milk and poop??

Question

So, my doctor put my daughter on milk instead of formula...he said to slowly transistion...so she has been having milk mixed with formula for just over a week now...3oz formula in a bottle and 5 oz milk right now...but since she started this she has gone from 2 poops a day to 4-5...also if she has a little spitup (which she still did sometimes on formula) it smells really sour and looks a little curdled. Is this normal behavior in transitioning to milk?? Has this happened to anyone else?? Oh, and I'm pretty sure she is not lactose intolerant to those who will say that cause she has only spit up like 3 times in over a week. Any input would be appreciated...Thanks

Answer 1

I don't think the spit-up is normal. I've had to give my daughter regular milk a few times and she's never spit-up. The only difference was that her poop was harder when she drank milk. I would talk to the doctor, because she shouldn't start spitting-up and pooping more. She might not be ready just quite yet.

Answer 2

It's possible that she is allergic or intolerant to dairy. That is not the same thing as lactose intolerance - lactose is the sugar in milk, but an allergy to dairy is actually an allergy to the proteins in milk: casein and whey. Lactose intolerance usually only happens sometime after the age of 3 when the body starts to naturally taper off its production of the enzyme that breaks down the lactose. Dairy allergy is the most common food allergy for infants and children, and spitting up and diarrhea are two of the most common symptoms - even if she isn't completely spitting up very often, she could be doing what's called "silent reflux" where it comes up into the throat but not all the way out the mouth. This can be very painful for the child after a while. Discuss this with your doctor, although many pediatricians know very little about food allergies so he may not have much knowledge on the subject. You may need to go back to all formula, or even try soy or hypoallergenic formula for now. If she's over a year old, try looking into other milk substitutes such as rice milk. You can search the net for information on child dairy allergy for more information.

Answer 3

The milk may look curdled because it's been in her stomach so long that it's been partially digested (or something like that). My daughter, who has acid reflux, would spit up breast milk like that an hour or so after her feeding, but if she spit up right away, it was a regular consistency.