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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Lactose sensitivity

We were having some problems with Elise having alot of gassiness and only having a dirty diaper once a week. So we brought her into the doctor.
First they had me cut out all dairy and beef. He thought she was sensitive to a protein made by cows.And this can be passed through breast milk. This was not the case, she did not get any better.
So they did an xray, and she was sooo full of gas. The next step was to do an upper GI exam. This was done to rule out any twisting in her intestines. Her anatomy was completely normal.
So the next step was to put her on soy formula. This made a huge difference! She was having regular dirty diaper, less gas, and sleeping much better.
She is not intolerant of lactose, right now she is just not producing enough of the enzyme that breaks down the lactose. She should out grow this in a couple of months.

So now we have drops that we put in the breast milk, so at least she is still able to nurse. And have frozen milk at daycare.

So hopefully she contimues to do well, and will be done with everything in the next couple of months.

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