Goodness. We went to our first appt. with the new ped. GI (our old one left the practice). Today was supposed to be a follow up. I am just a bit puzzled by the advice he gave me. Let me know what you think.
I told him that Evie had been doing great on hidden dairy, cheese and yogurt and that I did a transition myself about a month ago with about 7 scoops neocate and one scoop good start. This went well for about 3 days and then on the 3rd or 4th day, the mucous diarrhea was horrific. So, I stopped all dairy, soy again and symptoms resolved. I told him also that it could’ve been a coincidence b/c of all the other dairy she had been doing fine on. Maybe it was just a virus??? Anyhow, he tells me to begin transitioning her to soy milk. Not soy formula–soy milk, using 7 parts neocate one part soy milk and to see how this goes. I ask him about goats milk, he tells me that it doesn’t have enough folic acid, I ask him about fortified rice milk, he tells me its all carbs. Then… he tells me that if the soy doesn’t work, I should start giving her OJ with calcium added!! She’ll be a year in about two weeks. Did I just get med school advice circa 1980?? Or does this sound right to anyone??!!!?!
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