https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 01:20:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-dairy-free-for-your-lo-1#post-1772991 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:22:50 +0000 gilmoregirl 1772991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: You're right. Thanks for putting it that way...*something* was working that weekend, which means we'll get there again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-dairy-free-for-your-lo-1#post-1772971 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:13:45 +0000 catlady 1772971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gilmoregirl: That happened to me at Christmas, I ate something with butter and only figured it out later. You could try "re-starting" the clock at the wedding date and then see if your LO gets well again within 3-4 weeks of then. Good luck! It's promising that you were able to get him clear once after just eliminating dairy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-dairy-free-for-your-lo-1#post-1772952 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:05:39 +0000 gilmoregirl 1772952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: It's a good question, because I'm not 100% sure. Once his poop had cleared up for about 24 hours, I went ahead and ate dinner at a wedding. It was just meat and veggies but it seems likely that something was cooked in butter. So I guess I need to give it more time but I'm driving myself particularly crazy today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-dairy-free-for-your-lo-1#post-1772805 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:49:16 +0000 catlady 1772805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gilmoregirl: It took a really long time for my LO to totally clear up and I drove myself nuts looking at the poops and going crazy about my diet, so I understand! I hate to ask, but are you absolutely sure you haven't eaten any hidden dairy? In my case, we figured out that LO was MSPI in November, and I ended up eating a small amount of dairy at both Thanksgiving and Christmas because my family members thought they were making things dairy-free but they messed up. In one case, it was gravy that had whey in it, which my dad didn't even realize was dairy. My LO is super sensitive, so those little exposures really got her sick. Once I basically started bringing my own food everywhere and not eating out anymore (sigh), it took 3-4 weeks for her to seem better. If you are absolutely certain you've been dairy free, then I agree with the previous posters who suggested trying to take soy out too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-dairy-free-for-your-lo-1#post-1772692 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:27:15 +0000 gilmoregirl 1772692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks. I am mostly off soy but I might as well try cutting it specifically. I am really struggling to cut foods when it doesn't seem to help. I'm so stuck on the one weekend of normal poop because I have no clue what I did differently then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-dairy-free-for-your-lo-1#post-1772464 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:42:12 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 1772464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was diagnosed at 2 weeks old because she had mucousy poop and the Dr did a blood test. She told me to go on dairy and soy free diet and I went back in 2 weeks later and tested DD's poop again and there was no more! So it took 2 weeks for us. But eliminating soy is really hard since it's in almost all processed quick food. I would suggest eliminating soy and see if that makes a difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-dairy-free-for-your-lo-1#post-1772441 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:34:44 +0000 MamaMoose 1772441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It can take up to 5 weeks (three weeks to get out of your system and then 2 weeks to get out of LO's system). But it's very possible that your LO has (an) additional intolerance(s) and that's why you aren't seeing major improvements. Of babies who have dairy intolerance approximately 40% also have soy intolerance. In our case my baby had a whole host of additional intolerances so it took a long time to get her symptom free because I had to keep eliminating additional things. If you are seeing very minimal improvement after 3 weeks I would probably suggest eliminating soy too for a few weeks and seeing what happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-dairy-free-for-your-lo-1#post-1772408 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:21:59 +0000 gilmoregirl 1772408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How long was it until you saw a change? </p> <p>I'm about 3 weeks off dairy at the suggestion of the ped because my son has green, mucousy poop with blood. I think there is less blood because I'm not seeing the red streaks anymore but no other change but for two days of normal poop July 12-13. </p> <p>I know it can take a while but it's just not sitting right with me and I'm struggling today. </p>