Saw a mom in my WIC office today with a 6mo.  She mostly breastfeeds but 
has started college 3days a week (was 5 but baby "missed" her so she cut 
back ;-)). Anyway...from birth the baby has been "vomiting" after 
breastfeeding. No weight gain issue (but she also uses formula after baby 
vomits because she thinks the baby is hungry after vomiting all her milk).  
Baby keeps formula down.  I've read in the archives and it seems this is a 
familiar pattern...although it mystifies me...if it truly is a CMP allergy why isn't 
the formula vomited as well. The formula being used is Good Start (is it not 
vomited due to the "comfort proteins"?) Has also reported that baby initially 
had some blood in stools when newborn.  States "testing" has been done and 
the baby is not allergic to milk (but I'm not sure what that "testing" was). This 
has become more of an issue because she is getting family pressure to wean 
because the baby only throws up after breastfeeding and she is starting to 
feel as if she is harming her baby if the baby throws up only from her milk. She 
appears to throw up large amounts (mom took a picture with her cell phone to 
show me, LOL) OTOH she states the baby "LOVES her breastmilk".  I assured 
her that if it hurt the baby's belly or throat she would not be so anxious to 
breastfeed each time and that often babies with reflux just refuse to eat.  
So can someone please help with input as to what you think may be going on 
and what is causing the reaction to breastmilk.  Is it another allergy other 
than CMP that could be causing this?

Ilene Fabisch, IBCLC/RLC

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