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Elimination Diets
We read the book Is This Your Child by Dr Doris Rapp. It has a step by step plan to do the elimination diet. The 3 "allergy" questions are "what did he eat? ...
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- Hi my name is Carolyn I have a son who just turned 6, He has food allergies. It run in my family. My suggestion to you is to really watch the colors in foods yellow ...
- www.feingold.org Look up this site. It's great! He wrote a book called "why my child can't behave". My sister read the book and loves it...it's really helped my ni...
- I don't have any book recommendations but with both my boys they could not have anything with red dye in it. It made them crazy, so that is something you might start ...
Diaper Rash
by Doris Rapp. Many doctors and allergists do not fully appreciate the wide range of symptoms that are due to allergy. ...
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- Hi C.! What I've found that works really good, is BAG BALM. You can buy it at Wal-mart in the pet department. Its used on cow's utters to keep them from chaffing. ...
- I have found that pinxav works wonders. You can ask the pharmacy for it. It is not prescription but it is usually kept behind the counter. I used it on my childre...
- Hi there! I have a 14 month old son who didn't have any diaper rash issues until about 9 months old. We tried A&D and Desitin and he ended up breaking out horribly a...
Rice Cereal Allergy???
by Doris Rapp. It is a terrific book about allergies. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share. S.Q. answers from Chicago on January 16, ...
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- I haven't heard of an allergy to rice cereal before, but you may want to call your doctor just to be sure. How are you mixing it? Are you using the same milk as he is ...
- Everyone I have talked to, including our pediatrician, has told me they have not heard of an allergy to rice cereal but I swear my son always reacted to it. Each time ...
- Rice cereal is completely unnecessary and constipating. Try banana, avocado, or anything else soft and easy to digest. If he's still not able to digest any solids, t...
Food Allergy Questions
Dr. Doris Rapp's book, "Is This Your Child?" may be helpful to you as you figure this one out. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- My boys both have food allergies. My 3 year old had eczema when he was an infant and we never found what he was specically sensitive to until he had a couple vomiting...
- Wouldn't it save a lot of time and just have him take a blood test for allergies? This way you would know without having to put him through all of the reations, some ...
- What are the chances it's triggered by something you ingested and he got through nursing? You can maybe try organic foods. And use soy, almond, or rice milk. Star...
Needing to Get My Son's Poor Sleeping Habits Under Control.
I would recommend a book called "Is This Your Child" by Dr. Doris Rapp, M.D. which you can get from your local library. Dr. Rapp is internationally known ...
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- I have been exactly where you are (I too am a working mom and have a 28 month old who has had quite a few issue in the sleep arena!) What I found finally worked is be...
- Hi C., All the advice sounds good. Is your son a mover in his sleep? When my daughter was 11 mos. old, we started to go through the same thing. I refused to start s...
- (brief because i have a 1 month old baby in my arms): same history with our 19 month old daughter. she actually had a birth defect of hte small intestine which we ha...
Seeking Advice/suggestions on Excema
I read in a book called, Is This My Child by Dr. Doris Rapp said that this is common in children afte 6m with the introduction of solids and most often moms ...
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- I am not sure where you are from but there is a pharmacy in Peoria Heights, Il that compounds their own meds and creams. They make a cream for excema, it is a Vit. B c...
- One of my best friends has a daughter with severe excema and her two sisters have milder cases. One of the things that all three of them share is an allergy to nickel....
- Hi M. My son is almost 3 but since he was 6 months old he has had HORRIBLE rash all over with the raised red bumps, at first they thought it was a real bad yeast infe...
5 Yr. Old with Hyperactivity Problem
If you can get your hands on "Is this Your Child" by Doris Rapp, it is very thorough. As you can see I am not much of a med. person. ...
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- Hi there, I've heard about a lot of success with dietary changes. I just googled "food diet for hyperactive children" and came up with the following, right off the b...
- I just started reading a great book called "Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Allergies & Asthma" by Dr. Kenneth Bock. Its very easy to read w/ lots o...
- As a special ed teacher, I has the opportunity to work with all sorts of children. Including pleanty who were labeled with "ADHD." Although your daughter does not ...
3 1/2 Yo with Hyperactivity Issues
You might want to check out "Is This Your Child's World" by Doris Rapp, MD. http ://www.drrapp.com/. Also, I noticed that you live in Kentucky and it looks ...
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- That is the age that my son started having problems. I recognized some sensory issues in addition to it, so specifically started asking about that. He has been in th...
- He sound just like my 3yo daughter and most of her little 3yo friends. I would be leary of the ADHD diagnoses and please dont medicate him at such a young age. There...
- I dont think any child this age should have ANY access to video games. Just my 2c.
Son's Asthma Medications
For more information on undiagnosed food allergies, check out the book by Dr. Doris Rapp MD called "Is This Your Child?" - it's available at the local ...
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- If you want a natural way to take care of his asthma, try OPC-3. It is a antioxidant and can be used while he is on the meds, then you will see his need to the meds w...
- My son is 9 yrs old and is a severe asthmatic. He has been on nasonex, singulair, zyrtec, advair and albuterol since he was 3 yrs old. He has done very well on the m...
- Hi S.- I have asthma too- I had it for years as a child until it was finally diagnosed and treated when I was 14. It's hereditary and I saw my grandmother die from...
Eczema Relief
I found the following book very helpful : Is This Your Child? by Doris Rapp, M.D.. 2 moms found this helpful. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report ...
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- M., My 4 year old is allergic to sunscreen and we have tried about every sunscreen there is...paba-free, all organic...you name it! We finally found Coppertone does ...
- Have you had your child checked for food allergies? Mine had eczema too and I used Aquaphor, which you can buy at the drug store over the counter or try the very helpf...
- I hope your allergist is able to help you determine the source of your daughters skin problems - I just wanted to add that reaction trumps a test. If your allergist d...
