There is a thing called secondary lactose intolerance, where as a result of some kind of "insult" (usually a bout of gastro or a large amount of a protein that you are sensitive to) the bowel lining is damaged and becomes much more sensitive to gas production. It should get better when the "insult" is fixed though.
Is the lactose free milk UHT? It may be that the UHT treatment (which is a more aggressive heat treatment than normal pasteurizing) alters the milk proteins in such a way as to make them less allergy-inducing for C. Try a tiny bit of UHT normal milk and see what happens!
You could also just give her lactose and see what happens - if you can get hold of the dummy pills from a pack of OCPs and crush a couple and see if they provoke a reaction.....They contain a few milligrams of lactose each - about the amount in a ml of milk.
KMN, funny you should mention gastro and a sensitivity afterwards. If I remember rightly DD had a bit of a tummy bug just prior to me noticing her reaction to milk.......... Might try a small quantity of uht milk and see if a reaction. The lactose free milk is UHT. now you've got me thinking. She definately had a reaction to something in my breast milk while breast feeding though and would vomit FOUNTAINS after a feed. It smelt rancid and burnt my skin where it contacted. felt like acid and left red blotches where it landed. I think I should see the dietician anyway though because I feel like I'm going in blind regarding her diet. been balancing it but I feel DD could eat more of certain things maybe. Probably the best time now to teach her to eat properly.
Does C cope with cooked milk - like lasagne sauce or that sort of thing? If she does then I think that you may have at least part of the answer - and then she can have dairy if it has been cooked (either as UHT or by you), which gives you a few more options.
Teaching her to eat well now is an excellent plan - just be prepared for her to sabotage that plan for a while in a few months time. My DS went from an eat-most-things 12 month old to the-only-vege-i-will-eat-is-peas 18 month old and is now slowly returning to a more orthodox diet!
hmmmm, last thing i made was chocolate custard (was DESPERATE for her to eat with teething). I think she handled it okay. I might have to try it again, well with a healthier option. Oh yeah and i discovered she hates sweets lol! Won't even eat pear because it's too sweet.
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