[Woodles]

My LO's Lactose Intolerance is driving me mad! It's at a point that it's inducing huge stress on me!
We've got a dietician and lists and lists of lactose free food from the super markets, he's at a stage where he is full on refusing to eat off a spoon or fork, it's drastically reduced what he will and will not eat! I'm really struggling to get him the calcium he needs! He's a really fussy eater as it is, most of the time he wont eat what we give him. He's at a point where his evening meal is some form of potato (chips, waffles etc.) with scampi, fish fingers or some variation of chicken. He's stopped eating sandwiches all together too.
The dietician says if he doesn't eat it, he goes hungry. I agree with that but my partner is horrified at the thought of him going hungry (and the 3-5am wake up for a bottle because of it).
We're to try him with soy/lactose, then if he has a reactions, try again in 3 months. And low and behold every three months we're met with the same horrible symptoms. Foul smelling, green, slimy nappies, night and day of crying and not eating. He'll struggle for a whole day to fill a nappy and when he does he's in tears from the pain. When i've mentioned it she's said to just keep trying and try to lower the amount he has.
What hasn't been explained to me is, what damage is this going to be doing to his insides, if any? How is this helping his intolerance? Is his body going to one day create the enzymes to break it down or is the attempts at digesting it helping his body?
Arghh, i don't know if this makes any sense. I'm going stir crazy. Every day is a challenge at the minute and driving me insane. What if he ends up been intolerant for the rest of his life, god knows if i could cope with that!
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[thatonethere]

My LO's Lactose Intolerance is driving me mad! It's at a point that it's inducing huge stress on me!
We've got a dietician and lists and lists of lactose free food from the super markets, he's at a stage where he is full on refusing to eat off a spoon or fork, it's drastically reduced what he will and will not eat! I'm really struggling to get him the calcium he needs! He's a really fussy eater as it is, most of the time he wont eat what we give him. He's at a point where his evening meal is some form of potato (chips, waffles etc.) with scampi, fish fingers or some variation of chicken. He's stopped eating sandwiches all together too.
The dietician says if he doesn't eat it, he goes hungry. I agree with that but my partner is horrified at the thought of him going hungry (and the 3-5am wake up for a bottle because of it).
We're to try him with soy/lactose, then if he has a reactions, try again in 3 months. And low and behold every three months we're met with the same horrible symptoms. Foul smelling, green, slimy nappies, night and day of crying and not eating. He'll struggle for a whole day to fill a nappy and when he does he's in tears from the pain. When i've mentioned it she's said to just keep trying and try to lower the amount he has.
What hasn't been explained to me is, what damage is this going to be doing to his insides, if any? How is this helping his intolerance? Is his body going to one day create the enzymes to break it down or is the attempts at digesting it helping his body?
Arghh, i don't know if this makes any sense. I'm going stir crazy. Every day is a challenge at the minute and driving me insane. What if he ends up been intolerant for the rest of his life, god knows if i could cope with that!
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[Woodles]

My LO's Lactose Intolerance is driving me mad! It's at a point that it's inducing huge stress on me!
We've got a dietician and lists and lists of lactose free food from the super markets, he's at a stage where he is full on refusing to eat off a spoon or fork, it's drastically reduced what he will and will not eat! I'm really struggling to get him the calcium he needs! He's a really fussy eater as it is, most of the time he wont eat what we give him. He's at a point where his evening meal is some form of potato (chips, waffles etc.) with scampi, fish fingers or some variation of chicken. He's stopped eating sandwiches all together too.
The dietician says if he doesn't eat it, he goes hungry. I agree with that but my partner is horrified at the thought of him going hungry (and the 3-5am wake up for a bottle because of it).
We're to try him with soy/lactose, then if he has a reactions, try again in 3 months. And low and behold every three months we're met with the same horrible symptoms. Foul smelling, green, slimy nappies, night and day of crying and not eating. He'll struggle for a whole day to fill a nappy and when he does he's in tears from the pain. When i've mentioned it she's said to just keep trying and try to lower the amount he has.
What hasn't been explained to me is, what damage is this going to be doing to his insides, if any? How is this helping his intolerance? Is his body going to one day create the enzymes to break it down or is the attempts at digesting it helping his body?
Arghh, i don't know if this makes any sense. I'm going stir crazy. Every day is a challenge at the minute and driving me insane. What if he ends up been intolerant for the rest of his life, god knows if i could cope with that!
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[loolahoop]

My LO's Lactose Intolerance is driving me mad! It's at a point that it's inducing huge stress on me!
We've got a dietician and lists and lists of lactose free food from the super markets, he's at a stage where he is full on refusing to eat off a spoon or fork, it's drastically reduced what he will and will not eat! I'm really struggling to get him the calcium he needs! He's a really fussy eater as it is, most of the time he wont eat what we give him. He's at a point where his evening meal is some form of potato (chips, waffles etc.) with scampi, fish fingers or some variation of chicken. He's stopped eating sandwiches all together too.
The dietician says if he doesn't eat it, he goes hungry. I agree with that but my partner is horrified at the thought of him going hungry (and the 3-5am wake up for a bottle because of it).
We're to try him with soy/lactose, then if he has a reactions, try again in 3 months. And low and behold every three months we're met with the same horrible symptoms. Foul smelling, green, slimy nappies, night and day of crying and not eating. He'll struggle for a whole day to fill a nappy and when he does he's in tears from the pain. When i've mentioned it she's said to just keep trying and try to lower the amount he has.
What hasn't been explained to me is, what damage is this going to be doing to his insides, if any? How is this helping his intolerance? Is his body going to one day create the enzymes to break it down or is the attempts at digesting it helping his body?
Arghh, i don't know if this makes any sense. I'm going stir crazy. Every day is a challenge at the minute and driving me insane. What if he ends up been intolerant for the rest of his life, god knows if i could cope with that!
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