Cian, if baby has trouble with dairy, anything mom eats that is dairy will 
almost surely bother the baby. I am allergic to dairy and if I ate dairy 
every day I would be hugely sick. I can only tolerate it about 1 time a 
week, and sometimes only 1 time a month. Dairy is hidden in many processed 
foods, it is called casein and whey as additives (bakery goods, frozen meal 
type foods, margarine, etc.). Mom can get calcium from tablets or orange 
juice or sheep or goat's cheese or soy milk. Most fake cheeses have casein.

Many mothers complain to me about baby having lots of gas. My son was very 
gassy after birth and it was due to dairy allergy.
What I see with these moms is that either baby isn't eating enough and is 
"farting" because their isn't enough caloric intake or baby is getting too 
much foremilk and not enough hindmilk.

Wanting to nurse every half hour points to 1) baby falling asleep 
immediately after latch on and therefore not actively sucking enough to 
remove milk, 2) baby tries to actively suck and "looks like she is doing ok" 
but really the intake is poor, or 3) over abundant milk supply where baby is 
drowning in a too fast MER and quitting too quickly and getting mostly 
foremilk. Most babies fuss and cry after feeding with a too fast MER. Some 
have ingested a ton of milk and may be "overfull" -- they want to comfort 
suck themselves to sleep.

Mom needs to see an Speech Language Pathologist who knows babies. Or perhaps 
Craniosacral therapy. This strong gag reflex is not normal and points to 
oral motor problems.

The most important issue is to check that baby really is gaining weight. 
Often too much foremilk makes lots of runny, mucousy, and explosive diapers.

Do you have the Breastfeeding Answer Book? This has information in it about 
allergies and foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. Test weights would point to what 
the intake really is.

Best to you, Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC 

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