Anyone ever switched from Soy formula back to breast milk ?

My daughter is on soy. She needed to start soy because she had an irritation to her regular formula (cow's milk). She was having diarrhea on it all of a sudden. The doc told me to give her soy for 5 days and then slowing introduce her old milk. She did very well on the soy and her diarrhea stopped in hours. After the fifth day I started introducing the regular formula and her diarrhea started to return with in a day. So I put her back on soy and then her bowel movements decreased and it seemed like she was now beginning to become constipated. So after about a week of figuring out what was the correct balance, we figured out that she does well on half of soy and half of her regular formula. Her bowel movements are normal and are consistent. She is less gassy then she was when she was on %100 cow's.

I have her on Isomil Soy, and Enfamil A+

Your breast milk should be good for 6 months in the deep freezer. Keep pumping you should be able to give her your breast milk again.

How much milk do you pump at one time? How is your milk supply? Sometimes some of the symptoms that you mentioned when breastfeeding is caused from an imbalance of foremilk and hindmilk. MOthers usually report that they have a lot of milk, they leak a good amount and when they have a let down the milk pours out really fast, when pumping they get a large amount in a short amount of time.

http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=com_content&vi...

Edit - you could try pumping for 24 hours - collect all your milk into one container and mix it together and then try to give it to her. Each time you make her a new bottle make sure that you have mixed the milk well and see if it works. Make sure each time that you pump you try to empty the breast as much as you can.

If she is doing well on soy formula, then she probably has a milk allergy or intolerance. Try eliminating dairy products and ingredients from your diet and things should improve. It is important to watch for hidden milk ingredients too. Check this link for things to eliminate from your diet: http://www.godairyfree.org/Table/Food-to-Eat/

the average amount to pump is .5-2 oz... so if you get 3-4 oz and haven't nursed in 2 weeks, then original culprit was definitely oversupply! With that typically comes for/hind-milk imbalance & OAL. I would try putting baby back to breast, if you have trouble then see an IBCLC.

If the symptoms return, I would start uphill nursing, wait a week & if there is no improvement begin block feeding (nursing from the same breast for a set amount of time. Usually 4 hours, but I would have an IBCLC recommend a block time to start with, she may think 2 hours and want to increase in time)

http://kellymom.com/bf/supply/fast-letdown.html

After those steps have been exhausted, and symptoms haven't improved... It may be necessary to go dairy-free if you want to bf. It takes at least 2 weeks for dairy to leave your system, and keep an eye out for hidden dairy!

http://kellymom.com/babyconcerns/food-sensitivity....

Did you try eliminating dairy products from your diet? Try that for a few weeks before you stick with soy.