What a tough situation to deal with! I certainly don't know how a Ped. GI could have made such a diagnosis over the phone, although I have seen such specialists, including the one who was treating Julia when I adopted her, who seem to think that Nutramigen, or Pregestimil, are the solution to almost any problem! I think an important thing to figure out is how long it takes for Nutramigen to clear the baby's intestines. It supposedly digests at a rate comparable to breast milk, but I wonder if it might even be a bit faster. If the formula being used was a regular milk or soy based one, I would wonder if 16 hours would be too short a time for anything with the baby's stools to be the result of the formula, but with Nutramigen, I think that is probably plenty of time. I guess, if the Nutramigen is the culprit, there will be more of the more bloody stools. Gosh, I can't imagine how unnerving it would be to see your baby's diaper full of blood like that! I can, however, see how a new mother would be intimidated enough by a subspecialist telling her that her millk was hurting her baby to be afraid not to try doing what he said. I think you need to keep reminding her that you are there for her, and then keep supporting her to at least keep her milk supply going until she can get to the point of feeling like the doctor's suggestion was not what her baby needed. It is very possible for her to get her baby back to the breast. I know that few moms do, under similar circumstances, but most do not have the support and practical advice that they need. Besides keeping her milk production going, it can be very helpful to give the formula in a manner that will preserve breastfeeding behaviors which can be a challenge to get back to, once a baby has gotten used to a common bottlefeeding situation. I will be posting something on that topic later today, from experience with training older adopted babies and children to accept the breast. I haven't been following your thread, so I don't know if this mom has eliminated all dairy. Nutramigen is hypoallergenic, not nonallergenic, so if the baby is unusually sensitive to dairy, I suspect that it is possible that the Nutramigen could still be intolerable on that basis. Good luck with this! Darillyn _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html