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cows milk and mothers milk
Swedish university study shows mothers that drink cows milk while breastfeeding can lead to colic in their babies. Althought this is not a home run as far as numbers go it does occur more often than the placebo patients. The study was a double blind crossover consisting of 66 mothers who breast fed. They were all put on a diet without cows milk, 35 of the babies colic disappeared, 2 of the mothers...
Temporary Lactose intolerance ?
Is colic temporary lactose intolerance? In my opinion no, as there are breastfeeding mothers who don’t drink cows milk that still have colicky babies. This study linked below shows something surprising to me, namely that the crying time was reduced by between  10%-38% when lactase was used (lactase helps digest cows milk lactose). I am still not that convinced, read on here http://www3.inte...
Yet another study linking Cows Milk to colic
This again is only a small study, 19 babies. But 68% improvement when taken off cows milk is quite significant In my case my first son is lactose intolerant, and we did not find out to wait if my second son was, we put him straight on to Nutrigimen (hypoallergenic formula) The link is to the pdf file complete article This again is only a small study and a little old (1989), only 19 babies. But 68%...
Parent training the key to colic
Forget baby gas, forget cows milk cures, we already know they are not the cause of colic. Deal directly with the crying and save time. Using hypoallergenic formula as a solution to colic has been recognized as a winning way to reduce the daily crying time for colicky babies (cows milk being hard to digest). The other main one is to deal with ingested gas. But a study way back in 1988 showed that c...
Cows milk affects babies that breastfeed too.
There have been quite a few studies linking cows milk to colic, but often people say this cannot be correct since breastfed babies also get colic. Well now a study says that if mother drinks cows milk, it gets through to the breast milk and effects baby as well. The study was not a large study, but the results were quite overwhelming. 66 mothers that had colicky babies and that breastfed were take...