Cian, if baby has trouble with dairy, anything mom eats that is dairy will almost surely bother the baby. I am allergic to dairy and if I ate dairy every day I would be hugely sick. I can only tolerate it about 1 time a week, and sometimes only 1 time a month. Dairy is hidden in many processed foods, it is called casein and whey as additives (bakery goods, frozen meal type foods, margarine, etc.). Mom can get calcium from tablets or orange juice or sheep or goat's cheese or soy milk. Most fake cheeses have casein. Many mothers complain to me about baby having lots of gas. My son was very gassy after birth and it was due to dairy allergy. What I see with these moms is that either baby isn't eating enough and is "farting" because their isn't enough caloric intake or baby is getting too much foremilk and not enough hindmilk. Wanting to nurse every half hour points to 1) baby falling asleep immediately after latch on and therefore not actively sucking enough to remove milk, 2) baby tries to actively suck and "looks like she is doing ok" but really the intake is poor, or 3) over abundant milk supply where baby is drowning in a too fast MER and quitting too quickly and getting mostly foremilk. Most babies fuss and cry after feeding with a too fast MER. Some have ingested a ton of milk and may be "overfull" -- they want to comfort suck themselves to sleep. Mom needs to see an Speech Language Pathologist who knows babies. Or perhaps Craniosacral therapy. This strong gag reflex is not normal and points to oral motor problems. The most important issue is to check that baby really is gaining weight. Often too much foremilk makes lots of runny, mucousy, and explosive diapers. Do you have the Breastfeeding Answer Book? This has information in it about allergies and foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. Test weights would point to what the intake really is. Best to you, Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html