Darillyn writes:

If  casein is the baby's problem, I wonder if they have tried the popular 
formula  that contains only hydrolyzed whey protein? 
It made a huge difference for  my granddaughter. There is one that contains 
probiotics. I hope the Elecare  works, but it is awfully expensive. That 
poor baby needs something! Besides  the present, misery in infancy can have a 
serious negative effect on him in  the future.



~~~I agree. I see this family struggling emotionally as much as physically. 
 They were already near the breaking point with their older child being so  
allergic and asthmatic, on medications, being so careful all the time. Now 
they  have this new baby as well with his own issues. At least at this 
point, the  mom's supply hovers in the area of the baby needing only about 2-6 
ounces of  formula a day, most recently at the 2 end. The pediatrician is 
aware ( via me,  with mom's permission) with specifics of the mother's choices 
and knows to  monitor for continued weight gain in the normal range, just in 
case.  This  is a huge improvement over her first baby's situation, who was 
much more  formula-dependent in those early months. I also passed on the 
information about  the whey protein based formula. It was the traditional foods 
person who  suggested that the issue is solely casein-related. Since she 
seems to know  little about actual breastfeeding and lactation ( other than 
it's traditional  and she told this mom never to feed her baby formula or have 
him immunized and  other things that do not fit this mother's life) she may 
know something I don't,  or she may not. I do know my son reacted more to 
casein than whey as a toddler  and child for many years, but would get fluid 
in his ears and lose hearing  anytime he ingested any dairy for years, that 
was after the early episodes of  ear infections, ... I stopped dairy myself 
but the hospital had given him  formula behind my back the first 36 hours he 
was born, and my mother-in-law  gave him a glass of milk at aged 10 months 
which seemed to set this whole thing  off. One will never really know 
though... I do know my son was born into a  family of dairy farmers and it was NOT 
easy...:)
 
Peace,
Judy
 
 
Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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