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I was concerned about MSPI with LO1. She had colic, some mucus in her diaper and eczema. My friend's baby had MSPI and I had read about it here. I eliminated milk for a week or so but it didn't improve. I also tried eliminating eggs for a week, although I really don't recall why I suspected eggs (except that I ate them daily). I think I did one week elimination of each 3x. I knew a real elimination investigation would need to last longer but when I didn't see any change I would decide I was nuts and nothing was wrong.

LO ended up being sensitive to eggs and had no reaction to milk.

@SeptMomma12: We used Alimentum. It is milk-based, but the proteins are broken down into basically microscopic pieces and most MSPI/CMPA babies can tolerate it just fine.

For LO1, it improved everything instantly. For LO2, it improved everything except his reflux, which is still pretty bad at 6 months. I did a 1 week trial with EleCare (amino acid based formula, for babies who cannot tolerate any milk proteins) to see if it would make a difference, and there was a slight decrease in spitup but not enough to warrant the extra $$$ so we're back on Alimentum now (which is also quite spendy, but you can get fairly good deals online).

Good luck!

ETA - As others have said, I don't think you have cause for real concern. Mucous in the diaper and your mama instinct mean that yes, you should chat with your pediatrician about it. But if my sons hadn't been colicky, had watery green poops, and broken out into eczema, I wouldn't have messed with breastfeeding. Special formulas are expensive and usually stinky. If she's happy, take heart - nothing is hurting her much, otherwise she'd let you know

@Anagram: Yeah, the switch in his symptoms after moving to Alimentum was incredible. He projectile-vomited the few times we tried regular or soy formula. He projectile-vomited any foods with trace amounts of dairy or soy up until 14 months. But he tolerated Alimentum with no problem - still some eczema, but totally happy and symptom-free other than that. LO2 - not doing quite as well on it, but still much better than before. I think he is more sensitive than LO1.

I read that something like 90% of babies with milk/soy intolerances or allergies will do well on Alimentum/Nutramigen. It's a tough break when your LO is in that 10%. I probably would have gone on the elimination diet and kept breastfeeding/pumping too if the alternative was paying for the amino acid formulas OOP. Yuck.

@SeptMomma12: So glad to hear the good results!!! And that's great you don't have to restrict your diet. Glad you got some good answers.

@SeptMomma12: I cut out milk and yogurt, and cut way back on cheese/ice cream etc. I started with once every few days, then once a day, now I can have one or two small servings a day and her poop is fine. The key for me was not to over do it with dairy and stay completely away from obvious soy (tofu and protein bars seemed to cause the problems but veggie sausages are ok).