I think DD has a dairy intollerance

I recently started giving DD (9-10 months old at the time) some yogurt. She got a really runny bum, poo all the time, bad nappy rash and some little blotchy red mark on her body that would come and go within minutes.

She was also teething at the time so I didnt think too much about it, but I have since stopped all yogurt and she has gone back to being fine. Then the other day she had some cheese, and we had a very similar reaction, but not as severe, just one day of poo and no blotches.

She is formula fed and has bene since about 4-5 months old. She has cows milk most days with some cereal and I havent noticed anything else with any other food, just the yogurt and now the cheese.

The last time I was at the Dr with her, I voiced my concern about a dairy intollerance and was told she had a sore throat and givin cortizone cream for her blotches (which I never used)..

Is it worth going to perhaps another dr?? Is there a test I can do besides maybe trying the yogurt again now she isnt teething and seeing if we have the same reaction??? Is there anything I need to do if she does have a dairy intollerance?????

TIA :-)

if shes on formula and cows milk then i doubt its dairy or lactose...cheese and yogurt are low in lactose...id be looking at what else is in the cheese (presevative etc) or yougurt (additives)

I thought my DS1 was allergic to dairy as he reacted to yoghurts too. Somehow I discovered that is was only fruit flavoured yoghurt, plain was fine. He was fine with cheese, and when I tried it later, with dairy milk. When he was 2 we discovered that he has a sulphur allergy so all i can think is that when he was under 12 months, even the small amount of sulphur in the dried fruit in the yoghurt was enough for him to react. Now he eats them fine and can even tolerate dried fruits on their own, but I still think this must have been what it was.

I can't see that it's likely he has an allergy or intolerance if he tolerates formula and cows' milk fine, so possibly there is something else he is reacting to or otherwise a big co-incidence.

Hi there,

She could very well be allergic to dairy, whether she is on a dairy based formula. My daughter was on a dairy based formula from when she was about 4 months old. She had started getting eczema when she was 5 weeks old.

We tried everything, switching formulas, different foods [obviously when she was older]. Nothing seemed to work, so I kept her on the dairy based formula because it worked for her, and soy just didnt, it made her really sick. Also I will add, that my daughter was fine with yoghurt, cheese and all this, but if I took it away she would still continue to get eczema so I didnt think it was dairy at the time.

We went to the doctors and the pediatrician and they just gave her creams, and suggested we use goat soap [which is really good] Also, moisturize, and bath in no soaps etc, which I'm sure you already know.

ANYWAY, long story short, we got a allergy test done, and it came back she was allergic to nearly everything under the sun, [dairy, rye, rice, wheat, eggs, nuts, soy, citrus fruits.]

So, she may be allergic to the dairy formula as well, don't rule it out, because I did, and was very shocked.

but yeah, not saying that is the same case with your baby, just telling you the story of what happened to us :)

She is now on goats milk :)

Well i tried a little bit more yogurt, we do have the kids fruity ones (so the fruit may be a thing) and she seems to be ok as long as she only has it every few days, not every day. So it must be a build up up something.. i think i am leaning towards the sulpher or something in the fruit. When we go shopping this week i will get some plain yogurt and see how that goes too.

Thanks sophiiac.. that sounds like not much fun for your little one!! So far no eczema here, just the red blotches, but they would appear and disapear within minutes.. very weird!! I will see how i go with the plain yogurt and then maybe see about getting some allergy tests. When they test little ones, how do they do t? Like a scratch test or a blood test?? I will hold off if its going to cause her any pain!

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Well i tried a little bit more yogurt, we do have the kids fruity ones (so the fruit may be a thing) and she seems to be ok as long as she only has it every few days, not every day. So it must be a build up up something.. i think i am leaning towards the sulpher or something in the fruit. When we go shopping this week i will get some plain yogurt and see how that goes too.

Thanks sophiiac.. that sounds like not much fun for your little one!! So far no eczema here, just the red blotches, but they would appear and disapear within minutes.. very weird!! I will see how i go with the plain yogurt and then maybe see about getting some allergy tests. When they test little ones, how do they do t? Like a scratch test or a blood test?? I will hold off if its going to cause her any pain!

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Hi there,

They were going to take her blood from her arm, but being so little [12 months] they just ended up doing a thumb *****. It was horrible, but it was well worth it, seeing as her eczema and everything has cleared up. :)

and it was called a IGG food allergies test, they test for 40 foods that a baby would have been exposed too, and then when they are 3 they will do the full test. But yeah, I wasn't saying your daughter has allergies or you should do it, just letting you know :)

Hope everything works out

I would be checking out the preservatives and additives. All of my kids have had reactions to certain preservatives and additives in food. Angelica worst of all. She could eat some types/brands of foods but not others. ie, she can eat Heinz tomatoe sauce, but cannot touch any of the other brands (especially the cheaper ones), because they use different preservatives and additives. Nate would always throw up cows milk once he started drinking it in a bottle (at about 15months, was b/f before that), we had so many issues with his health because of it and had to put him on toddler formula (because he didn't react to it and it contained more iron and other vitimins and minerals he was deficent in). Bazza has occaisional reactions to milk, we have him on Lite milk now he is nearly two and has more then enough other dairy, which is slightly better in that he's reactions are less common (but he drinks more). There is another milk "A2" which is great as it is completely preservative and additive free, but we cannot always get it, and it is much more expensive. Similar stories for different yogurts and cheeses and other foods. Even breads have caused us issues at times. My kids are always at ther healthiest when all their food is fresh and preservative free - the only thing that stops this being the case all the time is the cost - but we still try to ensure the bulk of their food is that healthier stuff most of the time.

Also if you kids have a reaction to something, it doesn't alway mean they will have a reaction. With the tomato sauce, because we try to avoid the other brands as much as possible (which is an interesting concept when eating out at places like Macca's or Lollipops), we find that when she does have the other brands 'occaisionally' now she is fine - but if she tries them too often the reactions come back (big red welts around her mouth and face).

Testing is often not accurate in little ones so unless the reaction is severe or it's really restricting her diet, you might be better off waiting for a bit. Babies can still grow out of sensitivities too.

Intolerances do work on a level - a certain amount is tolerated and the reaction happens when you go over the limit. So people can usually tolerate a little bit of the thing they have an intolerance too, others can actually tolerate a lot so it can be confusing to find out they are intolerant.