Connie wrote:
>  At 10 days pp mom's nipples were cracked & sore, so she was put on
antibiotics.  Then yeast & thrush developed, so the pair went on
Nystatin; then mastitis diagnosed, so mom took antibiotics 2 more weeks.
Yeast persisted, so mom & baby used Gentian Violet for 5 days.
The entire time baby was supplemented with Similac.  5 days ago  (baby is
6 wks now) Baby had blood in stool and has been very irritable .  After
blood in stool appeared Dr. changed formula supp to Nutramagen and then
told mom to stop giving breastmilk to baby.  Dr. is saying that baby
probably has a rare allergy to protein in mom's milk. ???

I think it is much more likely that the baby was reacting to the cows'
milk protein in the Similac, but of course, it is much easier to blame
the breastfeeding :((


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