Milk, Dairy & Formula: A&D
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One Year Old with Milk Allergy
Asked by J.S. from Washington DC
on June 29, 2009
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It has been determined that my one year old daughter has a milk allergy. Taking her off milk and putting her back on formula for a few days had cleared up her rash an...
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- My daughter has the same allergy. She drinks enriched organic rice milk. She has had no issues with it. It costs a bit more, but it's worth every penny. Soy milk in th...
- my daughter has an allergy to cows milk and my pediatrician recommended goat milk. that has worked really well for us, as a supplement for breastfeeding. it is a littl...
- hi js, there are a lot of options available. first of all, many of the milk allergies are related strictly to processed milk and using raw milk eliminates the problem....
Tomato Allergy
Asked by C.D. from Dallas
on February 6, 2008
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Is there anyone out there with a child who has tomato allergies? We are pretty sure that my son Zeke has a tomato allergy. We have asked his allergist and ped. We ha...
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- I have a son who isnt allergic, but dislikes tomato sauce of any kind. What I do for him is fix him an alfredo sauce on the nights we have spaghetti. You can also or...
- My son's is citrus, as well as tomato - I coat his face / lips with A&D clear diaper rash ointment - it kind of seals the surface - before he eats, and I give him Bena...
- I strongly recommend that you go to www.naet.com and find a doctor in your area that does this technique. Both of my son and I have suffered from food and air allergi...
Advice for "Allergic Type" Symptoms
Asked by G.C. from Chicago
on March 8, 2008
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My daughter who is now 9yrs. old has had unusual "breakouts" ever since she was about three. Her knuckles get red and itch and her hands swell, then hives spread to h...
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- I am sorry this is happenning. I too can understand the frustration. My daughter was getting small bumps, that turned into hives and something the Dr called skin writi...
- My 10 year old son has the same problems. Try keeping the shower or bath water not so hot. The hot water will dry out their skin. I also use the Walmart brand of Eu...
- Certainly she's allergic to something -- it can be her environment, too (pollens, synthetic fragrances or detergents). My son has eczema and allergies to foods. we s...
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 ...
Milk for 12 Month Old?
Asked by K.C. from Chicago
on May 19, 2008
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My son will be 12 months soon and we are looking forward to getting him off that expensive formula but we aren't sure what to put him on after that. My 3 year old dau...
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- Wow, good question! My daughter is allergic to milk, so we didn't even have the option of giving her milk after one year. What does your doctor recommend? After a y...
- Well logically and technically, why would you feed COW milk to a baby HUMAN? Cows milk is made for baby cows. Human milk is made for baby humans. If you want to fol...
- This is news to me. We switched our son to milk at 12 months, per our doctor's instructions and everything I had read at the time (he's 3 now...) We did have some issu...
Switching Formula....a Strange rash...and Baby Dandruff???
Asked by A.M. from Dallas
on October 23, 2006
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I have 2 questions. The first pertains to switching formula. I previously asked about brands and types of formulas to add into my 5 mo old's breastfed diet. I was givi...
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- #1 - Don't know...I'll let someone else catch that one. #1 - It's probably a rash and the very best thing that you can do for him is fresh air. Lay out some changin...
- A. I am a dermatology PA so I hope I can help. His diaper rash sounds like it may be an infection with candida, which is a common pathogen for diaper dermatitis. Ke...
- A., we use Melaleuca products which take care of all your situations. The yeast is best treated with one of our bath bars(which have tea tree oil in them - kills bac...
Switching to Cows Milk
Asked by T.R. from Chicago
on July 9, 2008
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I just started my 11 and a half month old daughter on whole milk, my question is, what is whole milk? I have used the horizons organic whole milk just because it says ...
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- My opinion, Stick with anything Organic. Toxins like to store in FAT, since you are purchasing whole milk, with all the fat in the milk, you might be better off st...
- Try Trader Joe's private label gallons of milk. Also, yogurt is easier on their tummies--TJ's sells big containers of organic yogurt.
- Whole milk as the other mom's have stated has a higher fat content which is essential to brain development. From the age of one until two doctors and nutritionist reco...
Can Formula Cause Diaper Rash for a Breastfed Baby?
Asked by A.S. from Dallas
on April 13, 2008
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I've breastfed my baby since birth but he's beginning to lose interest and not gaining weight as well. So, I've been supplementing with some formula after I nurse him...
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- Hi A., We had the opposite affect with our son when he was a newborn. The breast milk made his BM to be so watery and it made the worst little rash on his bottom t...
- Most diaper rashes have nothing to do with formula; however, it is possible. Here is a list of the types of diaper rashes: Chafing dermatitis. Also known as frictio...
- If you think it is the formula than try another brand or type (like soy ). Once the rash clears up go back to the original type. If another rash develops, you know it'...
My 1 Year Old Not Drinking Milk
Asked by X.D. from San Francisco
on September 15, 2009
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Our daughter who is almost 13 months is not taking whole milk, lowfat milk....I still breastfeed her in the morning and in the evening for bedtime. But now that she n...
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- My doctor told me not to worry about my son's desire to SPIT OUT his milk (he HATED it!!!). He said that as long as you are giving daily vitamins and feeding milk pro...
- I know you have a lot of responses already.... I just thought I'd toss another one your way =) My son actually gagged on whole milk when we first started offering i...
- My daughter wasn't much of a milk drinker either. She is now 21 months and drinks milk. We started by trying most of the different sippy cups, ended up with the stra...
Problems with My 12 Month Old Drinking Both Regular Milk and Soy
Asked by T.S. from Washington DC
on November 9, 2009
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I have a 12 month old little boy he was on ailimentum formula as an infant my Dr. swithched him first to Soy b/c he stopped wanting to drink the formula and he is 1 ye...
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- If you go gradual, he should be fine. My daughter had the diahrea the first week we tried milk, so we switched to lactaid and she still had it. I took her completely...
- My son (2) has similar (but much less dramatic) issues with cow milk, and I don't personally like soy b/c it makes me gassy (just background info ;) ) So we asked the...
- if you really want to rule out a "milk" product he should be having normal bowels before he tries something new. otherwise you cannot say what the cause of the loose ...
