Margaret says,

When a mother, doing detective-work on a fussy baby, tries eliminating dairy
from her diet for a few weeks, does that include milk used in baking and
cooking?  (I always assumed it did, and advised people to read labels
carefully, looking out for caseinate and whey proteins in packaged stuff,
etc.)  But I just read, in an authoritative source, that when milk is
cooked, the proteins are "denatured" and shouldn't be a problem.
Since eliminating dairy is difficult enough in the average diet, can a
mother still make a reasonable test for the baby's sensitivity without being
rigorous about small amounts in baking and such?
My youngest daughter had a severe problem with dairy in my diet that started
about 1 week after her birth.  She cried for the first 2 ½ months of her
life, until we figured out that was the problem and eliminated dairy from my
diet.  Then she was the smiliest baby you ever saw!  I always said, she was
so uncomfortable the first 2 months that, to her, it felt good, to just not
hurt anymore.  I believe she was allergic and also lactose intolerant, so I
think you have to be aware that for some babies, it may only be the proteins
they are reacting to, for others, it may be anything dairy that causes a
reaction.  It also took 2 full weeks of abstinence for every one of her
symptoms to disappear, though she was noticeably better in 24 hrs. !   I
must say, though, that I had to eliminate everything even remotely dairy or
she would react.  I once tried ranch style-Doritos that boasted it had "real
sour cream" in it.   It does!!!  My daughter reacted to it!  Her sensitivity
subsided by about 11 months and I was able to have dairy again.  She did
fine with it, she loves cheese and milk, until she was 10 years old.  Now,
at 14, she is extremely lactose intolerant.  Thank goodness they make pills
for that, cause she loves her Taco Bell!  
Marsha, in cold (again!) Indiana who just did a tv interview on the short
staffing of nurses and how it affects both nurses and patients!  I would
love to think it will make a difference....

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Marsha Glass RN, BSN, IBCLC
Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations
as all other earthly causes combined.
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