If you went dairy-free for reflux...

When and how did you go about reintroducing dairy to your diet, and to theirs?

I've been dairy free since DD was 10 weeks old, and it made a huge difference to her. At 5.5 months (about a week after she started solids), I ate a sandwich at a cafe that had dairy in the margarine, and she puked and screamed for a day. Then at 7 months, I had a brain explosion and merrily made myself a cup of tea with milk whilst in a meeting with a client - obviously my mind was in professional mode, not mum-mode. It only occurred to me a few days later what I'd done, when I turned down the offer of a cuppa from someone else. So if it even bothered her, it wasn't enough for me to notice

So this weekend I've had a couple of slices of cheese and got away with it, although DH made me a milo with milk after the cheese seemed ok and she puked a bit extra, but didn't scream about it.

Her reflux generally has got so much better since she's been on solids. We haven't used gaviscon in a good month or so.

So - what did you do? What would you do if you were me? I think I'm nearly brave enough to stop obsessively packet reading, but I'd love to hear other's experiences. Especially about when should I think about letting her eat dairy if she's ok with me eating dairy?

I should add that all the issues seem to be related to the reflux, she's never had diarrhoeaa or anything else in response.

Awesome. That's pretty much what I was thinking, but nice to have it backed up by someone with experience

How exciting - I'm going to bake with butter this weekend.

When I saw the paed he suggested re-introducing dairy after DS turned 1 and just for me to have a small amount in my diet and then to leave it for a few days to see if there is any reaction as it doesn't necessarily show up straight away. Pretty much exactly what Kellz said.