I think "lactose intolerance" has become a "diagnosis du jour" when a doctor can't figure out what else is causing colicky symptoms.  Because there is now lactose-free formula on the market, a doc can just suggest a mom tries it and see what happens.

I had a friend who weaned her baby at 9 weeks because the baby was diagnosed "lactose intolerant."  My friend was going to work as a teacher, and because she never called me for information, I have the sneaking suspicion that she was looking for permission to stop nursing.  She told me after the fact.  She said she tried eliminating dairy, but I don't know for how long or how careful she was about it.  She said the doctor had her pump milk, add lactase drops to the milk and first feed that to the baby and then nurse.

I suspect it was "lactose overload" and probably nursing on one side only for a while would have helped the situation.

But anyway, I didn't want to grill my friend about it, because as she had already switched to formula, I thought talking more about it would have probably just made her defensive.

Jeanne
LLL in WI

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