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@meadow my son had very severe MSPI (and intolerance to other things) - symptoms were very severe reflux (hospitalized/ER a few times), and the usual blood/mucus in the stool. Because of the severity of his reactions, his GI doctor recommended I not intro anything until he turned 12 months and had a negative blood allergy test.

I then did small amounts - like cooked butter or baked in dairy. Then increase to small amounts of cheese, etc. A tiny bit at a time. I wouldn't go full into a big glass of milk or something.

Although depending on the severity of the reaction, I might wait a few more months honestly! I would have been super nervous at 6 months!

I tried to reintro soy at 12 months which was a fail. Now at 15 months I've reintroduced soy and dairy and things are going great for us!

My DD was mspi and my pedi recommended the same thing to me at her 6 mo check up. I did baked dairy, yogurt, cheese, then ice cream. I waited a few days between each try and tried them in that order. She ended up having no reaction and I could reintroduce everything back into my diet! After that, I started giving her dairy in that order,waiting a few days in between.

Good luck!

@meadow: how severe was his initial reaction? My LO had quite bloody mucousy green stools when I would eat a significant level of dairy (bowl of ice cream, chocolate, cheese , yoghurt) but she was ok if I had minimal amounts like milk in tea or butter on toast. Her paediatrician asked me to keep the minimal dairy in my every day diet just to get her used to it, as it was not showing any obvious reaction. I was told at 6 months to introduced cheese or yoghurt in her solids as it was easier for her to digest, and she ate it with no reaction at all. Now happily eats cows milk in food and can tolerate all dairy well - just haven't tried cows milk as a drink yet.

If his initial mspi reaction wasn't too intense, I would suggest that style of minimal dairy introduction into your diet to monitor his response.

My son was MSPI and I tested some re-introduction at 6 months. I was really worried too, so I only ate a little bit of cheese once per day, two days in a row. His eczema and reflux appeared very noticeably the evening of the second day. Because I had eaten so little, his reactions weren't as bad as they had been and it only took about 3-4 days for him to be completely back to normal. I know that sounds like a lot, but it was much quicker than the original elimination!

@meadow: that I ate. I absolutely love cheese. I wanted to enjoy the few bites of cheese that I could.

I found that I could have cheese before he could, so it made sense to start with me.

We tried to introduce a little back into my diet at 6 months and he still reacted so we waited until 9 months and had a blood allergy test done (because his reaction was fairly strong with blood, mucous and pain). At the negative allergy test, we started to introduce it in solids first (cheese and then yogurt). When he didn't react, I went back on dairy and then we eventually switched him over to a dairy based formula (I was supplementing with Alimentum).

@meadow: I think I added one slice of cheese to a sandwich both times. So probably 1 oz!