I agree with Lynn, that Alimentum is not non-allergenic, so the fact that this baby didn't improve on it is not evidence that eliminating dairy from mom's diet would not help. I remember an article looking at rates of cow's milk allergies in infants, by type of formula. It showed that most babies who could not tolerate the standard cow-milk based formulas did better on casein hydrolysate formulas, but there were a few who did not. This would have been before they came out with Alimentum, but I believe the protein for that is the same as in Nutramigen and Pregestimil. I do have another article suggesting that some babies who cannot tolerate the casein hydrolysate formulas improve on a whey hydrolysate formula, if that is any help. (Whey Protein Hydrolysate Formula for Infants with Gastrointestinal Intolerance to Cow Milk and Soy Protein in Infant Formulas, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1990) Darillyn Starr _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [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