Dairy Sensitivity

Hey Guys - I know there is an allergy section but thought this might be more well read in here..

Our wee girl has had to start going on formula as I am back at work part-time so she is only getting approx 5 bottles/week. I have had her on S26 Gold infant and the day after she has a bottle she gets grumpy, very gassy (both ends) and has just started with a wee bit of eczema behind her knees.

So I went to the GP and he was useless - said she probably had some kinda dairy sensitivity and recommended Neocate which is SERIOUSLY expensive at $80 for 400g!! And I personally dont think she has a serous enough reaction to it to warrant this level of hydrolysed product..

So in a long-winded way I guess I am asking if anyone else has had this experience? I am thinking of trying a goat-based formula - anyone have anything to add about that?

Thanks in advance!!

Yeh thats a bit off isnt it? I know you can get neocate subsidised if she does need it, so i'd be hitting your doc up for a script if she's right. I don't know a thing about formula but i know you can get sample packs (one or two bottles) which might be a good option if you have to trial a few?

Hiya,

I'd try one of the normal formula's...I started supplementing at around 5 months old. I had my DS on Karicare Gold which made his tum very upset. I moved him onto the Karicare High Allergy until he was older. Now he is on the plain Karicare and is fine....

In terms of the excema you can try a naturopath who does muscle testing? This is how we got rid of my DS's allergy to dairy, salycilates (sp?) and sugar.

Good luck :)

Edited by apriletta

Am pretty sure that the diagnosed milk allergy will mean that they will need neocate which is an amino acid where the protein is taken out of the cows milk. I couldn't give my boy HA as he needs something without the protein & HA still has the protein to a certain extent.

My advice is to actually phone them up, chances are you'll get a free tin to try and they are good for the advice.

Have you tried giving EBM from a teaspoon or normal cup? like a sippy cup??

Thats a bit weird of your doctor to suggest buying neocate when you can get it for free on prescription. As I understand it its very hard to buy it just cos you want to try it as well, when we were trialing neocate and we ran out of tins before our order came in we had to beg the hospital to sell us one they had for another patient and we paid over $100!

I agree with the gold formula thing, try a plain formula such as S26 first. But if you do suspect dairy intolerance I would bypass GP altogether and go straight to the paediatrician, the GP's seem to have no idea about this stuff. I took my son to the GP numerous times with no luck. As soon as we went to the paed he diagnosed cows milk intolerance and put him on neocate which changed our lives. His symptoms were stomach pains, constipation, constant spilling, severe reflux, gas, etc.

Good luck in trying to figure it out. You could also try lactose free formula

Edited by wiggly_jiggly

I bet if you try the standard cheap no nonsense formula she will be fine.

It is the added stuff in Gold that can cause tummy upsets.

how frustrating she wont do EBM! is there any rice based formula out there (closest amino acid structure to BM), have been keen to find out myself but haven't got onto that yet!

Thanks everyone - we persevered with the S26 gold and she is now going really well on it... Maybe I was just being an over-cautious mummy and reading too much into the signs