Just after hand-holding really.
13 week old DS has just be diagnosed with a probably cows milk allergy (more likely intolerance) and put onto special prescription formula called Neocate. His symptoms included reflux (was originally diagnosed with GORD), ezcema, constipation, sinus/blocked nose issues, colic-y screaming, stomach cramps - all of this meant that he refused to eat much and has now started losing weight.
I suspected a CMA (thanks Dr. Google) but the GPs have been rubbish and very dismissive even when he started actually losing weight 
and in desperation today I took him to a&e. They were brilliant and the doctor immediatly identified a probably CMA (I didn't suggest it) and started us on the cows-milk-free formula. We won't know for a couple of days if it's working but was just hoping for hand-holding and also positive stories if possible?
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Allergies and intolerances
13 week old with cows milk allergy?
Nightfall1983 · 06/12/2012 06:01
Hi Twinkling, that's great news that your DD got over her allergy around 8 months - I was hoping for an improvement by 12 months so it's nice to hear that it's not unreasonable to hope for that 
BFing failed here (another thing to feel guilty about) but I'm relieved it was possible to get the prescription formula
Hi Nightfall, I know you started this last week but I havent been on and wanted to reply to you.
My DD, who is now 2.8, is allergic to CMP, eggs and nuts. We carry piriton and epipens.
I began to realise that she had some sort of intollerance to dairy products when she was about 8 weeks old. She was breastfed and would be violently sick after feeds - I worked out that she was worst when I had eaten lots of raw dairy. In fact if I had a bowl of cereal one morning, the next morning she would be so so sick. Beyond this, she didnt really have any other symptoms. I decided to cut out raw dairy products from my diet. We noticed a huge difference within 24 hours.
We continued with this until my DD was 6 months old. I am very embarassed to admit this, but, even though I knew that my DD reacted to me eating raw dairy, I didnt put 2 and 2 together and very stupidly I gave her yogurt when she was 6 months old. This resulted in my DD having a severe reaction which was very scary, though she was ok. I cannot believe that I didnt realise that it would affect her so badly - although to be fair, my DH didnt either.
We were very lucky to be referred to our allergy clinic (which is actually just a paediatric clinic as there are no immunologists in Scotland apparantly 
) by the a&e consultant - we were seen within 2 weeks at the clinic and by the dietician. My DD was also prescribed Neocate, however, she was breastfed until she was 2.5 so we didnt need to use it.
Allergies are very scary but it is somthing that you learn to live with - my advice would be to push for a referral to an allergy clinic as soon as possible. I have heard via mumsnet that some children are not seen for months and you will be thinking about weaning in a few months. You will need to be aware that there is CMP in lots of products - even ones which you would never have thought about!
Sorry this probably isnt very helpful but just wanted to reply and share our story with you - its actually quite a common story, although I did not realise this until I came on here. I felt so alone weaning my DD as no one else I knew had a child with an allergy.
Harverina, Dr Hague at Yorkhill is an immunologist. Both my DC are under her care, maybe if you're close enough to Glasgow you could get a referral?
Nightfall, my DS has CMPA. I was bfing and suspected from 12 weeks that it was an allergy, but the GP was very dismissive as was the Dr at A&E when DS came out in hives. He was prescribed all sorts of reflux medication instead, and when that didn't work, the GP said there was nothing more he could do and that as Ds was gaining weight, we'd just have to out up with the screaming and him being up all night .
Hopefully now your Ds is on Neocate things should settle down and become easier for you.
There are some great threads in the allergy boards here about substitutes.mit takes a bit of getting used to at first, but 6 years on its just normal for me to cook dairy free, it does get easier honest!
Trixy, yes we are fairly close, in fact we go to RAH in Paisley, but Yorkhill is not far at all from where I live! I searched google when my DD was first diagnosed as I was worried that she was not being seen by an immunologist and just accepted that there were none in Scotland! However, I will now ask about a referral to Yorkhill. My DD's consultant seems to have alot of experience with alergies and we have been reasonably happy with the quality of care that she has received. We were seen very quickly after her first reaction and we have been seen pretty fast if we have had any issues, so its not like I have any major complaints about the clinic that we attend. But, its somthing to think about....
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