r/MSPI

Hi. My sweet girl is 12 weeks old, and has been having bloody stools since she was 4 weeks old. I have been dairy free for 6+ weeks and soy free for 3+, still with no change. Pediatrician said to cut out wheat and eggs, I did that and still saw no change. If anything, her poops have gotten more consistently bad over time since I started eliminating. Now, GI specialist said to just do formula. Baby is hating it. We are trying to mix it with breastmilk for now but it’s just miserable for all of us. She just wants the breast, and all I want is to breastfeed. I’m suspicious of oats as I have had a lot of oat milk and oatmeal since cutting dairy, but no one seems to want to help me identify what her trigger is. Shouldn’t eliminating dairy and soy have helped by now??? I just feel lost. We did just get a referral to a dietician but haven’t gotten an appointment yet. Every feeding is a battle and it breaks my heart.

ETA: all GI told me was “well dairy and soy are the most common triggers so keep those out of your diet.” Like okay?? Sure they’re the most common but they haven’t seemed to help my baby at all? To me that clearly means something else is the issue. He also acted like me pumping around the clock until she’s ~6 months old is no big deal. I’m just so frustrated.

Hi, i am exclusively breastfeeding my 5 month old son, my diet is extremely strict and controlled as he has had an issue with a lot of foods. So far it’s milk, soy, egg, beef, wheat and peas. Recently he has been having normal healthy yellow poos but today, yesterday and a week ago he has had a poo with quite a few specs of blood but there has been no mucus at all. With no mucus and no poo change and healthy poos before and after how can this be diet related? There are no anal fissures either. Is this serious? Thank you.

My 4.5 months CMPA baby never had a baseline normal. Can any of you guys show me what a normal (what you consider fine/how the poop looks like after recovery) baby poop looks like?

Please mention baby age and if breastfed/formula fed/combifed.

Thanks in advance, it'll really help me decide if I should continue breastfeeding or start formula for my baby who has only poop changes at present.

My baby is 8 weeks old and I noticed some blood in his diaper about a week ago. He also has had some mucous in his poop too, which I honestly thought was normal breastfed baby poop. He is a happy baby and gaining weight perfectly. We saw a nurse practitioner who told me to cut dairy from my diet or try a hypoallergenic formula. I’m having a hard time accepting that it’s CMPA because he does not spit up or vomit and he’s not uncomfortable or fussy.

I tried the hypoallergenic formula to try to supplement and he wouldn’t finish the bottle. I’m willing to try to cut dairy out of my diet but I’m just wondering if it’s truly CMPA. Has anyone else dealt with this?

My baby has confirmed CMPA. I have been dairy free the last two months and we have seen great improvement. Today I ordered a latte online and forgot to sub almond milk. I realized halfway through drinking it.

How long should I dump my pumped milk for? He is 3.5 months so I’m not sure I should use it as a dairy challenge, especially considering it was whole milk. He is combo fed with alimentum, so not the biggest deal but I am really kicking myself for this mistake.