food issues

[ebmomma]

I need help! I have nursed two babies and never had one that caused me to restrict my diet. I think I have one now.

Will has had gassy poop since he was born, lots of toots with every poop. We went through the normal color progression of poop after he was born. About a week ago, he started having green, watery poop, still very gassy and loud. He is not a fussy baby, but does get cranky just before he poops, sometimes just immediately, sometimes for 3-5 minutes prior. On Sunday, I started bloock feeding. I also cut out Pepsi, which was the only gas-causing-food that I was regularly having. Will will occasionally have a polka-dotted poop, mostly green with yellow bits in it, but is still very gassy. Yesterday morning his 'baby acne' exploded all over his face and almost looks more like a rash than acne, small red bumps, no white heads. so now, I'm thinking that maybe he has a lactose intolerance, since I had a bowl of cereal and yogurt the day before the acne/rash broke out, and a glass of milk yesterday morning. Not sure when I had it before that.

So, now, I'm going to give the block feeding/no caffeine a couple more days. If I don't see any improvement in his poop, then I'm going to stop block feeding and have a blessed Pepsi and cut all dairy out of my diet.

Does this sound like I'm on the right track? Does anyone have any experience in this? Any other suggestions?

thanks!!!

I forgot to add, we started him on Zantac for reflux last week. I've been horrid about giving it to him. He gets it about every 24-36 hours. Even at that low dose, I have seen an improvement in his choking and gagging, and there has been no vomitting since then.

[karalot]

Honestly, my first thought was a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. Do you block feed?