How did you know that it was the dairy causing the problem?
My DD had colic and was very unsettled as a newborn. I used to have cereal & milk for bfast every day. I had a few days when i was too rushed to have breaky, and noticed that she was less unsettled and so decided to try cutting out dairy to see if it helped.
How did you know that it was the dairy causing the problem?
Was it an immediate or delayed reaction? I didn't know if it was defintely the dairy but it was worth cutting it out if it helped her. Her reaction wasn't immediate or specific which made it harder to say if it was definitily the dairy.
Did you get allergy testing or any other medical consultation to confirm? No
How did it impact your introduction to solids? A few months after cutting out dairy, i reintroduced it to my diet and found that DD did not have any reaction. Whether this is because her tummy had matured over this time- or whether dairy was never really the issue and it was just colic that fluctuated over different days, i'm still not sure. So by 6 months, i was able to have dairy in my diet. We did BLS, but i was probably a little slower in offering dairy. She did react to yogurt once or twice and so we stopped for awhile and then started again. SHe has never been a big fan of cows milk, and i haven't pushed it because maybe it is her body saying that she is ok with small amounts but big amounts don't feel good.
Did your child grow out of the allergy or become able to tolerate small amounts?
She eats cheese, good yogurt (Jalna) etc now without a prob. She has cows milk on her cereal and is ok with that too.
My MCHN/LC suggests cutting out dairy, eggs, nuts, fish for colicky babies - is from evidence based research and also doesnt necessarily have any bearing on outcome of allergies etc.
She also said to do it for 10 days before ruling out that it has made a difference or not.
Last edited by The[cookie]Doctor; November 6th, 2011 at 06:04 AM.
How did you know that it was the dairy causing the problem?
Initially DS was diagnosed with reflux but his symptoms got worse (volume of milk reduced and crying at beginning of feed). The RCH suggested I trial cutting out dairy, egg and wheat. We saw a new paediatrican who specialised in allergies and she also referred us to paediatric dietician.
How did you know that it was the dairy causing the problem?
By trialling the removed foods back in my diet and watching for a reaction. The reaction was fussy feeding and low milk intake (I EE so I can see how much milk is being drunk).
Did you get allergy testing or any other medical consultation to confirm?
Only food challenge was used.
Did your child grow out of the allergy or become able to tolerate small amounts?
Not sure yet but my paediatrician says most children with the milk protein allergy outgrow it by about 18 months.
Not sure if you are aware, but I was told that milk takes about 20 minutes to get into the breast milk and 2-3 days to remove from it. The babies gut can take a couple of weeks to heal from the milk reaction. It's possible that some babies can take certain amounts of milk but reach a threshold were it will cause problems.
How did you know that it was the dairy causing the problem?
When I switched Liebs to goat milk, the pain stopped within a few hours - even now I can tell if he has had cowmilk products.
Was it an immediate or delayed reaction?
Within about 24 hours
Did you get allergy testing or any other medical consultation to confirm?
Tried to, but as it's an intolerance not an allergy (known, my dad and I both grew out of cowmilk intolerance) they wouldn't test for other things I didn't know about.
How did it impact your introduction to solids?
This happened post-solids as I'm a bad mummy who let her baby scream in pain for hours and hours without cutting dairy for 20 months.
Did your child grow out of the allergy or become able to tolerate small amounts?
Dad and I grew out of it so Liebs should - going to test him with it when he gets his big teeth. He's had pain from some accidental dairy recently so hasn't grown out of it yet, but it's impacting him less.
If your child had to maintain a dairy free diet, did you have to increase the intake of other foods to ensure they got appropriate calcium and nutrients?
He's on goat milk and soy products - and doing really well on them.
And while breastfeeding, did you alter your own diet for the same reasons? I'm taking calcium sups but suspect I should probably be modifying my diet in other ways.
Yeah, next baby I'll be goat from my BFP until weaning.
FWIW, I really enjoyed goat products while pg, more so than normal. Should have been a hint, in hindsight. But my mother never changed my diet, so I didn't know about goat until my grandmother told me she'd done it for dad.
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