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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi op - how are his poops? This sounds a bit like my son (though we didn’t have gagging) but he would wake up every 20-30 min in what seemed like pain. He turned out to have a dairy (and maybe soy) protein allergy. It goes away usually by their 1st birthday but some babies can’t digest the proteins in dairy, and less commonly soy (sometimes egg). Blood in the stool is a telltale sign but my baby didn’t have detectable blood in his stool, just mucous in his poop plus the constant crying and difficulty with sleep. If you do notice these signs, first thing is to stop eating dairy yourself if you are breastfeeding. If that doesn’t help and you don’t see a drastic difference, you can also try getting rid of soy but don’t kill yourself over this, my LC said they are finding in new research the soy allergy is actually less common. Egg can also be a culprit. But don’t just go off everything - I made that mistake at first and it was hard to figure things out. Try dairy and go from there. My son ended up on a hypoallergenic formula because my diet f changes didn’t make enough of a difference. He is on alimentum ready to feed which I recommend as a good one to start if baby is already on formula and you want to try a hypoallergenic one. There are Facebook groups about this and they can be helpful, and also harmful, so tread lightly. [/quote]

I think his poops are fine.  They look like what newborn baby poops look like.  He does struggle a bit but doesn’t seem upset.  I don’t eat a lot of dairy, maybe a piece of cheese every other day.  I’ll cut it and see if it helps.[/quote]

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