How many attempts of the milk ladder did it take before your DC had some success with it?

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Hi,

I’m trying the milk ladder again with DD (19 months) for the 5th time. We’ve been advised by the dietician to not give up completely and to keep trying but I took a long break as she kept getting various bugs at nursery and I just felt as though it was a bit unfair on her.

We are trying again today as the dietician did say not to completely stop it and to try to build her body’s acceptance to it by offering the corner of a malted milk biscuit daily.

Feel nervous about starting it again, but we’ve had a long break so I’m open to trying it again.

How long was it before your DC had some success? I know it’s subjective but would be nice to hear people’s experiences.

Thanks

It was years before DD1 got passed malted milk. I was told if they fail a stage go back down to the last stage they could tolerate, so if they failed stage 1 that would be none and to try again in 6 months.

DS can tolerate less than quarter of a malted milk... its been 7 years 😭 I'm hoping DD is easier!

We tried it every few months and typically failed step 1 until DD was 6. Then we got to around pizza level and gave up because I didn't see the point of going much higher and dc2 has to be df anyway so the whole family eats df most of the time. DD now eats baked in dairy reasonably often but we tend to stick to oat milk in all cooking.

What I learnt was it has to be very very slow. 1/8th of a biscuit for 2 weeks, then 1/4 for 2 weeks and so on.

It's also worth noting that there are A LOT of children who have 'mysterious' eczema or constipation when they're older. You talk to their mums and they say they 'used to be intolerant'. But usually it's because they rushed up the ladder thought it was fine but are quite clearly still having issues.

My son was age 8 before we started to get anywhere. The hospital discharged him at age 5 and told me he he would probably never tolerate dairy. I kept up with the ladder very slowly and now at age 11 he can eat ice cream 🍦

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

I was told by the dietician that most children grow out of their allergies by the time they’re 1 years old and if not then they usually grow out of them by the age of two (except for a few exceptions). Seems as though this isn’t the case though!