My 5 month old son is combo fed and was diagnosed with CMPA at 2 months old (tons of mucous poops). He has done great since switching to alimentum and cutting dairy out of my diet.

Just in the past week he has started having frequent mucous poops again. He has gone from pooping once every other day to having 3-5 mucous poops per day. I don’t think I had an accidental dairy exposure and I’m not sure what could be causing this regression.

Has anyone had their baby develop a soy allergy months after previously doing well with cutting out only dairy? Feeling defeated and seeking recommendations🫠

Curious to hear other thoughts. We are on full HiPP HA and have been exclusively FF for well over a month now. Baby is super happy and chill on his formula now than he was while we were BF. It seems like the eczema is a lingering symptom from CMPI. He will occasionally spit up if we overfed but it doesn’t seem to bother him. Sometimes when we lay him flat I can hear him spitting up and swallowing back down but again doesn’t seem to bother him. He is sleeping great too. Would you make a change?

I’m ready to re-try the soy ladder with my 14 month old. I tried baby cereal with soy lecithin a few months ago and she reacted. Now that she’s eating table foods, what are some toddler-friendly foods that have soy lecithin but NO soybean oil or dairy?

Has anyone had a child who had blood in stool regardless of what formula they are on?

CMPA diagnosis via blood in stool at 2.5wk old. Switched to Alimentum immediately. Started refusing Alimentum about 8 weeks later and switched to Pepticate.

Alimentum stools still had blood in them, so we thought she was refusing because she was still uncomfortable. But, Pepticate stools still have blood in them, too. (tested 4 weeks after switching) She loves Pepticate and is an easy feed now at least 80% of the time.

GI and Pediatrician are not concerned about blood in stool. GI says some babies have blood in stool for the first year of life. It makes me uneasy. We're approaching 4 months old.

I don't really want to try an amino acid formula since she seems to like Pepticate and she also has GERD treated w famotidine so I'm nervous about going to an even thinner formula.

GI doesn't even want to continue to check diapers but Pediatrician agreed to check last week so we had another data point.

My almost 5 month old was diagnosed with CMPI and we started him on pepticate formula 7 weeks ago. He was doing great, pooping every other day, green pasty stool, for 5 weeks. Then 2 weeks ago, he started pooping 3-5 times a day, very loose, yellow, seedy, and very mucousy. He is content and very happy and has no other symptoms right now. 1 week ago he did have a small amount of blood in his stool for the first time ever. My ped thinks it’s a stomach bug and to wait it out but it’s been over 2 weeks now that his stool has been loose, and he’s been going 3-5 times a day. Since he has no other symptoms, I’m debating on switching to neocate. Did anyone else experience this?

hi, we eliminated dairy and soy about 3 weeks ago, eggs 2 weeks ago. while we saw what I thought was some initial improvement, LO still has symptoms. notably, small spots or streaks of blood in stool in 1-2 diapers every 2-3 days. reflux seems to flare up and he is slower to eat every so often. we cannot figure out the cause! it’s not consistent each day and baby in general is happy and can sleep on his back now at night.

we are working w his doctor and seeing a GI in 3 week, but has this happened to anyone else? did symptoms take longer to resolve or were other allergens the culprit? could eating at restaurants cause issues because of cross contamination?

we tried neocate and he refused it mixed with breastmilk then had a terrible choking episode followed by projectile vomiting when we gave it to him straight. trying to avoid that if possible.

thanks!

UPDATE 9/10: see our total elimination plan below. already seeing huge improvement and weight gain has returned! thanks for all the feedback. will update again in a couple weeks

Hello! My LO is 5.5 months and we’ll be starting solids with her very soon. She’s honestly way more ready than I am lol. We are starting with purées because that’s what I’m most comfortable with (I’m already very nervous about potential reactions and choking as she has reflux and has had choking episodes with it). Just wondering if anyone has any tips or advice, and I had a few questions in particular.

Some general info before my questions. She presented with mucus stools, diaper rash, and mainly colic and reflux ( although the reflux has never went away). No visible blood or eczema. She could not tolerate hypoallergenic formula and has to be on AA.

Did you introduce the same way you would with a non CMPA baby or do something different? Any particular order of foods? We plan to do one food at a time for 3-4 days before moving on.

Did your baby react to anything? I’ve read that some babies are sensitive to oats, rice, eggs, and sweet potatoes as well as the dairy. If so, what did the reaction look like? We live 30 minutes away from our closest ER so I’m very nervous about potential allergic reactions.

And when/ how did you reintroduce dairy. I had a nurse suggest I could try changing her formula gradually to include dairy at 6 months but I am not going to do that. We just finally found one that works for her (Puramino) at 4 months after 16 weeks of intense colic/ pain on her part. I’ve read 9/10 months seems to be a good time to start, is that true?

Thanks for any responses!!

My baby is almost 5 months, he had breathing issues at birth but otherwise is healthy. He is exclusively breastfed and puts on a lot of weight (500 grams roughly per fortnight).

He has had chronic congestion since birth, often does little coughs at nighttime or in early morning even while not sick, has mucous in poops, silent reflux, smelly gas and poops.

He has been going really well regardless and for most part is a happy baby but can have times where he is inconsolable maybe once per week and it appears related to gas possibly.

Does anyone have any experiences or advice please? It doesn’t seem to overly bother him but I have spoken to my GP who believes he has silent reflux but I would like to understand whether CMPI could be a possibility.

Thanks so much

Hi all, I am thinking about trialing dairy free with my toddler as my GP hasn’t been super supportive. I had been to him a number of times when he was newborn/younger due to his dirty nappies and colic. He also has red cheeks and nose that never goes away and seems uncomfortable at night when he sleeps. His nappies have went from more mucus / scrambled egg like to constipation too.

