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Home » Parenting » Our journey with breastfeeding and MSPI

Last updated on February 11, 2020. Originally posted on June 11, 2012 By Maryea / 446 Comments

Our journey with breastfeeding and MSPI

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Warning:  this post is going to be graphic.  I can’t write a post about Luke’s digestive issues without going into details about his stools.  I figured if I’m going to talk about his stools, I might as well include pictures (which I’ve taken to show his doctors).  I know when I was googling “blood in baby stool” I wanted to come across some pictures.  I hope these will help others who are searching, wondering if what they are seeing in their baby’s diapers is normal.

You’ve been warned.  If you’re squeamish about this kind of thing, feel free to stop reading and come back on Wednesday when I’ll be posting a new dinner recipe for a meatless burger.

If you’re still reading, you must be interested in what’s been going on with my little man.  He’s been diagnosed with MSPI, which stands for Milk Soy Protein Intolerance.  This  means that his immature digestive system has trouble breaking down the proteins in milk and soy.  It does not mean he is lactose intolerant or that he is necessarily allergic to anything (although he may be, it’s too early to tell).

We’ve been lucky in that many babies with MSPI cry all the time or are extremely fussy.  Luke’s never been that way. The main way we knew there was a problem was through his irregular stools.  Normal breastfed baby stools are mostly yellow, sometimes seedy, with a watery or creamy consistency.  Luke’s dirty diapers have always been slimy and full of mucus.

Green stools is another indicator. (Occasional green diapers can be normal, but early on his were consistently green.  I don’t have any pictures of his early green stools.)

Occasionally they are specked with blood, both black and red.

He was also extremely congested early on in his life, a sign of a dairy sensitivity.

Another symptom is erratic sleep patterns.  Luke can easily go from an angel sleeper to a nightmare with no rhyme or reason.  Over time I’ve noticed a correlation with blood in his stool and his most mucus-y diapers to his worst sleep.  Whatever is going on in there to cause the irregular stools must not feel great and therefore causes sleep disruptions.

The only way to “treat” MSPI is to eliminate the culprits from my diet (since I’m breast feeding).  At 8 weeks I eliminated all dairy.  It takes at least a month (probably more) for all dairy to be out of your system, so it was a waiting game.  The only improvement I saw was his congestion cleared up, but his stools remained the same.

At 12 weeks there was still a lot of mucus in his diapers and also visible blood, so the next step was to eliminate soy. After this his diapers turned from mostly green to mostly yellow and his projectile spitting up stopped (I didn’t know if that was related or not and still can’t be sure). The mucus and blood were still present in his stools.

This is when his pediatrician referred us to gastroenterologist. By the time we got in, Luke was 19 weeks and I’d been off of dairy for 11 weeks.  The doctor still thought, however, that dairy was in my system and causing the problems.  He said I could have unknowingly eaten hidden dairy.  This is true, but highly unlikely given my diet.  I don’t eat a lot of processed foods, which is where hidden dairy lurks.   He advised me to either switch to a hypoallergenic formula or wait and hope Luke outgrows the intolerance by 9 months.

I took Luke back to his pediatrician and she said it’d be worthwhile to cut out more foods that could be causing him problems.  I then cut out wheat, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts.  After two weeks his diapers were still full of mucus, but I hadn’t seen any visible blood in that time.  I decided to start adding back in foods to see what the reaction would be.  I added back in eggs first, and there was no change.

A week later,  I added back in peanuts and tree nuts.  I’m not sure why I did these at the same time; I should have done one at a time.  Within days, I saw visible blood again.  I can’t be sure if they were the cause, but I decided to cut them out again.  I put in a call to the pediatrician and she advised me that although it could be the peanuts or nuts, wheat also takes at least a month to get out of your system, so the wheat could still be the cause.

After 6 weeks of eliminating wheat, Luke’s stools finally started to look normal.  They were consistently yellow, more creamy, and without visible blood.

We had two weeks of normal-looking stools.  This was the good news.  The bad news was it took me eating a diet free of dairy, soy, wheat, tree nuts (except coconut), and peanuts to get there.

