Off to the docs for The Kid

By Laura Yates on Oct 21, 08 09:31 PM

I took The Kid for a (probably long overdue) trip to the doctors today. I usually practise such a relaxed form of parenting it's bordering on comatose, but after months of an unsettled tum, and me and The Other Half rarely having a night of unbroken sleep it seems high time to try and find out if perhaps he has a genuine lactose/milk intolerance.

I'm loathe to jump on the whole food intolerance bandwagon but it really seems the more milk he has, the worse he is.

We went to the surgery this afternoon. The doctor gave The Kid a thorough examination but then had to concede he'd not had many dealings with lactose intolerance. He determined to look into the matter further and call me when he knew more.

In the meantime he suggested cutting out dairy products altogether. I'm not quite sure what 'milk' to give a child when you're cutting out the dairy products. I shall go and peruse the shelves in Sainsbury's until I can have a chat with the Health Visitor on Friday - although it's been so long since I've seen the Health Visitor I don't know if I'll remember where she's based