babies with intolerances...do you think they knew??

[Olive]

ive just taken DD2 (13months) off dairy and put her on oat milk. (she never really had much dairy as she wasnt keen)
for the first time ever she actually drank milk she never drank cows milk, would just spit it out.
so my question is:
do you think that when it comes to intolerances, kids just know that certain foods are not for them? its like its been her natural instinct not to have cows milk.
has anyone had similar experiences??

[beckoes]

We did baby led solids here and always thought that if i offered DD something a few times and she wouldnt eat it for what ever reason that she could have an intollerance to it. I think they do know and its better to follow them!

[HotI]

I never liked eating red meat as a kid, and went vegie as a 12 year old. I was later diagnosed with a metabolic condition, and many people with this condition find that red meat (high protein) leads to greater symptoms. So, i reckon it was my body telling me early on that red meat didn't feel right- even though as a kid i couldn't explain it, and may have not even consciously known it.

[Oorki Galoorki]

yup i absolutely agree!
i never liked egg but my mum would trick me to eat it by making a french toast type thing.. i now know(well i found out when i was 21) that i am intollerant to it, it explained the years of problems i had!

[Khaleesi]

Olive i've taken DD2 off Dairy for pretty much the same reasons as you & she never drank cows milk but will happily drink oat milk.
So i think they know.

[MantaRay]

Yes, I totally think that. Babies have great instincts and know when things don't feel right. Parents of babies with food allergies often say that their child was a fussy eater from day 1 - it makes sense, they know food makes them feel bad so they don't want to eat. You have shown that you have great instincts too hun - well done for figuring it out!

[Olive]

wow amazing to hear that others think the same!!
DD ate 2 weetbix today for brekky the most she has ever eaten, she wouldnt eat cereal previously and now i know why!

[DaintreeDream]

DD ate 2 weetbix today for brekky the most she has ever eaten, she wouldnt eat cereal previously and now i know why!

Thats fantastic! Well done .

[Lulu]

Yep DS would shy away from the bottle until he went on goat formula, and even now he is 5 he still swerves from dairy.

[Astrolady]

We did with Ashton as well. Although it took him ages to get diagnosed. I remember everytime he had yoghurt he would throw it straight back up, and that was baby yoghurt. He was never a very good sleeper, and we now belive it was because he probably constantly had a stomach ache. We've been on Soy milk and the likes for nearly 12mths now, but think we left it to late and he got to used to being awake during the night. His sleeping still sucks.

[Nai]

DD1 would turn her head from anything with egg in it. She was diagnosed with an egg allergy at 2. Suddenly one day at 3 she asked to eat my poached egg and proceeded to scoff the lot. She had grown out of her allergy and somehow just knew So to answer your question - yes I think sometimes they do know what makes them feel unwell or that they can't tolerate.

[black_rose]

Yes! DD1 was always a chucker, she was breastfed but got a lot of teeth at 8 months and was biting so she went onto formula. She refused to breastfeed after she stopped teething and would only take the formula, she stopped chucking until we introduced her to yoghurt and cows milk. Then we realised she was lactose intolerant and that she must have known she felt better off it.

[Curly]

My DS was always a fussy eater.

Could never get him to eat egg - found out he was mildly allergic.

Could never get him to eat peanut butter - he has a severe allergy to peanuts.

However, he did ask to eat cashews at the age of 2 - ate 2 and violently and repeatedly threw up. Another severe allergy.

However I consider this a blessing actually - it was this reaction that prompted me to take him for allergy testing, and given that his reaction to peanuts would most likely be anaphylaxis it was far better that he ate 2 cashews rather than 2 peanuts.