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"Janna M. Frelich" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 7 May 1996 10:14:31 -0400
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Deanna:  regarding spitting up

This baby sounds just like my first child, gaining nicely, happy, no
colic, good poops and pees, but lots of voluminous, cheesy spit-up.  At 6
weeks, however, we noticed blood in her stool, and it turned out that she
was getting colitis from the dairy foods I was eating.  The pediatric
gastroenterologist gave me lists of foods with dairy products (milk,
yogurt, ice cream, anything with casein or caseinate, including 'lactose
free' items like tofu cheese and breads, etc.) for me to avoid.  Within a
week, there was no more stool blood and no more voluminous spit-up.

I used enriched soy or rice milk on my cereals and for drinking, used
non-caseinate margarine, and didn't have cheese on spaghetti for 9-10
months.  Before a year, she no longer reacted to the cow's milk protein
and I could occasionally eat ice cream or use milk in my decaf coffee.  My
daughter is now 6 years old and can in moderation enjoy dairy foods.

You could suggest to this mother to try a non-dairy diet for a week or so
to see if the spitting decreases.  There may be other allergens as well,
which I've read in various La Leche pamphlets, may contribute to
digestive problems in babies, but the gastroenterologist suggested first
to eliminate dairy.

Cathy: regarding feeding cues

This is another reference to my now 6-year-old.  By the time she was 3
weeks old she would tongue the syllables 'leh-leh' just about the time she
would be getting hungry, so I always knew that meant it was time to nurse.
That's why my two kids (3 and 6) now call nursing 'la-la'.  (My second
child as an infant would grunt to indicate hunger!)  By the way, she's
still an extremely verbal child with an amazing vocabulary.  But I bet
more visually or physically oriented children have quite different cues.

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