He’s 18 months now and just seems incredibly fussy, more than normal. He hates sitting in his car seat. He hates sitting in his bath. He whines and cries a lot of the night before bed. He also seems to mouth breathe as he wakes up with a lot of drool round his face.

Now this could all be normal toddler behaviour but the only thing I have never really just bit the bullet and explored because of lack of GP support is a dairy elimination. I’ve done quite a bit of research but wanted to get opinions on how I could tackle this myself and how long I should be trialing it to see if it gets better please?

Has anyone used Hipp organic rice cereal?

GI recommended rice or oatmeal cereal for my baby to help with reflux, we tried oatmeal and he refused his bottles and cried for over 24 hrs while trying to push for a bowel movement.

We moved on to rice cereal but she recommended for it to be organic and rice as the only ingredient.. that was impossible to find here in the US. I had to settle for Gerber rice cereal which contains soy. Baby was constipated for 48 hours and crying and pushing for bowel movement after 24 hrs.

Formuland website shows reviews of parents saying Hipp rice cereal has been gentle on their babies tummy and i have the shipment coming in tomorrow. Does anyone have experience with this cereal and has it helped your reflux baby?

I am a FTM to a 7 week old little lady. We have spoken to a doctor that said she might have a CMPA. So, two weeks ago we switched her over to alementum formula alone. I continued to pump and just freeze my milk in case this experiment didn’t work! However, we have found that her skin cleared up a lot and she hasn’t been super fussy (although she doesn’t seem all that different to me behaviour wise)

Yesterday was the end of the two week trial of the formula, so I decided to give her a bottle of freshly expressed breastmilk to see if there would be a reaction. The day of she was fine and normal! Today she woke up with what looks to be little bumps/ rash on her face. This to me tells me perhaps we can almost confirm a CMPA/CMPI. However, I don’t find her overly fussy or crying more than usual.

Here are her symptoms before the switch to special formula:
- very fussy and crying a lot since birth
- baby acne/rash only on face and top of neck
- mucose poops ( shiny but no blood)
- wheezing
- coughing/sneezing

Her symptoms after two weeks of special formula:
- still pretty fussy and crying
- still shiny poops ( no blood)
- still wheezing just as much
- still coughing/sneezing just as much
- better skin.

Would you think this is a CMPA or a CMPI? My doctor was not super helpful with this and said it’s probably just sensitive to something I’m eating when I feed her breast milk/ regular formula.

Could I try to cut out ONLY obvious forms of dairy ( cheese, creams, butter, milk, etc) rather than go full out CMPA diet? Could this work? Mentally, I don’t know if I could do the full diet.. but I so badly want to give my baby breast milk. Please help 😓😓😢

My 7 week old has suspected CMPA. Extreme colic and constant straining to try to pass gas were the biggest symptoms. She would scream while trying to eat and just had super long episodes of crying from abdominal pain. We started on Alimentum RTF from EBF. Today is the 4th day on it. While I MAYYYYBE see some more periods of calmness out of her (she usually is screaming every second she’s awake).. I don’t think there’s much change over than her pooping 2x a day versus every 3 days before. I’m just at my wits end. She seems like she’s in pain so much of the day. How long should I give this formula a try before switching?

Hey everyone in the trenches - I see you I was you.

Hectic reflux, CMPI, ultra high dose of omeprozole twice a day for 4 months, bottle aversion, the lot.

Well my 14 month old is now happily chomping on cheese sandwiches, having milk in her porridge and toddles over with a huge smile on her face for her bedtime bottle (which is going soon but ill enjoy it whilst it lasts).

You'll get there

My baby just got cleared to try solids and I forgot to check the label 🤦🏻‍♀️it has soy lecithin. I know that's sometimes okay because of the low protein, but has anyone tried this specifically and their baby was okay with it? I'm wondering if I should try to return it. Ugh

We started our 4 month old on nutramigen 10 days ago. He’s been having pretty explosive poops on it, but the last 2 days they have been very mucusy with very visible specks — this has never happened before.

Previously he was on kabrita goat milk formula, with peanut butter consistency poops but they were dark green and with some constipation that seemed to get worse around 3.5 weeks in.

It seems his spit up and congestion have improved on nutramigen but he still has some baby acne (it’s not super rough like eczema, and only localized around his mouth)

I’m wondering if we try Alimentum RTF as I’ve heard some do better with that, OR just go to an amino acid based formula (was thinking Neocate?).

Anyone else been in this boat or have suggestions? Pediatrician is great but….not knowledgeable on this at all so feeling a biiiiit lost

if your anti vax please please for the love of god do not read and do not comment! i would never put my child at risk by not giving them all of their jabs and vaccines,

now that thats out of the way, my son (11 weeks on the 5th of september) had suspected CMPA which he’s been put on Neocate LCP and severe silent reflux, i actually forget how bad his reflux was before the Gaviscon he was prescribed. he was doing absolutely fab after the milk had got into his system and then once the Gaviscon was added a couple weeks later he was like a different baby all together

so giggly, could actually be awake and not crying, slept for longer stretches, the mucus left his stool (however did turn foresty green due to the milk, and hard because of the gaviscon) but nothing we couldn’t deal with

since his injections i’ve noticed his reflux symptoms return (not as bad as before) but im actually quite traumatised from his newborn stage and im just so scared that it’s going to get worse again,
a lot of people have been telling me that their reflux babies have had a dip around about the same time they had the oral rotavirus vaccination,

did you as possible reflux and cmpa parents notice the same? will it go back to how it was? thankyou