This is a long story, but I'll try to condense it as much as possible. I'm a mom of two, my oldest is 5 (girl) and youngest is 9 weeks (boy). I have been exclusively breastfeeding him. Around 4/5 weeks old we found out that he has a milk protein allergy (mpa) so I stopped eating any dairy and soy (and eventually peanuts too bc there's a fam history of nut allergy). Fast forward 4 weeks (which is approximately how long it takes to get out of my system and his) and even though he seemed in less discomfort he was still having a lot of his other symptoms, so I took him back to the doctor and he still tested positive which indicates he's still having a reaction. The doc asked me to give him the special formula for babies with mpa for 5 days, continue to pump and then resume breastfeeding after that. She wants to see if he gets better with the formula and hopes that the end result is that it helps him calm his system and gives me a little more time to clear mine and that when we start breastfeeding again that things are better. But she said that if he gets better with formula and then worse again with breastmilk then we're probably missing something.