Advice please

Hiya, so my son is 11 weeks old EBF. He was very fussy when first born and had mucus in his poo so HV advised I cut dairy for 3 weeks. I then reintroduced and didn't notice much difference between the 2 periods. Still mucus poo etc. I have been eating dairy again for about 1 month now. In the last week or so he has developed eczema on his cheeks quite bad ans it is spreading on his body too, and in his last nappy I noticed a couple of blood specks. He still has mucus poo too. HV said unlikely to be cmpa as symptoms didn't improve when not having dairy. However I'm thinking it could be cmpa and wondering whether to cut dairy again. Im wondering if maybe I didn't cut it properly last time (I still ate food with said may contain dairy etc. Just stopped milk cheese and yogurts so maybe it wasn't thorough enough to make a difference?) Does anyone have a similar experience at all? Thanks very much, I'm just so anxious and want to make sure I am doing the right thing for him!!

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Following because im on the same boat (just cut dairy 3 days ago and stool have no improvement), fortunately no blood seen with naked eye but appears for the sample test

My doctor advised that cutting dairy when BF, it can take upto 3-4 weeks with some people for it to leave Mum’s system completely. We had to give up breast feeding as our little boy couldn’t even tolerate the natural lactose from breast milk 😓. They said it’s not very common, but something to be aware of …. we’re now on our third or fourth formula and starting to do better 🤞🏻. The breathing problems were just so scary 😓. Hope you find a resolution soon 🤞🏻.

Things labelled as “may contain” are ok, but you do have to cut everything with dairy as an ingredient, not just milk/cheese/ butter. So cakes, pastries, lots of crisps, ready meals like curries.. I think I did it for about 6 weeks before reintroducing but did see some improvement after 3 weeks. I then also had to cut soya to get her fully OK. (She’s now almost 2, so been a while!)

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