Hi Anne
yes, the little girl is cows milk intolerant, and   mum did eliminate cows milk products  from the diet.  So I'm sure that  that is somethig to do with it.  I know she did eliminate it as she talked about  trying buffalo milk as an alternative, [this is fairly easily available in our area as there is a farm with a herd.  I know animal milk  is not  essential but  often mums  want an alternative  to substitute in the diet to   make it easy to prepare food for the rest of the family].  The article is a really  interesting one  and I will forward her the link, she  will be very interested in it, and it's possible soemthing in it might ring bells.  O do remember hearing that if someone is cows milk intolerant  they are  more likely to be soy intolerant which didn't show up here.

Helen

Helen Butler asked about a baby who experienced constipation  
following introduction of solids.

Constipation can be a sign of cow's milk intolerance.

See http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/339/16/1100

for a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, Volume  
339, number 16, pages 1100-1104, October 15, 1998.
It is titled "Intolerance of Cow's Milk and Chronic Constipation in  
Children."


> Conclusions: In young children, chronic constipation can be a  
> manifestation of intolerance of cow's milk.
>

This is something to consider, if it hasn't been already, with this  
family.  You can also do a Google search on "Constipation and  
introduction of cow's milk in infants" to bring up additional articles.

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