Cows milk allergy
We sought medical advice after blood/mucus poo and we’re trying dairy free formula. Last night was his first night on this and was way fussier than normal. Has anyone else been in this position and experienced a more unsettled baby at first?
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ahh thank you! We didn’t even think about doing this 🙈seems to make more sense!
@Abi do you mind me asking what symptoms they were presenting with? This is all very new to me and it’s so hard not to panic 🙈
The main symptoms were very loose/mucousy poos, projectile vomiting after every feed, an angry red rash all over the body, screaming and back arching during feeds unfortunately it wasn’t until they both started drastically losing weight that I was listened to 😭
@Abi sorry to hear that 😫 it’s so upsetting isn’t it! Thanks so much for your help x
Babies aren't meant to consume cow milk, their bodies are not designed for it. They are designed to consume human milk.
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Hi lovely! Both my eldest had CMPA. Have you don’t a straight switch, or are you phasing the formula out? If it’s a straight switch they’re likely to be unsettled while the adjust as the dairy free formulas have a completely different composition. We found it easier by gradually reducing the current milk, we did something like this: Day 1: 5oz old formula, 1oz DF formula Day 3: 4oz old, 2oz DF Day 5: 3oz old, 3oz DF and so on, that way baby’s tummy gets used to the change gradually :) xx