I *still* do not believe in the possibility of lactose intolerance in
infants!  The post on this subject said that the mother didn't drink "much"
milk.  *Her* mother didn't drink "any milk" but did she really not eat any
dairy?  And doesn't goat's milk have lactose???  "Any" cow's milk in mom's
diet could cause a problem for a baby who is sensitive/allergic to the
*proteins* in dairy products.  The mother did not indicate that she was
scrupulous about finding hidden dairy in products (like the cinnamon buns I
used to make every day, they have non-fat dried milk in them but who would
think it? ) .  I wonder if the mom tried the "lactose free" formula first
before soy?  If baby was lactose intolerant, the lacto-free would do the
trick BUT if baby is allergic to bovine protein, lacto-free wouldn't help!
It is still cow's milk based formula.
  If the mother eats beef which also contains bovine protein, it could cause
problems in her baby.  Baby did better on soy formula- couldn't it be because
there is no *bovine protein* in soy formula?  and NOT because there is no
lactose!
  My other question about the post is that the mom says baby has "diarrhea"
and "cried all the time".  On soy, his stools were formed and he didn't cry.
Well, if mom is looking at formed stools as the norm for babies, then soy
formula would be the answer.  When is diarrhea really just a normal breastfed
baby stool?  A "colicky" baby might be naturally settling down around the
two-three month mark, isn't it just possible that soy had nothing to do with
it? Or that soy simply slowed down his digestion so much because it is so
poorly utilized as a food by the baby that the baby went longer between
feeds, this seen as a good thing by the mom?  Who knows?
  My neighbor swears her 3yo toddler is lactose intolerant- even though he
still nurses A LOT and gets lots of good breastmilk lactose.  He's just a
crabby kid ;-)

Lisa Jones, LLLL in Wellington FL

             ***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html