Gassy 15 Month Old

I'd cut dairy out and see if that helps. All 5 of my kids are very, very sensitive to dairy especially at a young age. They didn't tolerate dairy until they were much older, 10-16.

Here's what the allergist had me do:

Cut out dairy completely for two or three days and see if there is improvement. If her symptoms improve you can assume it's the dairy. After two or three days off, add a small serving of cheese. If everything is ok after two or three days add yogurt (again, small serving).

There are many ways to meet nutritional needs without milk. I became expert at that.

If this two or three day experiment doesn't give her relief it would be good to take her to the doctor.

Again, I'm not a doctor, just a mom who is experienced in allergies.

Between 9 mos and a year my daughter would throw up every night before bed- after that last bottle of soy formula. She had been on soy from 6 months because she was a fussy baby and it seemed to help. But she had started eating cheese and yogurt during the days as we started on solids and I never put the two together. I truly thought she just didn't want to go to bed (third child-having to leave the fun and not wanting to,thinking along those lines). When she turned one, the store was out of her formula so I just gave her milk-she was old enough. She threw up as usual but went to sleep. Fortunately she slept in our room at the time. At 3 in the morning I woke to her sitting up in her crib, gagging and throwing up. When I picked her up I realized she had a rash all over and her face was swollen. Ton of bricks!! Hello-she had a milk allergy. She could tolerate the yogurts and cheeses but by the end of the day, the accumulation of all of that sitting in her belly revolted. When I added the milk, it was the straw that broke the camel's back. The next day I took her off ALL dairy and gave her nothing but soy formula, soy cheese, soy whatever- and her stomach sttled down immediately. No more nightly throwing up, no more gassiness and no more ear infections.
All of these symptoms came up slowly and it took the one big reaction for me to put it all together. You would think I would know better by number 3 but the other two never had any issues or illnesses. The third one had ear infections from 6 weeks until I took her off all dairy.
She is now 12 years old and has outgrown all of her allergies except for an occasional reaction to a combo of pink lemonade and S'getti-os. She still drinks only soy formula because she never acquired the taste for milk or even soy milk- it's just her preference-but you might want to try the no-milk thing for a bit and see how that works!
Good luck!

Try Mylicon... it always worked better with my children for gas. Gripe water worked better to settle their tummies when they spit up a lot. Mylicon is specifically for gas and my kiddos always felt so much better not long after getting it. There is a cheaper Wal-Mart brand you can buy. There is a dosage on the bottle but I don't follow it. You can give it to your children like candy and it won't hurt them.

It may not be the milk that is giving her gas. If she JUST started using a bottle then it might be the bottle that is giving her gas since she is not use to drinking something that has air inside of it. If Mylicon doesn't give her enough relief at night I would try going to a sippy cup right before bed. Let her drink milk from a sippy cup while you pray with her and/or read her books. She won't be able to lie down and fall asleep with the cup but she will still get her milk and it will help you to wean her easier in the future. Also, if you want to stick with the bottle try a "slow" flow nipple (if you haven't already). Faster flowing nipples will make them swallow more air.

I would start by cutting the milk completely at night. She doesn't need it if the rest of her diet is healthy. Cheese and yogurt are processed dairy so are often easier on the tummy that milk.
Her symptoms do sound like some sort of intolerance to the milk itself.

She might be Colic.....which is what my son was......it's a bear, I found by putting a warm towel over his tummy and letting him lay on it, it helped......he eventually grew out of it, but you should talk to your doctor.

Also, you should try to track what she eats everyday in a journal, and see if some nights are worse than others, maybe it is just one food type that is affecting her...

Have you tried 2% milk instead? Maybe the whole milk is not settling.....you don't say if she has snacks at night, if so, try cutting those out for a couple of days and see if that makes a difference.

Again, I would talk to the doctor. Cabbage is good for upset stomachs and for acid reflux, see if you can get her to eat some of it raw before bed time.......you might try giving her diet 7 up as well.......just a bit, not alot.

Good Luck and hang in there.

Its that bottle of milk before bed for sure. Yogurt and cheese are much more tolerable to the immature system than the milk is. I would stop giving her the milk at all for now. You can try a substitute instead. Do you think she would take formula? If not, there are many milk alternatives that you can try. There is lactose free milk available, but its probably the milk protein that your daughter is sensitive to, not the sugar.. so you probably wouldn't even want to try it. Good luck!!

Baby Bliss Gripe Water - it is a natural remedy and works wonders.

Definitely pay attention to how long this has been going on. It could very well be the milk. How often does she have cow's milk? Does she have it throughout the day or just at night before her stomach starts to hurt. The protein in cheese and yogurt are less harsh than milk so that may be why the others are not affecting her. My advice is to cut out all dairy products for 2 weeks. You might see a change much quicker than this, but it's always best to give it 2 weeks for her body to completely rid of something. If the symptoms go away, you have your answer. If they don't go away, she might have a little stomach virus that she's fighting (but you should also check with her pedi!). If it does turn out to be a milk intollerance, you might need to give her something else until she's about 3 (almond milk, soy milk, etc). Very often they grow out of this. Lastly, call the nurses line at your pedi's office and talk it over with them. While you are testing this out, be sure she's getting her calcium and fat from other sources.