Valerie may be lactose intolerant. We mentioned that her tummy was big to her pediatrician when she was 6 months old. The doctor said it's normal, baby's tummy sticks out till they're 18th months old. So, we didn't think too much of it because she was tolerating her formula and the whole milk with no signs of diarrhea. Until, 2 weeks ago, Uncle Dave mentioned that Valerie's tummy seemed big. Thank You, Dave :)
I brought her to the doctor's office this week and mentioned that her tummy is still big to her pediatrician. The doctor felt her tummy and said "She's probably lactose intolerant." I switched her milk to Lactaid, and her tummy seems smaller. She's doing much better with the Lactaid milk and her tummy seems normal now.
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Wow? Really? I never noticed Val's tummy before... And looking back at all those pics, she looks normal to me too! I never even associated lactose intolerance with having a big tummy. Interesting.... Did she switch to Lactaid milk OK?
She can't taste the difference but she can tell it's from a different container, sometime she won't drink it.
Get your old milk container and pour the lactaid into that container. Then she won't even notice the difference.
-Ray
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