Lactose intolerance at age 2??
My daughter is 2 1/2. She LOVES milk, always has. The first thing she says in the morning is, "Mommy I want a drink of milk." Not good morning, or hi mommy, it is all about the milk. Now, she has always had the same diet and all of the sudden throughout the day she is complaining of a belly ache. Then She will burp a bunch and then be fine, until a few hours later and it all happens again. These are not roll on the ground in pain kind of belly aches, but she is grabbing her belly and crying, well, more wimpering I guess until she burps, not little burps, BIG grownup ones then she is fine. I am just wondering if you can get lactose intollerance, or I guess have it show up at age 2 or if she would have had it forever? This has only been going on for a little over a week, so I am very confused. There are no other symptoms, well, if she gets herself really worked up she has thrown up, but that is not uncommon for a really upset two year old to get to that point. Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions as to what this might be? The lactose thing hit me today because the complaining and burping started less than an hour after she drank a cup of milk, although they could be unrelated, it struck me as odd. We thought maybe it was the sippy cups, and she was getting too much air, but we switched to regular cups and it still happens. What could this be??
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Some allergies/intolerences just "show up". Our DS was born allergice to milk, but was able to finally drink it last spring. He was FINE until summer, when, all of a suddon, he started vomiting after all dairy again.
My suggestion is to do a food trial...take her off ALL milk/dairy for 2 weeks and see what happens. For calcuim in the meantime you can give her vanilla soy milk. Then add in one dairy item a week and see what happens...
The test for lactose intolerance is a breath test that the kids must wear a mask for a few hrs. Real PITA for a kiddie age 2. Allergy testing isn't always reliable either, BOTH our DSs are allergic and BOTH test -
HTH,
Jenn
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PermalinkI actually went no dairy last fall to see if it helped my cholesterol. I was amzed at what it did all around-- I lost weight, I was not as bloated, didn't have direah that I couldn't track down, bowel movements became regular,etc. But in going no dairy, I did alot of research, bought a few non-dairy cook books, etc.
I was amazed to find out that most of the world is lactose intolerant as adults. According to one cookbook (which I can't find), it is actually a gene maformation that makes western europeans NOT lactose intolerant. At this point, they estimated that 15% of americans with western european genes will become lactose intolerant. For asians, african americans, jewish decentants, the numbers are like 80-90%.
According to "Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine" (one of my bibles because it gives it to you staright and not from a completely medical view or holistic view but a good combination)...
"While almost all infants are able to digest milk and other dairy products, many children lose their lactase enzyme by 3 to 7 years of age. Symptoms range from minor abdominal discomfort to bloating and severe direah in response to small amounts of lactose."
My friend and her two kids are LI. The one child can have a cup of milk and be okay as well as daiily yogurt. For the other child, once a week yogurt is okay. For my friend, any dairy is an issue.
But changing to lactose free milk is not a big deal. I woudl try that and see if you see a difference.
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