Food Allergies Treatment » Milk http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com All you need to know about symptoms, causes, treatment and prevention of food allergies Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:34:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Could my little girl have a milk allergy? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2473/could-my-little-girl-have-a-milk-allergy/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2473/could-my-little-girl-have-a-milk-allergy/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:33:33 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2473/could-my-little-girl-have-a-milk-allergy/ Question by flourpower: Could my little girl have a milk allergy?
My daughter is 5 months old now. She is bottle fed, and we have had her on just regular dairy based formula. Since she was about a month old she has always spit up quit a bit after every bottle. We talked to her ped. about it and she suggested that “we feed her too much at one time” so we cut back and it didn’t change anything. When I asked the ped. again she said the same thing. (Ugh.) So I started to think perhaps it was reflux. I switched her over to Enfamil AR, which has rice starch in it so it is thicker, supposed to help with spitting up. It seemed to help for maybe a day or two but the spitting up seems to be back to normal now. I am wondering if she might have a milk protein intollerance? She recently has been having lots of small diarrhea like bowel movements, usually when she is eating, her stool is mucusy, she seems to be in pain when she is eating (arching her back, kicking out her legs, crying, pulling bottle out of her mouth), and just today I noticed a small rash on her arm. I am wondering if these sound like a milk protein allergy to anybody, or if anybody has expirienced similar symptoms? I know I should cal her ped. and ask her but everytime I bring up a concern she just says the same thing, that I am feeding her too much too often or that I don’t burp her enough, etc. Any suggestions/ideas/input is very helpful! Thank you!!

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Answer by AnniesMama
My girl has a milk allergy and didn’t have any spitting up or rashes but was absolutely miserable, screaming all day and she did pull away, arch her back and have bloody/mucousy stools. The pulling/arching could have been anything related to discomfort, but the bloody diapers sealed the deal that it was an allergy. We switched her to Alimentum and she was a new baby in a few days.

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]]> http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2473/could-my-little-girl-have-a-milk-allergy/feed/ 1 Q&A: recipe for toodler with cow’s milk allergy.? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2468/qa-recipe-for-toodler-with-cows-milk-allergy/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2468/qa-recipe-for-toodler-with-cows-milk-allergy/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:33:52 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2468/qa-recipe-for-toodler-with-cows-milk-allergy/ Question by irasyazreen: recipe for toodler with cow’s milk allergy.?
hye. i have an one year old son who is allergy to cow’s milk since he was one month old, that mean he cannot consume anything that contains diary products such as yogurt, cheese, butter, etc. but he can handle soy milk as my doctor suggested it and he seems to have no problem with soy milk.
i always seek for healthy recipe for my son as i didnt like to buy baby’s food in a jar because most of them contains diary products. But the problem now is, many of the recipe that i found also included ingredients such as butter, heavy cream, cheese and yogurt. do u guys have any other recipe that do not contain any of these ingredients.?
i desperately need your help. i want my son to grow up healthy like others.

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Answer by Indumukhi
substitute
olive oil for butter ..or get margarine made with flax seed oil
use soy creamer for cream( like the one for coffee)
you can always find soy cheeses (check for casein free soy cheeses)
soy yogurt too
find a natural food store near you
they can help you out

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]]> http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2468/qa-recipe-for-toodler-with-cows-milk-allergy/feed/ 3 Is it possible my baby has a cow’s milk allergy? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2467/is-it-possible-my-baby-has-a-cows-milk-allergy/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2467/is-it-possible-my-baby-has-a-cows-milk-allergy/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:33:29 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2467/is-it-possible-my-baby-has-a-cows-milk-allergy/ Question by Aubrielle’s mommy: Is it possible my baby has a cow’s milk allergy?
My daughter is 5 months. She has always been a VERY fussy baby. I love her, but sometimes i feel like i’m going crazy. She was exclusively breastfed until 2 weeks ago. She has her good days where she’s pretty content but then she has EXTERMELY fussy days where she just screams her head off. I recently put her on formula and she was doing really good for a few days then today she had one of her “screams her head off most of the day” days. She also has eczema that I have a hard time getting rid of. Anyways, my question is, could all of this fussiness and eczema be related to her having a cows milk allergy? I never cut dairy out of my diet…I never really thought to until i read an article right now about the allergy. and the formula she is on right now is Goodstart gentle which is made from cows milk. She isn’t fussy like this EVERYDAY so if she did in fact have a cows milk allergy would her fussiness be daily or would it come and go as hers does?

I’m just trying to find an answer as to why she has such bad days sometimes. It breaks my heart cuz i just don’t know what to do anymore.

thanks everyone

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Answer by kenleigh is here!
look for other signs like throwing up, unusual red “circle” like rash around her anus, and if shes breaking out anywhere but her face.

its possible she could just be adjusting to formula…i would call the doctor though just to be sure.

