>Mom was told by the doctor to cut out all dairy.  He also, said that depending
>test results etc...it could be a rare possibility that baby is allergic to the
>breastmilk.  The doctor apparently had talked with a gastroenterologist who
>made a reference to "allergy".  So how can this be?  Baby is healthy and "well
>developed" for 2 months with no obvious issues except spitting.  Why would one
>think of "allergy to breastmilk"?

In addition to the obvious oversupply possibility, it could be as simple as
baby lying on his back to eat.  I've seen 2 babies whose chronic spitting up
was ended just by having the mom roll the baby to face her.  The second one
was unable to keep her baby in that position - it just went against the
grain for her - but she found that when she used a Boppy he didn't spit up.
The Boppy caused him to roll into her and kept him there, whether she was
paying attention or not.  Boppy - no spit up.  No Boppy - spit up.

Pretty clear evidence that he was allergic to being held without a pillow...
--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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