what formula was that?

Yes, that’s the one. Lots of moms here report the one with dha/ara gave their babies some kind of gi distress. (Myles did fine on it though).

I think it would be fine for babies with a soy allergy. Unless there’s something I don’t know about whey protein.

Whey protein is derived from milk. It doesn’t contain soy. I hope it works for your daughter!

If you think that she might be intolerant to dairy, then I’d personally try one of the hypo formulas- then you’re covered for dairy and soy I believe. We did goodstart without DHA and ARA only b/c I’d read about the gas issue, but DHA and ARA are in BM anyway, so it’s generally a good thing. We tried the hypos first, but she wouldn’t go near them. If you plan to potentially switch to one of these, I’d try sooner rather than later. After doing breast milk, she was reluctant to do goodstart, and then she found the other hypo ones to taste so nasty that she wouldn’t go near them.

I still wonder if many of Dagney’s issues were from the DHA/ARA additive in the formulas. She continued to have diarhea and vomitting until we used the Neocate w/out DHA ARA, and she almost immediately stopped spitting up & w/ the diarhea! I don’t doubt she needed the hypoallergenic formula, but I’m not sure she even needed the Neocate, if they made Nutramigen w/out it, I would try it in an instant!

Good luck with the Good Start!!

a biopsy will not show MSPI. MSPI is diagnosed by symptoms. though it can be just as serious as an actual allergy.

the biopsy(ies) will show if there is a presence of EOS cells. If these cells are present, then there is an allergy/allergic reaction going on. I do not believe they then test for specific allergies, as allergy testing in babies/toddlers is very unreliable…

if there are no eos cells, then you could be looking at an intolerance

to read the difference b/t allergy & intolerance, go to the ‘main’ mspi link & go to page 2 & scroll down to ‘google cache’- this gives the best explanation b/t allergies and intolerances