face rash/excema? food intolerance? dairy? ideas please

[HotI]

not sure how much of this is relevant but will put it all in there so i can get some ideas.

DH had a diary intolerance as a child and had excema as a littlie and has asthma.

When DD was younger (up to 3 months ish) she had colic and i found slight improvements when i went dairy free. i was able to start eating it again and she was ok.

She was exclusively breastfed til 6 months, then we started BLS. She only started swallowing solids around 8 months and it took til she was 10-12 months before she ate decent amounts.

DD is 14.5 months now and eats ok, not huge amounts but ok.

I am 11 weeks pregnant and my milk supply is way down. As a result, i have been giving (and DD has been eating) more food including more yogurt (she has been eating this for awhile now) cheese (recent) and drinking cows milk (recent).

She is getting a rash around her mouth that comes and goes. ZF thought it looked like excema.

I have been excited about her finally drinking cows milk (she wouldn't take ebm or any other milk before) but wonder if it is causing the rashes.

i am happy and keen to keep breastfeeding but just can't keep up with what she was having.

do you reckon it could be the milk?

if it is what alternatives can i give her?

she is not a big kid and i don't want her to loose any weight if i can avoid it.

[littlelara]

I find mine get that rash from too many acidic foods - juice, tomatoes, mandarines...
HTH

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I find mine get that rash from too many acidic foods - juice, tomatoes, mandarines...
HTH

Hmm mandarine addiction?
Hope someone has some ideas for you Hun.


Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!

[HotI]

forgot to add she has had nasty poos for awhile now (corresponds with the pregnancy). thought it was teething, then my milk maybe changing, then the addition of more solids, dairy? i really have no idea.
they are that bad they burn her skin where it touches (and we change her straight away), she has never had a prob with nappy rash until the last couple of months.

have considered the fruit tomatoes, mandarin (she loves both) but we cut them out for couple days and she was still getting the rash.

[Olive]

you could try A2 milk or oat or rice milk (oat milk is nicer)

[HotI]

I took DD to see the MCHN this morning. We talked through the times when the rash has come up strongly, and each time could be due to something that was with the dairy (strawberry yogurt -she has reacted slightly to strawberry before) cream pasta sauce (had tomatoes and other stuff in it).

Also, found that she has two more top teeth through (not the middle 4 teeth but the ones on the side) and 2 bottom ones coming through- this could explain rash (dribbling) and poos and nappy rash.

So, not cutting out dairy yet but watching more what she is eating and when the rash comes up. I have another appt in couple of weeks.

Where would i find A2 milk or oat milk or other alternatives? Our IGA doesn't have them but i have coles and safeway nearby. Would these suprmarkets sell them? Are they kept in fridge where the cows milk is kept?

ta

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Just throwing it out there.. DD's eczema flares up on her face with constant cleaning/wiping. Im just thinking that with more yogurt etc, shes getting messier and you are having to wipe her face more often and not realising IYKWIM? I cant use brought wipes or facewashers at all on her face.

[HotI]

Could be contributing too! DD thinks its fun to pull wipes out of the packet and pretend to blow her nose at the moment. (Note to self: hide wipes from DD).

As a young bub, i brushed over her face with wet nappy wipe and she came up in a rash straight away. Might go back to just water and cloth wipes to see if that helps too.