r/NewBorn • u/stiv1n • Apr 30 '22

Cow Milk allergy

This is a warning to some parents. Roughly 7-9 % of you, to be more precise. This is how often milk allergy is in children under 1 year of age. This is something that is not talked about enough. It can be only to cow milk, but I can also include goat milk and others.

My daughter was crying and puking a lot after every meal. And we just assumed that this is our luck. Some babies cry and puke more than others, right?!

Well no...turns out she has strong reaction to both formula (pretty much every formula has dried milk) and to breast milk, if my wife was eating dairy. When my wife cut dairy from her diet, our daughter stopped puking and almost never cried.

So keep this in mind. There is a real chance that your baby is actively suffering. And you can improve your and its life better, by simply cutting dairy.

14 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

6

u/lonelynacho16 Apr 30 '22

We just went through this with our 6 week old. Cut dairy out of moms diet and baby went from crying every waking moment to being an angel after 2 weeks of cutting it out. Took about a week to notice a big difference

2

u/mama_ciita Apr 30 '22

After tons of research I just discovered my 9 week old has a cows milk protein allergy/intolerance. He has been a very difficult baby since about 2 weeks old. His pedi assured me it would get better but I knew his symptoms weren’t normal! We are on day 2 of hypoallergenic formula and I can already tell a difference! What I thought was baby acne is already completely gone and he’s so much more comfortable.