https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 11:05:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566909 Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:44:23 +0000 YogiRunner 2566909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at 2 weeks of dairy free, due to LO grunting and wheezing at night, stuffed nose, and a face/head/chest rash that I wasn't convinced was normal baby acne. The rash disappeared but nothing else changed that much. Didn't know to check the diaper for mucous! I've started to add dairy back in slowly, especially since it's really hard for me to follow the diet to a tee- I am starving ALL the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566189 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:24:22 +0000 sunny 2566189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a lot of mucous in both our kids diapers. It helped my first LO, not sure if it is helping my second LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566160 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:05:15 +0000 winniebee 2566160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First son was because of blood in his stool.</p> <p>Second son never had blood in stool but had CRAZY spit up. Like fountains upon fountains. And did have reflux. Zantac once a day didn't help but 3x a day did help (went to pediatric GI doctor). I cut dairy until 7m when his spit up slowed down a bit. I am not sure it made a difference in the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566153 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:54:41 +0000 skipra 2566153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, he couldn't sleep because he would just have the worst gas. His diapers became mucousy too but no visible blood and the doctor never actually had them tested. He became noticeably uncomfortable when I would eat meals heavy with dairy and soy so eventually I figured it out.<br /> With my second, his poop turned green and mucousy and had streaks of blood. He went from being an awesome sleeper to a terrible one so I didn't hesitate to cut out the dairy and soy again. We saw one ped in his doctor's practice when I first started noticing the symptoms and he agreed with me. We followed up with his regular doctor who thought it was reflux and we should introduce cereal and if that didn't work, then reflux meds. I ignored his advice and LO started to improve drastically soon after our appointment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566150 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:54:11 +0000 jape14 2566150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@atoz: I honestly think the dairy thing was mostly in my head. We never had any legitimately suspect diapers or anything, just general crankiness, but the (silent) reflux was unmistakable. We went on to supplement with Gerber Soothe which is low-lactose but not dairy-free and had no bad reactions, either, which made me think it was more reflux than anything. </p> <p>We were able to wean DS off Prilosec around 6-7 months and have had no issues since, so even if you do need a stronger med, it can be a short-term thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566147 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:51:04 +0000 gingerbebe 2566147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son had colic and reflux and basically screamed all. The. Time. So we did dairy, Zantac, etc and it didn't work. It wasn't until we did 2 weeks on Nutramigen while I was on a total elimination diet and Prevacid (game changer after a rough one week transition) that we saw drastic results. He was off meds by 5.5 months, I started adding everything back into my diet slowly by 6 months, he was supplementing with sensitive formula by 6.5 months and supplementing with regular dairy formula by 7 months. We weaned totally to formula by 10 months. He needed one month on toddler formula (12-13 months) before he could do WCM without rash and runs, but that extra month was all it took. He is 21 months and has no issues with any food except he gets a little diaper rash of he binges on berries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566140 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:41:26 +0000 atoz 2566140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jape14: thanks! Did you find eliminating dairy to be helpful before starting the Prilosec? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566132 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:23:12 +0000 jape14 2566132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eliminated it for reflux reasons around 12 weeks. For LO's reflux, Zantac really was not helpful. As soon as we switched him to the proper dosage of Prilosec, he was like an entirely different baby. I added dairy back in with no issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566054 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:53:10 +0000 Pollywog 2566054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J had lime green diarrhea multiple times a day. This started around 5 weeks and would get worse over the weekends. We were able to connect that when I ate cake, he would get really sick and cranky. Turns out he can't have dairy, eggs, soy, wheat, or peanuts. Or more importantly, I can't have those :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566020 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:20:28 +0000 walshbee15 2566020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At three weeks old, my little guy was suddenly SO fussy, he did nothing but cry and sleep. If he wasn't sleeping or nursing he was hysterically crying. His diapers stopped looking the way they should and turned green and/or mucousy. He also projectile vomited a few times but not too often. And he had some eczema as well.</p> <p>My pediatrician tested his diapers and there was blood so she told me to cut dairy and soy. I didn't notice a real difference in him for about 2 weeks, and then 4 weeks of being dairy/soy free I could really tell it worked. He was so happy and fun. Most of his eczema has cleared up. His diapers still don't look totally normal, but no more blood. It was a LONG 4 weeks, not knowing if it was helping, but I'm so glad I didn't give up. The diet is so easy now and he's so much fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2566012 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:12:07 +0000 atoz 2566012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: thanks! Glad to hear it helped your LO.</p> <p>@travellingbee: 24 hours! That's great it was such a quick change. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2565925 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:25:34 +0000 travellingbee 2565925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first, he was having giant spit ups, projectile, and was very colicky and nothing seemed to help. The nurse suggested I try to cut out dairy and he stopped spitting up within 24 hours.<br /> With my second (current baby) he had a lot of gas, was very fussy, spitting up, and had very frequent mucousy green and occasionally bloody poops. A pediatric gastroenterologist agreed that it was a milk protein allergy and I am off dairy again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2565912 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:10:53 +0000 catlady 2565912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cut it at around 6 weeks. She was always kind of fussy (she never went through the period where they sleep all the time as a newborn), and around 4 weeks, I started noticing mucus in her diaper and it gradually progressed to green and then finally little brown/black blood specks. I actually tried block feeding first for a couple weeks (thinking the mucus and green was due to foremilk/hindmilk imbalance) but when that didn't work, we cut dairy.</p> <p>Ironically, after a week off dairy, I decided it wasn't doing anything and added it back in, and the day after that, she screamed the whole day and her diapers got terrible and bloody so it was pretty much confirmed. The pedi also tested her diaper at her next appt and there was still blood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-eliminated-dairy-while-breastfeeding#post-2565885 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 07:33:47 +0000 atoz 2565885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you cut out dairy while breastfeeding, what made you decide to do it? What, if any, symptoms did your LO have? How long before you noticed if it helped or not?</p> <p>My 4 week old was diagnosed a week ago with reflux and is up most of the night moaning &amp; groaning, but not crying. Zantac doesn't seem to be doing anything. Aside from the reflux and a few curious-looking diapers (speckled with brown/black streaks) I haven't seen any other food sensitivity symptoms, but I'm going dairy-free all the same to see if it helps. Curious to learn from others' experiences! </p>