Hi,

It is a very rare case when infant purely fed on breast milk can have diarrhoea, breast milk is full of antibodies & it protects the infants against diseases & also diarrhoea. Lactose sensitivity is often seen in formula-fed infants.

Breastfeed your baby & continue to give him the medications prescribed by the paediatrician. Make sure he is well hydrated.

The mother should be cautious about what she is eating as the baby may develop food allergies on behalf of the food taken by the mother.

Till the baby is not fine to take boiled food, avoid spicy oily junk food, avoid dairy & soy products & also eggs since you are breast feeding.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Hi,

I was expecting that there should have been a history of cow's milk and formula feed (this too contains cow's milk protein) given to the baby. I feel that your baby is having cow's milk protein allergy. Unusually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age.
My suggestions for you -

1. The mother should go off cow's milk protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow's milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ buttermilk/ 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 your 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 ago.

I request you to keep me posted about the recovery of the baby and followup of the case.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.