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]]> http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2467/is-it-possible-my-baby-has-a-cows-milk-allergy/feed/ 4 Nutrition/Meal Replacement Shakes for Vegans and Milk Allergy? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2465/nutritionmeal-replacement-shakes-for-vegans-and-milk-allergy/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2465/nutritionmeal-replacement-shakes-for-vegans-and-milk-allergy/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:33:50 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2465/nutritionmeal-replacement-shakes-for-vegans-and-milk-allergy/ Question by : Nutrition/Meal Replacement Shakes for Vegans and Milk Allergy?
I am vegan and I do have a milk allergy. I have a weight issue and I am supposed to drink these to gain weight. Apparently eating 4 meals a day and having a bmi of 16 isn’t okay. Anyways, I had been drinking Ensure Plus (350 calories a bottle) and it had been making me sick. Stupid enough, I hadn’t checked it for milk. And it did in fact have milk in it.

Is there any other nutrition shakes you can buy. I don’t really want to fart around with powdered ones, I like the ones that come in bottles. Vanilla is my favourite. Oh, and I’m in USA, PA, and I’d like to be able to get these in grocery stores.

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Answer by Nicole
Soy milk thought vegans don’t drink milk eat eggs or cheese ?? Just asking thanks bye and good luck hope everything works out and you gain some weight :) !!!!!

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]]> http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2465/nutritionmeal-replacement-shakes-for-vegans-and-milk-allergy/feed/ 1 Can I breastfeed thru a milk allergy? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2461/can-i-breastfeed-thru-a-milk-allergy/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2461/can-i-breastfeed-thru-a-milk-allergy/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:33:15 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2461/can-i-breastfeed-thru-a-milk-allergy/ Question by M: Can I breastfeed thru a milk allergy?
I have a 2 mo old son with a suspected milk allergy. I have seen mucus in his stool and he is VERY
fussy at night after nursing all day. I have eliminated milk from diet with no change in baby. I do not want to stop breastfeeding – HELP!
The doctor suspects milk allergy. I have to give one bottle per day to get baby ready for daycare, that is when the crying started (3 weeks old)…we have switched from milk based to soy formula and now nutramigen. He is also on Zantac to see if it is acid reflux.

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Answer by Lanie
Who suspects the allergy? Is it you or his doctor? Are you sure he isn’t colic? Sounds a bit like colic to me. My baby girl was colic and sounds just llike yours. If you havent already, check with his doctor about these symptoms. It is rare that breastfed babies have allergic reaction to what you eat. It can happen, but it isn’t extremely common.

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]]> http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2461/can-i-breastfeed-thru-a-milk-allergy/feed/ 6 Is it okay to mix milk with formula to get my seven month old used to it or should i not use milk til 1 year? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2459/is-it-okay-to-mix-milk-with-formula-to-get-my-seven-month-old-used-to-it-or-should-i-not-use-milk-til-1-year/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2459/is-it-okay-to-mix-milk-with-formula-to-get-my-seven-month-old-used-to-it-or-should-i-not-use-milk-til-1-year/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:33:32 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2459/is-it-okay-to-mix-milk-with-formula-to-get-my-seven-month-old-used-to-it-or-should-i-not-use-milk-til-1-year/ Question by hearts_bleed_dark: Is it okay to mix milk with formula to get my seven month old used to it or should i not use milk til 1 year?
my husband wants me to start mixing milk with his formula and I have always heard that if you give a child milk before they are a year old it can cause them to have worse allergies.. he’s almost eight months, and a friend of ours did this with their child at five months but im just not sure about it.

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Answer by rose_everafter
WAIT!! I tried it with my youngest son and he would have seriously bad diarrea because their little tummies cannot digest it yet.

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]]> http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2459/is-it-okay-to-mix-milk-with-formula-to-get-my-seven-month-old-used-to-it-or-should-i-not-use-milk-til-1-year/feed/ 7 My son is 11 mos old on elecare formula? what is the next formula to try with less milk or soy? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2456/my-son-is-11-mos-old-on-elecare-formula-what-is-the-next-formula-to-try-with-less-milk-or-soy/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2456/my-son-is-11-mos-old-on-elecare-formula-what-is-the-next-formula-to-try-with-less-milk-or-soy/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:34:08 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2456/my-son-is-11-mos-old-on-elecare-formula-what-is-the-next-formula-to-try-with-less-milk-or-soy/ Question by stressed: My son is 11 mos old on elecare formula? what is the next formula to try with less milk or soy?
IF he even has an allergy it’s an intestinal one as he tested negative to milk and soy by patch and blood work. The only way we will know is by oral challenge. We want to take him to something with less milk or less proteins so it’t not a hard adjustement on his system.

