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance to me. Too much of the foremilk can cause green frothy poops and doesn't help with weight gain. Here is an article but I strongly encourage her to find a lactation specialist.

kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/basics/foremilk-hindmilk/

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Callistemon21 Fri 26-Aug-22 21:57:23

Interesting, noeljoy ?

I'm sure it will be helpful.

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