While breastfeeding, it is best to treat the individual symptoms of hayfever and allergy separately.
For eye symptoms, use eye drops (those containing antazoline or naphazoline). For nasal symptoms, use nasal sprays (such as beclomethasone, budesonide or fluticasone).
If needed, you may use ‘sedating’ antihistamines like chlorpheniramine, cyprohetadine, dexchlorpheniramine, doxylamine or pheniramine. If you are using them for a long period, you will need to monitor your baby for symptoms such as drowsiness and prolonged sleep.
Less-sedating antihistamines such as cetirizine or fexofenadine are not recommended due to the lack of safety information. If you need a less-sedating antihistamine, consider loratadine or desloratadine, as there is more experience with their use. "
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The doc has given me a asthma preventer (sp?) and eye drops. I will be going to an allergist next to arrange for the vaccines which are ok to have whilst feeding.
I will have to do other things like prepare my house especially my bedroom to be dustmite free. So up come the carpets!!! He also wants me to go on a dairy and wheat free diet.
I asked him about Eva's skin and he seems to the think that the dairy in my diet may be causing her excema and her constant coughing. He did recommend that I change her to ffing using a soy formula. I told him that I am prepared to go off dairy so effectively she won't be getting from me after I give it up anyway, so what is the point of putting her on formula???
Good to hear from you about how you went at the doc. Hope the preventative goes well. I used to be on pulmicort but there are newer ones now.
What do you wash your clothes in? theres a new washing liquid by Boscitos that made the original dust mite wash that is great. I definitely recommend that. Otherwise they say to use the original dust mite wash every 6 weeks to eliminate all dustmites. Its made from eucalyptus. There is also a spray too, but make sure its safe around kids im not sure I only use the new washing liquid.
He may have wanted your bubs to try soy to see if she is lactose intolerant? we did this by putting Julia on S26 Lactose Free formula. But if you are BF is may caus we issues to start on formula (it did with us, Julia ended up prefering the formula but we had suppy issues too).
I did about 7 years dairy free, and it worked well to help allergies.
Good idea re carpets! just make sure you are not around when its done and at least until all the dust settles hon.
Bek, good on for standing your ground with the doctor. Bfing is a better option for your little one - it boosts her immune system which will minimise the impact of any allergies, as well as giving her a better chance of growing out of them soon. Also, it is common for babies with food allergies to also react to environmental allergens such as dust or pollen, so bfing can provide protection against this as well. In contrast, switching to formula (and soy formula is not recommended for babies with possible allergies anymore, neocate or hydrolysed formulas have been shown to be a better option) removes the dairy, but doesn't offer any protection against other allergies.
Bek, an elimination diet is hard work though. It is worth knowing that going in so that you can make an informed decision. With dairy, it's not just milk, cheese, yoghurt etc that you need to eliminate. There are heaps of foods that have milk solids in them and you will need to exclude these from your diet too. It is always recommended that elimination diets be undertaken with a plan from a dietician to make sure you eliminate everything you need to and also maintain a balanced diet. Good on you if you take this difficult path. It is a great thing you can do for your DD. If you find it too hard though, no-one will think any less of you. Elimination diets won't work for every family.
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