After 2 solid weeks of good diapers, we decided to start solids (a few weeks earlier than we planned at 5.5 months old)  Details about that are a whole different post, but I will give an overview as it relates to his digestive issues.  We started with yellow  squash.  The first two days there was no mucus or blood in his stool–they stayed the same.  On the third day there was still no mucus, but there was a small amount of blood. It seems the solid food, even the very small amount, was difficult for his digestive tract to handle.

The next day I accidentally used almond-coconut milk in my oatmeal.  I’d been using coconut milk and for some reason just grabbed the wrong box.  Later that day, I was so hungry (snacking is the most difficult on this restrictive diet) and figured I’d already had almonds that day so I might as well go all-out and I had a banana bread Larabar, which has almonds.  Later that night, his stools were back to mucus-y.  I couldn’t believe how quickly they changed his stool consistency.  That was on Wednesday and his stools have been full of mucus ever since.  I guess it will be a while before I can have almonds.  🙁  I am just waiting for them to work their way out of my system (should be less than a week) in hopes that his diapers go back to normal.

We’ve decided to hold back on any more solids until his next doctor’s appointment this week.  We’ll see what she advises.  I can tell that the road to feeding Luke is going to be filled with twists and turns and will most likely not be easy any time soon.

I breastfed Meghan until she was 2 and assumed that I’d do the same with Luke.  At this point I am just taking it one month at a time.  I love breastfeeding and think it’s hands down the best nutrition you can provide for your child, but eating such a restrictive diet has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do.

At this point I am just praying that Luke with outgrow his food sensitivities and be able to eat a normal, non-restrictive diet one day.  Breast feeding a baby with MSPI is a crazy journey, but I’m grateful I’ve been able to continue to provide Luke with the nourishment of breast milk despite the challenges.

Curious about how this journey continued with Luke?  Here’s an update at how things are going with breastfeeding with MSPI at 15 months!

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  1. Tina says

    November 14, 2022 at 11:17 pm

    Hello,
    Following this blog and reading through other comments…can I ask why its hard to get baby to stop nursing with food intolerances? I have been struggling with BF since the beginning and don’t think I can nurse long term maybe until 1 or 1.5 years)….I am afraid this will be a battle..

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      November 22, 2022 at 9:50 am

      I don’t think it has anything to do with intolerances, just the individual baby. Some just love breastfeeding, while others lose interest. I had a very hard time weaning mine who loved nursing. I did extended breastfeeding, and forced him to wean at age 3. You can read about it here: https://happyhealthymama.com/extended-breastfeeding-why-i-did-it-what-it-was-like-and-the-bittersweet-tale-of-weaning-my-toddler.html

      Reply
  2. Arpana says

    October 2, 2022 at 8:39 am

    how is ur baby doing now

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      October 3, 2022 at 11:24 am

      My baby is now 10 years old! He’s doing great. He outgrew all of his intolerances and can eat anything without trouble.

      Reply
      • Christina says

        November 9, 2022 at 2:16 am

        Hi! My baby sounds almost exactly the same and is now 6.5 months! When did your baby outgrow intolerance? So did you decide he was sensitive to all nuts ? How log did you eliminate each food before figuring it out?

      • Maryea says

        November 11, 2022 at 12:29 pm

        Yes it did turn out he was sensitive to all nuts. I can’t remember exactly, but here’s an update as we started testing putting foods back in. He totally outgrew all intolerances by 2 1/2 years. https://happyhealthymama.com/an-update-on-breastfeeding-and-food-intolerances-15-months.html

    • Sharni says

      July 9, 2023 at 11:47 pm

      Hello, I have an almost 6 month old. She has had mucusy/blood stools. We are on a waitlist to see a paed and in the meantime I have started to cut dairy and soy out of my diet. I haven’t seen a massive difference in my baby yet. Do you recommend I trial cutting wheat out too? My little girl isn’t happy so I need to do something

      Reply
      • Maryea says

        July 10, 2023 at 12:18 pm

        It can’t hurt, but may help, so yes, if I were in your shoes right now I’d cut out wheat, too.

  3. Archana says

    June 6, 2022 at 3:42 am

    My two and half month baby having mucus and little blood for more than a month. I wanted to know if she has any food alergy. Can u confirm if u have done still culture test and what was the result for same . Because in my case stool culture shows infection I have tried antibiotic but there is no progress.she is feeding properly and also gaining proper weight

    Reply
    • Maryea says

      June 8, 2022 at 2:31 pm

      I’m sorry I can’t confirm anything about your baby. I suggest getting an appointment with a GI doc. Best of luck!

