My 9 mo ds has bad eczema and allergies to lots of stuff notably milk, egg and peanut. As I am bfing I avoid these too. Today I had to take ds to hospital because his skin got so bad he had to have antibiotics. His paed. gave me a jar of Neocate to wean him onto and the registrar said "I bet you will be glad to wean him" when I told her the things I couldn't eat. I don't want to wean him, in fact I'm not going to. Can anyone point me to studies which show I am helping not harming by continuing to bf him. The doctors seem convinced that if I weaned his eczema would go away, which I think is total rubbish. I think its the only thing that helps the pain and about the only useful thing I can do for him. But then this doubt comes in, because they are doctors and I am just a mum.
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bobthebaby · 21/11/2003 04:01
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