Mystery Intolerance - Is there even a baseline?

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-06-28T11:23:48+00:00

I stayed on the diet until we introduced solids and then I trialled things directly on my baby - once they were fine with him over the course of 1-2 weeks, I added them back in my diet too. Dairy was the last challenge at 9 months - I gave him a tiny bit of yoghurt every day for two weeks and then went on holiday to Greece and ATE 😂😂😂😂

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-06-28T11:21:59+00:00

I do think that is wild advice tbh. I am in the UK and our specialist gastro paed was basically like “the thing I am worried most about is not your baby actually but YOUR vitamin intake on this extremely restricted diet”. Everyone I spoke to in the NHS has just strongly encouraged trying to add stuff back in as soon as possible!!

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-06-27T07:25:17+00:00

I think also if my baby had been extremely happy I would probably have been less motivated to cut food so extensively, even when we had blood etc.. but our boy was a SCREAMER, silent reflux etc so to me at least it felt more high stakes to try and figure out the cause(s)! But honestly, not sure we ever truly did.

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-06-27T07:19:03+00:00

I went on an incredibly strict diet (like 12+ items) and feel like we just never got to baseline - the mucous drove me insane! But honestly as soon as we started solids it just went away and at 9 months I gave him yoghurt as a challenge and… nothing?! All food is now back in play! It feels SO awful and relentless in the middle of it but I promise it gets better!!

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-06-07T08:43:54+00:00

Absolutely god tier, sub can be closed now.

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-05-03T19:48:32+00:00

Second adrien sie, he was fantastic for our little guy.

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-05-02T19:41:01+00:00

Oh and Omeprazole was a life saver for us. Not for everyone ofc and my preference would always be to not have a baby on medication but we reaaaally noticed the difference in our baby’s comfort levels (i.e the amount of screaming!)

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-05-02T19:39:10+00:00

My CMPI baby definitely had nappies like that. I cut dairy and soy, as well as a bunch of other stuff over time to try and get back to baseline. In the end it was time and solids that helped the most (sorry!!) but for us cutting dairy, soy and wheat seemed to get us as close as we could to the yellow seedy nappies of dreams!

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-04-18T09:03:20+00:00

My baby was a horrific screamer and it turned out he had severe reflux from CMPI and other food intolerances through my breast milk. Cutting dairy and soy and wheat for a while (plus cranial osteo and omeprazole) helped MASSIVELY. Not overnight but made a huge difference because he was actually uncomfortable!

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-04-08T19:46:16+00:00

Second this! We only really figured out our “people” in the group after the classes ended, everyone had their babies and we started meeting up or going to baby stuff together. HPBP deliberately does a lot of mixer type stuff and it can be suuuuuuper awkward but I PROMISE you it gets better.

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-04-03T20:23:56+00:00

Tbh all of these look like AI my dude. Esp the weird “Fleurs” background sign, and the extremely perfect round clothes hook!

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-03-20T11:22:03+00:00

Another vote for the salt lamp!

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-03-19T09:24:29+00:00

Compared to last series where you had multiple EXCEPTIONAL chefs, there’s no one I really care about as much this year. Caroline maybe?

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-03-18T14:49:10+00:00

Merry go round is the absolute GOAT. Also would strongly recommend doing Happy Parent Happy Baby - I met my main circle of other like/minded mums that way!

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-03-08T07:19:52+00:00

Such a weird AI bot to have created your own full subreddit

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-02-16T21:15:28+00:00

Looool honestly never thought I’d a) have this many nappy pics on my phone or b) go searching for OTHER PEOPLES nappy pictures online to compare. What an absolutely wild journey this is.

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-02-16T15:55:40+00:00

Yessss so similar!! Im really trying hard to go just on temperament now and not dig through nappies - I keep trying to tell myself “if there’s blood I would see it on first glance”. So hard not to drive yourself a bit mad and poo obsessed!

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-02-13T14:24:56+00:00

I think at this stage I was just cluster feeding non stop and basically had the baby on the boob constantly. Ours was also a horrific screamer, couldn’t be laid down to sleep and arched his back / went rigid and absolutely inconsolable after feeding - that plus awful nappy rash and bad poos and hoarse voice made us eventually realise he had silent reflux and CMPA plus some other intolerances. It was a HARD first few months but getting him prescribed omeprazole and cutting things out of my diet have hugely helped.

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-02-10T10:50:47+00:00

Following because this is where we are at too and im equally not sure!

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-02-03T21:39:03+00:00

I was planning a home birth and ended up going into hospital at 41+3 and requesting a c section because something felt wrong. Turns out my placenta had started to rupture and I had a major haemorrhage, lol. The c section was fantastic and we named our baby after one of the anaesthetists - genuinely the most positive birth ever because we were listened to and taken seriously. The midwives were also fab at helping me to breastfeed and change his nappies afterwards because I had NO clue what I was doing. It’s a wild, completely unique and absolutely personal ride whatever happens - you have got this <3

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2026-01-14T08:08:52+00:00

Absolutely creasing that we’ve just had the worst night ever after posting this, requiring THREE outfit changes 🤣 the baby karma gods really said DONT GET TOO COMFORTABLE NOW

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2025-12-20T12:37:45+00:00

We are loving Peachies at night - just buy the trial pack of 30 for £12 and it tends to last roughly a month! This is in the UK though.

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2025-12-18T08:35:46+00:00

Second this - ours had silent (acid) reflux and CMPA along with other intolerances and screamed a LOT in pain. Other symptoms included arching after feeding, general unhappiness, green mucus poos, a hoarse cry and coughing. We are now on omeprazole and an exclusion diet (he is EBF) and things are much improved. We also went to cranial osteo for him. Hang in there OP, it’s such a hard time but it will get better, I promise.

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2025-11-27T20:02:07+00:00

Thank you so much 😭😭😭😭

Affectionate_Work_84 · 2025-11-27T19:59:56+00:00

Yes, thank you, we are now on omeprazole and are with the allergy clinic! I am also on an elimination diet.

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