Sue Gilbert Sue is a consulting nutritionist. For many years she worked with Earth's Best Organic Baby Food, integrating nutrition and product development. She has written numerous articles on children's health and nutrition for parenting publications. Dear Kenroy, Stomach pains when the stomach is empty is more indicative of hunger than of digestive problems. It may be more pronounced in the morning if she was given a large amount of milk in the pm with no other food.
Lactose intolerance is often dose dependent.
Those who suffer from it can often drink a small amount of milk with other foods and suffer no ill consequence, but if they drink a large amount at one time than the response is much more pronounced. Keep a diary of her milk intake, and the amounts of it drunk, and her physical symptoms. After a couple of weeks you should be able to notice a pattern of distress associated with ingesting dairy foods if she is lactose intolerant. Thank you for writing. You should not rely on this information as a substitute for personal medical attention, diagnosis or hands-on treatment.