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Answer by Sophie
If he is severely allergic try a fully hydrolyzed formula such as Nutragimen AA. Some babies are able to stomach some milk proteins (my daughter is also allergic) and you can try him on goats milk..but if you see a reaction starting stop usage straight away and give piriton. I personally wouls stick to the fully hydrolyzed formula until you know for sure what it is hesallergic too exactly.

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]]> http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2456/my-son-is-11-mos-old-on-elecare-formula-what-is-the-next-formula-to-try-with-less-milk-or-soy/feed/ 1 Q&A: Strange Bowel Movements when switched to whole milk?? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2455/qa-strange-bowel-movements-when-switched-to-whole-milk/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2455/qa-strange-bowel-movements-when-switched-to-whole-milk/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:33:28 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2455/qa-strange-bowel-movements-when-switched-to-whole-milk/ Question by Braedyn’s Mommy ?: Strange Bowel Movements when switched to whole milk??
My son has been on Similac Alimentum since he was 3 months for colic and cow’s milk protein allergies. He is a yr. old and he has recently been doing some formula and some whole milk. His BM’s have been very strange, sometimes orange and red. And he is also having them more than normal. Is this normal in the transition to whole milk.. or should I be concerned. Any help would be appreciated (:

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Answer by CHAR L
I am a CMA and a mother of a daughter who has Reflux Disease and is Lactose Intolerant My daughter had to be put on Soy formula and Soy milk… It sounds like an allergy… Talk to his Pediatrician and see what he or she recommends

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]]> http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2455/qa-strange-bowel-movements-when-switched-to-whole-milk/feed/ 5 What does a MILK allergy look like??? HELP, new mom and so confused.? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2451/what-does-a-milk-allergy-look-like-help-new-mom-and-so-confused/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2451/what-does-a-milk-allergy-look-like-help-new-mom-and-so-confused/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:33:45 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2451/what-does-a-milk-allergy-look-like-help-new-mom-and-so-confused/ Question by paper_abby: What does a MILK allergy look like??? HELP, new mom and so confused.?
I am hoping someone can offer me some advice or help pls!! My baby is 8weeks old and has been on Similac Advance from the hospital on. He is gaining weight well and otherwise seems like a healthy baby.

BUT here is the part that I am so torn and confused about. I am at my wits end and so frustrated. Lately and actually as the weeks go on it seems like he is not doing so well on his formula. I am noticing the following:

Cramps as where he brings his legs up to his stomach
Constant hard farts but not constipated
Not finishing all his bottles and when he does finish he cries sometimes
Plus he is always, always fussy and fidgity.

WHAT is wrong?? Can someone pls tell me if it seems like he might have a milk allergy?? Do you think I should try Soy?? I mean this can not be right?

Any suggestions would be so helpful??
YES I would believe it could be an intolerance not an allergy as well. So would you think that switching to Soy would help then?

Also if I do switch him to Soy, later on in life he would be able to go back to Milk right, if he was allergic?
No he has never had bloody stools, and he did try the goodstart but it did not help either. If he has to “grow” out of this phase why would that be? Does anyone think that it could just be that?

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Answer by paradisemtn
It sounds like a digestion problem

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]]> http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2451/what-does-a-milk-allergy-look-like-help-new-mom-and-so-confused/feed/ 5 Is it the stomach flu or a milk allergy in my 2 month old? http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2438/is-it-the-stomach-flu-or-a-milk-allergy-in-my-2-month-old/ http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2438/is-it-the-stomach-flu-or-a-milk-allergy-in-my-2-month-old/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:34:06 +0000 Alan http://myfoodallergiestreatment.com/2438/is-it-the-stomach-flu-or-a-milk-allergy-in-my-2-month-old/ Question by Lindsay: Is it the stomach flu or a milk allergy in my 2 month old?
My son just turned 2 months old. Last weekend we all had a stomach bug and we thought that maybe he had escaped it until he started throwing up. He only threw up 3 bottles in about 3 days. He had no diarrhea at this point and was completely himself and eating normally other than throwing up a bottle a day. After that stopped he then had the diarrhea but it also his stools had some mucous in them as well as little tinges of blood. He went to the pediatrician today and she doesn’t think it’s the flu, but instead a milk allergy. She did say though that there is a possibility that his bowels are just irritated from the diarrhea and that’s why there is a little blood but most times its due to milk allergy. She gave me nutramigen, a non milk based formula, to start giving him(he was on similac advance). The first bottle of this new formula he threw up, so I don’t really know what to think. I will be seeing her again on Friday, but am curious if anyone else has insight on this. Thank you!

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Answer by amanda
it does take a few days for formula to regulate in the body. I would give some pedialyte to help with hydrating your baby and wait a few more days to see if baby can stomach the new formula.

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