i feel a fraud!!!

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hi, just had the blood test results back today for 14th month old RAST test. all negative!! i cant believe it. he was diagnosed milk, then all dairy and soya from 4 months old. been totally dairy free for the year.living on a few jars, fresh chicken, ham, and veg for last 3 or 4 months and been ok. even milk was negative! whats going on, are the tests not right or has it all been in my mind. advice please.xx

don't know but I'd be ecstatic!

did they say you can start feeding him milk?

have they double checked the results weren't mixed up with someone else's

Maybe he was allergic then. but having avoided the allergens, has grown out of it. I'm sure you can grow out of an egg allergy.

you can grow out of allergies. i'd be celebrating if we were allergy free.

I think you should celebrate the fact that avoidance has resulted in theoretically getting better. Dairy is usually outgrown by 13 months so that would be right.

The only way you will know is by introducing it - but go slow. Cooked dairy first maybe?

My ds tested positive to milk at 7 months and again at 14 months. He is now 2yr 3mths and tested negative to cows milk 4 weeks ago. He had been coping with a little cheese or yoghurt every other day until then. We changed to cows milk after testing and slowly his eczema flared up. Nothing huge but enough to make him scratch a little. We have gone back to soya milk but kept cows milk yoghurt and cheese and his skin is lovely again. Try things slowly and see how he goes.

good to hear all your positive comments, i didnt they could outgrow them this young, hope its true as its been an awful 1st year for him. i posted this message because id read on the allergy posts that the RAST were not conclusive unless you had the bad food in you so just checking with you all that, that might not be true. thanks

I'd celebrate - cautiously, as the tests aren't 100% reliable. He's probably outgrown his allergies as his gut has developed. But as I've met people whose kids test negative then have serious reactions I'd go cautiously and try either cheese, well cooked egg yolk or live yoghurt first. If he tolerates all those you can then have a major celebration. Best to keep away from chocolate/ ice cream, though, unless they are the nut free varieties (galaxy, milky bar, aero, kitkat, vienetta).

cheers tatt, i thought i should not get too overexcited yet. im gonna wait till after xmas and try something dairy, dont wanna ruin xmas if he reacts to something new. thanks.x

oops - realised it might sound ike those are brands of ice cream that are OK and they aren't. Galaxy/ milky bar/ aero chocolate is fine but the equivalent ice cream bars aren't. Don't think there's a kitkat bar.

My dd grew out of her milk (lactose) allergy around that age. Started off slowly with cheese and yoghurt. At first milk caused slight redness around her mouth. Soon passed and she happily glugs it down now

he has the really bad belly pains after eating something, normally up to 12 hours after the food eaten. difficult as he wingy and teething at mo. he had a piece of my bread (small bit) with butter on yesterday morning. 11oc last night he started screaming and hasnt really stopped since! no more bread for him then! he was always a no no for bread coz of the milk and soya init, i should have listend to tatt and not got too excited.x

about 5oc son smiled for the first time all day. my mum just came round and cant believe the change in him, he back to normal and happy again. she said "poor thing i wonder wot the food does to him" prob never know till he can speak and tell us.had bought a turkey that i thought he could eat but mum just read ingredients and its got soya init!never mind.x