Hello Lactnetters: I am having trouble with advise that docs gave a mother who had a baby with blood in the stool. Baby is 2 mo/old, completely breastfed to now, gained 4.5 pounds since birth. This mother had several docs tell her that the blood in the stool was caused by her breastfeeding. They had her take the baby off the breast and feed pedialite for 24 hours. They then put baby on lactose free formula. According to the mother after 3 or 4 days the stool "almost" cleared up. Doc. has told her to try breast again this week (Thurs.) after mother has gone dairy free for a week. But they also told her to pump and store milk. Questions: 1) Is this possible that breastmilk caused the blood in the stool? After two months of perfect breastfeeding? 2) Why would doc. tell her to store milk if they suspect lactose intolerance and her milk would have had lactose at least at first? Anybody with any gems of wisdom would be very appreciated. libby in Texas [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html