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We were good once we eliminated all trace dairy, and DS outgrew it around a year. I think he could handle baked dairy and me eating dairy before that but my memory is fuzzy. Could you be getting trace dairy? In some lunch meats, most meats at restaurants, most crackers and breads etc?

Well, you could try writing down what you eat daily and the quality of diapers daily. It might not be clear because reactions can be delayed or cumulative, but maybe you will notice that the reactions are always happening, for example, when you eat one specific food and you will be able to eliminate that and add others back in. Fingers crossed! Can you try an allergist or GI specialist instead of your pediatrician?

following this - we are currently in limbo, 8 week old babe had green mucousy poops with blood streaks 12 hrs after having the rotavirus vax. paediatrician has told me to keep eating normal diet for 2 weeks, and if there is no improvement then to go back and we move forward with elimination of dairy. so far, it seems that she has gone back to yellow breastmilk poops, but every so often a green one comes back. still have another week to go.

With #1 the blood cleared up when I finally figured out what she was reacting to. It was dairy, soy, and almonds. It took me past four months to figure it out and it was hit or miss with eliminating foods. She started to outgrow it around one. With #2 I eliminated dairy and soy a month before I was due, but he was still reacting to something so I went on a total emigration diet (pears, apples, bananas, turkey, rice, sweet potatoes, olive oil and potatoes) for two weeks then added things back in. It was hard but I didn't want to go through all the trying to figure out what it was like before. He reacts to dairy, soy, almonds and gluten. He's only three months so I'm not sure when he'll outgrow it but hopefully by one!

Oh poor dude (and you!) you've eliminated so much!! I wonder if trace amount me are sneaking in? Soy can be sneaky. I would visit an allergist or other specialist.

FYI - my sisters daughter had a ton of sensitivities. She was BFing and similarly? Gf, DF, soy nut and s few others and her daughter totally outgrew all of them.

My son is almost 5 months and we have been on this rollercoaster for a while now. He's multiple food protein intolerant - milk soy and other stuff too. It is trial and error. The first thing you need to do is get yourself to a good pediatric GI!!! In our experience our pediatrician really doesn't know anything about it.

My son also has severe reflux. We started by just eliminating dairy, although I wasn't doing a good job of eliminating "hidden dairy" (just the obvious stuff like milk, cheese, etc). He was getting worse and worse (hospital trips for the reflux - choking, aspiration concerns, etc). So his GI said we should either try hypoallergenic formula or an elimination diet for me. I went on the elimination diet. I eliminated all Top 8 allergens. (This was around the end of September 2015).

For the first 3 days, the GI suggested we try LO on Alimentum to give his gut a chance to heal. Well, I tried 1 bottle of it and he had a very severe reaction (vomiting every 3-5 minutes, screaming, choking), so apparently he's super, super sensitive to milk protein.

The other thing I've done is keep a strict food diary and I discovered through trial and error certain foods that affect him - I had to cut corn, chocolate (even dairy free), tomatoes, and strawberries.

In spite of all that, we STILL had an episode of visual blood in the stool right around Christmas, and when we went to the GI on 12/28, the occult blood test came back positive. Our GI is very pro BF but he suggested it might be time to try an elemental formula. But LO refuses to drink it (it is nasty).

So, I went on a very strict total elimination diet starting 12/29/15. I only ate turkey, sweet potatoes, rice, zucchini, olive oil and pears. I experimented with removing the rice for a while and that didn't seem to be an issue. This has improved his diapers - we still have mucus, but no more blood. And I've even seen a few seedy poops, which I think is a good sign. I am SLOWLY reintroducing foods now, one at a time. So far I have introduced chicken, bananas, and romaine lettuce, and so far so good with all of those. I have done some research on my own for least allergenic foods and I am generally trying to introduce lower allergen foods first.

I can't say I really recommend doing this diet, it has been one of the hardest things I've ever done. I am underweight, I don't feel well (I really feel malnourished!), it is generally not healthy for me. But I wanted to keep BFing and LO wouldn't drink the elemental formula.

We'll see when he grows out of it. His GI thinks he may have FPIES (which is basically like MSPI on steroids - gets worse on solid foods, doesn't go away as soon). She also wants us to delay solids a bit. I am already nervous about solids, not sure what he'll react to.

It could really be anything! If I were you I might consider cutting top 8 allergens and other common "trigger" foods like corn, tomatoes, citrus, strawberries. If you think you can do it. And if that helps, then reintroduce one at a time to figure out what the problem is. Or, try an elemental formula like Neocate or Elecare.

Weird question: do you eat a lot of beef? It turns out that my MSPI baby was also cross-reactive to beef. Apparently, about 5% of kiddos are.

My LO never had blood in her diaper, but her poop was mucousy. Our main "tells" were screaming like the Dickens and near constant projectile vomiting. We discovered the beef when I went away for the weekend and had it several times (we almost never eat it at home). She was also sensitive to wheat, but never in my diet.

She outgrew it at 13 months, so there is light at the end of the tunnel. Hang in there, Mama!!