Yep Janie I am so sure Dairy is a culprit for many things here. I'm paying particular attention to it alone now and realised that not long after my morning coffee, i get the queasy tummy and bowel urgency (sorry tmi). When i was drinking upwards of a litre a day i was like this all day long, and i thought that was normal because i've been like that my whole life. I'm wanting to move now to cutting out milk as a beverage for myself completely and see how i go. Because the funny thing is that since cutting down the amount of coffee i drink, i'm not even craving coffee anymore either, i almost couldn't be bothered making it this morning... interesting.

As for the reflux, both my boys had severe reflux, DS1 we just plodded along with it and he responded to medication and grew out of it relatively soon. But DS2 we had so many issues, (being breastfed i did elminate dairy and did see improvement). We had him tested for dairy allergy (via a stool sample) but it came back normal, which was bizzarre because when i wasn't eating dairy and he was bf he was better. But i think intolerance is a separate issue and my paed never discussed it.... at the time i was also suffering PND so i probably didn't connect the dots either.

Gradually i'll look in to dairy for the boys because i know when DS1 has a milo (which is actually about 1/4 tsp of nesquick with 200ml of milk - the only way i can get him to drink milk) he gets very "roudy" afterwards, and somewhat definant. Yesterday i noticed it particularly because i have been taking note of what he consumes and how he is afterwards. At first i thought it must be the nesquick so i through that in the bin, but now i'm wondering if its the milk? We have aktivite as well which from the nutritional panel seems healthier, so through trial and error i guess it will be a long process of seeing what happens.

Anyway tomorrow will be our first shop scrutinising labels, and i'll feel a lot better once i know we have healthier things in the house!