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Is Buffalo Milk Causing Loose Motion In Infants?

Hi Sir My sis has twins baby girl baby boy of 4 months. Both are suffring from loose motion problem. she is giving her brest feed but also buffalos milk. bz her feed is not sufficient accord to thier hunger. she is giving medicines but no effect. plz tell me immediately
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi...I went through the history points you have provided -

I was expecting that there should have been a history of external milk and formula feed (this too contains milk protein) given to the baby. I feel that your baby is having milk protein allergy. Usually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age.

My suggestions for you -

1. Mother should go off cow's protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow's milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ butter milk/ chocolates/ biscuits/ ice creams etc. Even while buying commercial food products, you need to see the ingredients and if they contain milk - do not consume them.

2. Feed you baby only exclusive breast feeds till 6 months of age and then start rice based feeds.

3. If this is followed scrupulously - the baby will stop having diarrhoea in another 3-4 days and then start gaining weight too.

4. If you feel your feeds alone are inadequate for the baby, then Zerolac is the only option till 6 months age.

I request you to keep me posted about the recovery of the baby and follow of the case.
Regards – Dr. Sumanth
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Is Buffalo Milk Causing Loose Motion In Infants?

Hi...I went through the history points you have provided - I was expecting that there should have been a history of external milk and formula feed (this too contains milk protein) given to the baby. I feel that your baby is having milk protein allergy. Usually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age. My suggestions for you - 1. Mother should go off cow s protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow s milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ butter milk/ chocolates/ biscuits/ ice creams etc. Even while buying commercial food products, you need to see the ingredients and if they contain milk - do not consume them. 2. Feed you baby only exclusive breast feeds till 6 months of age and then start rice based feeds. 3. If this is followed scrupulously - the baby will stop having diarrhoea in another 3-4 days and then start gaining weight too. 4. If you feel your feeds alone are inadequate for the baby, then Zerolac is the only option till 6 months age. I request you to keep me posted about the recovery of the baby and follow of the case. Regards – Dr. Sumanth