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  • Lydia Redgrove

    Member
    June 20, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    Hi Emma, they’ve said that it isn’t necessary at this stage because I’m lactose intolerant anyway so don’t have dairy in my diet that could be upsetting him, and there’s no rash or other signs. They’ve said they wouldn’t look to test unless it goes beyond the normal colic tapering off period around 12 weeks.

    He’s mostly breastfed (I try to pump at night so my husband can feed him on the night shift), with maybe one night of formula every week or two if I haven’t been able to pump enough for my husband’s couple of night feeds (there’s no difference in his behaviour following a formula night that we’ve noticed).

    He’ll often use breastfeeding as a way to help him pass gas I think, but he absolutely hates a dummy/pacifier even with us trying different brands (he had no trouble with the bottle though).