Studies going back many decades show that feeding your baby cow’s milk formula can cause unpleasant symptoms, but does the same apply to breastfed infants? What happens when a mother adds or removes cow’s milk from her diet?
1. Cleveland Clinic. Colic. Updated June 9, 2023; Accessed March 26, 2024. my.clevelandclinic.org/health...
2. Jakobsson I, Lindberg T. Cow's milk proteins cause infantile colic in breast-fed infants: a double-blind crossover study. Pediatrics. 1983;71(2):268-271.
3. Lothe L, Lindberg T. Cow's milk whey protein elicits symptoms of infantile colic in colicky formula-fed infants: a double-blind crossover study [published correction appears in Pediatrics 1989 Jul;84(1):17]. Pediatrics. 1989;83(2):262-266.
4. Iacovou M, Ralston RA, Muir J, Walker KZ, Truby H. Dietary management of infantile colic: a systematic review. Matern Child Health J. 2012;16(6):1319-1331. doi:10.1007/s10995-011-0842-5