      Reply
    • Giana says

      October 3, 2022 at 1:04 am

      I would like to say my daughter of 4 months also has elevated leukocytes (white blood cells) in her stool which doctor first diagnosed as bacterial infection.

      We also did two week antibiotics with no change. And then we did bacterial culture which was negative. So the white blood cells were possibly a result of allergies induced inflammation.

      I am doing a total elimination diet to see if the specks of blood in my daughter’s poo would improve.

      So far I feel that she is pooping less (before she would go 5-6 times, now its 3-4 times). I am still hoping that the blood would go away…we are seeing a pediatric gastroenterologist next week.

      Reply
      • Maryea says

        October 3, 2022 at 11:24 am

        Good luck to you and your little one!

  4. Helen says

    March 31, 2022 at 11:22 am

    Hi there, I’m so glad I have stumbled across your blog in my rabbit hole googling regarding intolerances in BF babies. I was hoping you could share the time lines between when you eliminated to reaching a “normal” nappy?
    I am really frustrated and anxious about my little boy’s nappies due to the level of mucus even after cutting diary (in Dec), soya (in Feb), all nuts bar coconut, wheat and gluten and egg (Mar).

    I just need some light at the end of the tunnel and to know how long to wait before possibly cutting something else 😭our GI doctor is adamant the only issue is diary and soya and I just need to wait for babes gut to heal. I’m not convinced when we still get mainly mucus and at least once a week, pools of mucus!
    Great to read your journey and the updates!

    Reply
    • Helen says

      March 31, 2022 at 3:07 pm

      Sorry, I have just reread and can see you have shared timelines already…. This gives me hope!

      Reply
    • Nadia says

      March 31, 2022 at 3:27 pm

      Hi Helen – one thing that actually helped my son a lot when he was younger and breastfeeding, was changing the probiotic I was personally taking. I had been taking a probiotic and then changed to ‘Seed.’ After, I started using Seed I noticed a considerable difference. The mucus didn’t go away completely but it was a big difference from what he had before.

      As a sign of hope, hopefully for this group, my son had some insensitivies as an infant where I had to cut a lot of different foods out but he pretty much grew out of it after 1 years old. And now he pretty much eats everything without any issue. So hopefully it’s a temporary issue for you and baby. It gets better

      Reply
      • Maryea says

        April 1, 2022 at 10:00 am

        I wish I would have known about the importance of probiotics at the time! I now take Seed. 🙂

    • Natalie says

      March 31, 2022 at 3:30 pm

      My doctor also was convinced it was only dairy and soy. When going off of those two didn’t work after several weeks, I did a full elimination diet, (I basically only ate meat, vegetables, and fruits for a little while then slowly added back in foods one at a time, like eggs, corn, potatoes, rice, oats, etc.), and his symptoms improved. Occasionally reintroducing a food would give him a mucousy/bloody diaper, but he was able to nurse and he grew out of it when he turned 1. He’s now almost two and after fighting so hard to keep nursing, I can’t get him to stop! Anyway, my doc was convinced it was just milk/soy, but we saw an allergist who diagnosed my son with FPIES, and I used information from them to see what foods are most likely to cause problems.

      Reply
      • Maryea says

        April 1, 2022 at 10:00 am

        Thank you for sharing your story! I had the same thing with my Luke. It was very hard to get him to stop nursing! I finally weaned him when he turned 3.

  5. Ada says

    November 27, 2021 at 6:14 am

    Hello,
    My son is 5 months and last week he had a allergy test. I know it is different from one child to another but maybe this could help some mamas.
    It turned out he was allergic to many products and on the top of everything was kiwi 🙄
    Then was diary, soy, pea, potato, bell pepper, onion, tomato, wheat flour, rye flour, carrot, cuttlefish and mussels.
    It has been a week since I cut off any of these and it is too early to see changes on my son’s diaper. It is really hard. It seems to me that I can’t find anything to eat. But i will keep trying because I don’t want to stop breastfeeding and hopefully everything is going to be ok.

    Reply
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