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LO2 used to spit up like it was his job, and each time it was an insane amount. I suspected dairy and soy and eliminated it from my diet around 2 months. He spit up a lot less, but we had issues with his stool. I continued to eliminate more foods until there was no more bloody stools. We had an allergy test done at 10 months due to a really bad allergic reaction to wheat. It was confirmed that he is also allergic to dairy and a long list of other foods. I don't see him outgrowing it anytime soon since his numbers for dairy were high. LO1 is also allergic to dairy and hasn't outgrown it yet at 4.

When he started solids it affected sleep & poop, but he grew out of it .

My spitter turned out to be intolerant to dairy, soy, wheat, eggs and nuts. My doc is really anti reflux meds (he pretty much only gives them if baby is losing weight or screaming all day everyday) so we never tried meds but I did go on a really extensive elimination diet, and it helped LO's spitting a ton. I was really worried but LO completely outgrew everything by a year. When she turned two we did allergy testing and the only reaction she has was a SUPER mild reaction to pecans that the allergist thought might even be a false positive (we avoid them just to be safe).

@winniebee: My DD was a lot like your LO. She was a happy spitter, but I didn't like how much she spit up so I cut dairy to see if it would help. She still had some spit up, but on days after I accidentally had dairy or deliberately tried some to see if she reacted, it would be so much worse. When we introduced solids, she couldn't handle dairy but around 11 months she started to be okay with yogurt. I kept pumping until she was about 13 months old and then used freezer stash for another month or do while we tested WCM -- she handled it okay so we did a gradual transition over a couple weeks. Now, she has no issues with any dairy, as far as we can tell.

My mom and I were literally just discussing this. LO2, 6 months, is MSPI, on Alimentum formula, and has been a terrible spitter since maybe 1 month old. He's now maxed out on his Zantac dose for his weight (1.8 mL 2x per day), we're adding an insane amount of rice cereal to his bottles (1 Tbsp per 2 oz, so 3 T for a 6 oz bottle, per pediatrician) and even adding a lot of solids hasn't helped reduce his spitup. It's so bad.

I'm starting to think he's reacting to the tiny milk proteins in Alimentum. Most babies with MSPI can handle the extremely broken down proteins with no problem, but some do have issues, and I'm betting he's one of them.

Alimentum was like a miracle cure for my first MSPI baby, so I'm disappointed. But I'm now thinking we'll have to either switch him to Neocate/Elecare, or start him on Prevacid if his doctor will agree to it.

We have spit up too. Some days seem better. It would be great if 8 months makes things better. That's right around the corner for us.