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Living with a Milk Protein Allergy
Asked by K.L. from Savannah
on January 15, 2012
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My son was officially diagnosed with a milk protein allergy last friday (after beign suspicious for months). He is 14 months old and has been doing very well with soy...
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- Both my girls have milk protein intolerances. They aren't allergic. We have pretty much eliminated all dairy from our meal preparations. It wasn't that hard, actually....
- My daughter was also diagnosed with protein allergy when baby, she was vomiting and getting rash, so we took her to take the test and she was allergic to a few things ...
- BIG TIP – Look at the bottom of the list of ingredients on packages. There is usually a brief list of allergens. If dairy is listed, you can quickly eliminate that p...
Milk Protein Allergy?
Asked by K.V. from Philadelphia
on March 29, 2008
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Yesterday I fed my 3 1/2 month old a bottle of formula for the first time. After 2 oz., the area around his mouth became blotchy and his cry sounded hoarse. I immedi...
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- My son, now 2 1/2, also has an allergy to milk protein. He too had trouble with formula but he was not diagnosed until 14 months with his food allergies. We were told ...
- My son has this allergy, along with allergies to tree nuts (peanuts, cashews, walnuts, etc), eggs, and others. I continued to breastfeed him until just two weeks ago (...
- We too have a son with a milk allergy. He started getting a reaction around his mouth when I added formula to his cereal at about 5 months. He would get red where it...
Cereal in Bottle??? 1St Foods Gerber?
Asked by A.M. from Dallas
on November 3, 2006
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My baby just turned 5 months old and 2 weeks ago I started giving him cereal on a spoon. I only give him a few spoonfuls mainly for the purpose of development rather ...
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- Oatmeal will work from a bottle just fine. Just be certain you are getting plain oatmeal not one with fruit in it. You can open the nipple larger by clipping the ope...
- We put a little cereal in our baby's bottle at about 5 months and she liked it. We used Avent bottles and they make a special nipple for "thicker feeds". It works rea...
- I am a 29 yr. old stay at home mom with two very wonderful, lively, creative girls, 7 yrs. and 16 months old and a son on the way, who strongly disagrees with the cer...
Is It an Allergy Rash, Hypersensitivity or What???
Asked by A.G. from San Francisco
on May 30, 2008
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Hello ladies: I have a 61/2 mos old boy and I'm very concern. He has developed a terrible rash, on his little butt that at this point I'm not sure what it could be. It...
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- We had something similar and ended up switching diapers and diaper creams. We had always used Pampers and A&D Gold with our first daughter and had no problems. Our sec...
- A., I am not sure what to tell you about your little one's rash. However, one of my daycare providers used to use a bed sore cream on severe diaper rashes that wou...
- Hi there. I am an acupuncturist and herbalist and I specialize in the treatment of children. Rashes like this are very common & unfortunately western medicine's only ...
Allergy to Gummy Vitamin?
Asked by M.R. from Greensboro
on December 12, 2010
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This is going to be a little long, so please bear with me. My son is 2 1/2 years old and a few weeks ago he had a cold, so I started giving him the Disney Gummy vitami...
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- My 18 month old had a bad fever a few months ago and because we wanted to keep fluids in her, we gave her some Pedialyte (not sure if that is spelled right). Within an...
- Hi Mama, Products designed for our kids often have a lot on extra chemicals that their little systems have a hard time processing. If your son is already sensitive...
- If you are seeing similarities, in either the foods or places of processing (there are sometimes allergens on equipment), yes, an allergist might be a good place to st...
Red Food Dye Allergy?
Asked by K.B. from Cincinnati
on December 13, 2009
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My son often has a rash on the side of his face. We notice it to be there most commonly when we give him his decongestant (sudefed liquid or pill). He has a lot of all...
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- K., I was going to say that this same thing happened to me as a kid. It was tomatoes. You could try the offender in the inside of his elbow and see if you get...
- I have a red dye allergy, which caused me to be very hyperactive as a child, get rashes and hives. Actually my mother avoided all dyes with me. Dyes in medication ca...
- Hi K., I had the same thing as Martha. I eventually outgrew it. If the rash is just on one side of his face, try to figure out what is happening on that side as...
Food Allergies
Asked by D.P. from Provo
on February 4, 2008
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I recently found out this week that my six month old son has food allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, milk and eggs. (He is getting it through my breastmilk!!) I am fe...
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- D.: Having suffered through food allergies myself, I can understand your concern. Luckily your baby is very likely to adapt and enjoy even a "limited" diet, since he...
- I have a now 6 yr old that at birth was put on neocate formula, He was allergic to milk and soy formulas. We went to a GI dr. he was having blood in his stool. We co...
- I went through the same thing with my now 5 year old at six months we found out that he had allergies to eggs, wheat, cat, mold and many more i was still breast feedin...
HELP 19 Month Old Daughter Extremely Constipated!!!
Asked by A.B. from Norfolk
on May 1, 2008
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My 19 month old daughter has been extremely constipated lately. I still breast feed her and have had no issues with this in the past. I noticed it started since she be...
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- Hi. Two of my three children's bowels have always responded to apple juice. Often several servings of apple juice (100%) will do the trick if you want to try somet...
- you can add prune juice to the milk that your daycare provider is giving her that should help.. it worked for my daughter!
- Two things struck me as I read your question: 1. Organic milk may still cause the problem if her difficulty is that she lacks the enzyme to digest cow's milk solids ...
Food Allergy or a Cold??
Asked by C.V. from New York
on January 27, 2007
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I started my 5 month old on oatmeal cereal two weeks ago. Everything was fine, until a few days ago. I have noticed that she has been sounding congested especially at ...
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- I'd stop the oatmeal in order to see if the symptoms go away. If you want to give cereal at 5 months - I'd move to the rice cereal, it might be easier as a starter f...
- My daughter is now 8 months, but at around 5 1/2 months we tried rice cereal. Then she became very congested. Her nose was so stuffy, but other than that she was fine....
- Hard to say, it could also be teething. But I would not give a 5 month old Tylonol even it is is for a baby, b/c she could be having a reaction to that. Let everything...
Food Allergies
Asked by L.G. from Kalamazoo
on February 27, 2010
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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to cook for my 2 year old who was just recently diagnosed with being allergic to cows' milk and eggs
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- try Dr. McDougall's website: http://www.drmcdougall.com/
- L., If you make a lot of dinners that use a rue as the base for sauces, you can also make a rue with olive oil or canola oil. The big thing is to match equal parts...
- You have to become a label reader, research the topic at the library, they have lots of books that will help. I found I was allergic to milk when I was in my 30's, th...
