Allergy or normal?

My 8 week old baby has been pulling her legs up, grunting through the night and sometimes arches her back when feeding (and then we burp her and shes ok). The health visitor watched me feed her on Wed & said she was bloated after 2 oz which wasn't normal. She suggested she may have an allergy to the milk (we were using kendamil), her trumps were smelly and we were having to do bicycle legs often and help her to go for a 💩. Her 💩 started off as a paste like consistency and then was runny.

We changed to aptimel pep 1 on Wed and she's even worse, she's refusing the bottle, is crying out in pain and isn't trumping on her own at all and is even worse going for a 💩.

My question is... has anyone had similar experiences to what my baby was like on Kendamil, like was it normal baby behaviour or does she have an allergy to the cows milk?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Me and my partner are going out of our minds 🙏 x

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Unfortunately HVs like to go straight to "it sounds like a milk allergy"... When actually other than extra wind she doesn't have any signs of.

Cows milk allergy will show signs of mucus in poo, can sometimes go green (not always), can sometimes have blood in the poo.

It actually sounds more like just trapped wind since baby's poo is a normal baby poo consistency. Some babies digestives systems take a bit longer to mature. Some babies struggle to poo, some get more wind etc. I would try something like lactulose or similar for baby from the doctor first and see if that helps before cutting out milk.

Is there a history of milk allergy in the family? Xx

Edit - also, could be reflux causing tummy ache. So baby gaviscon could be an option too. Have you tried gripewater or infacol? Xx

Have you tried Nanny care goats milk. I haven't tried as BF but my friend used this and swears by it. Similar reasoning xx

Blood and mucus in their poo is a massive sign, same with a rash and sickness etc.

My first son had CMPA and Nutramigen changed our lives (not even being dramatic). My son’s was so bad i couldn’t even wait until my breastmilk filtered out the dairy. He would have jelly like blood in his nappies and cry 24/7 it was horrific x

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