Milk allergy

[scarlet121]

If your baby is 100% breastfed it can go either way, a lot of people saying taking both dairy and soy out of their diet makes a dramatic improvement, some say they just need to take milk out, some say it makes no difference.

The best thing to do is try it, have some dairy and see how your bub reacts, if you do want to get dairy out of your system though, it can take up to a month to fully get out of your system.

Both my boys are milk protein intolerent and I intend to go milk and soy free with the next bub.

[LachiesMum]

My son Lachlan is 2 years old and was diagnosed with severe eczema around the age of 6 months! Tests showed that he was allergic to soy, wheat, egg, beef, lamb and cows milk. Starting him on solids was tough and for a long time he was limited to just fruit and vegetable purees.

He's since outgrown his soy and beef allergy but the others remain! I've learnt that these obstacles are more common than what most people realise and there are a number of products available on the market that can give you substitutes.

Lachie still gets bad eczema but now it's a reaction to extreme heat, grass or pollens - not food! I'm hoping that with the continued care of a great paediatric immunologist and dermatologist we will be eczema and allergy free one day!

Oh and just for the record - my son absolutely thrived on drinking soy milk and yoghurt when cleared of this allergy - he has been having them daily ever since.