Severer dairy allergy child

[shaymarie]

Hi every one my youngest is 18months ok and has a severer dairy allergy he gets a rash on his face if he has a bit of dairy say a custard cream etc he allso get bad diaria and bad stomach cramps but not till it's working it's way through digestion system
we try so hard no to give him any dairy we have have to check everything and anything one product in asda can be dairy free but the same product in tesco contains milk and so on and so on

   yesterday I made a mistake I stupidly assumed quorn burgers were vegan friendly by the time I realised it had milk in he'd all ready taken 2bite safe to say spent the night sleeping on a bean bag due to my munchkin having stun ach cramps and discomfort  I feel horrible and I no it was a easy mistake to make but doesn't make me feel much better any one else have same problem a child with severe dairy allergy 

It sounds as though hes got a mild allergy and a nasty intolerance, poor kid. Theres lots of people of in here in the same or similar boat, including myself. Have you seen an allergy specialist?

It sounds very difficult for you. Have you talked to a medical professional about this? From what you are saying, it sounds like your little one has a fairly severe intolerance rather than an allergy, but you should get this checked out.

I know how hard it can be to avoid all traces of milk (my DS gets hives and swelling on skin contact with traces of milk and even one bite of a food containing milk would probably mean using his epipen and spending the rest of the day in A&E). However, checking labels does get easier over time, and you will soon find 'safe' foods that become part of your regular shopping.

Sorry for my exstreamly bad spelling s I'm dyslexic

We have been to the docs few times as we had had few incidents like yogurts couldn't understand why he was so poorly never crosed my mind to think it was the yogurts till we were werr trying to work out what he had had test from docs he dint have them every day but was still poorly after a when my dad said u shore not the yougurts we stopped giving them 48h later he was fine doc said posible milk intolerance so we avoided milk products day of are wedding his grandparents gave him wheatabix with cows milk (he only had 3 mouth full )was ill for 3days we didnt no why he had it cuz we had told everyone not to give him cows milk etc till we take him to docs again they asked if hed had any dairy we said dont think so but we will adk around as we had ov been all over the show that day and new my parents wouldn't give him any as they knew not to give him any as we see them quite often so once again we were playing the avoid dairy and now were told bot to give him any dairy or gluten wheat etc as could be celiac for 48hr then when his discomfort and dhiaroa had stopped feed him as normal still with out the milk he was fine so we were in the clear for celiac

As we were well aware not to give him milk we bought him a follow on milk not the normal brand we used same thing again really poorly no idea why I hadn't given him any dairy so on so on 2 weeks went on still completely unshore about why some thing told me to check the new brand of milk it contains cows milk have to say id never been so relieved and cross with my self at same time bac to docs again dairy alligy completely finally wel and truly confirmed and on his medical notes instead of may have we now had has and was proply diagnosed we had to go through health visitors a they deal with all things like that we have had a booklet etc but not seen dietician or anything like we are used to the label checking etc as we have been doing it for about a yr now but the quorn burger is the fist mistake I have made since he was proply diagnosed but felt so angry with my self for doing it I'm normal supper supper carefull as I no the slightest bit of dairy causes him such pain

Sorry for the life story lol

Its definitely a nasty intolerance, he'll very likely grow out of it. Milk appears in so many things you wouldnt expect, breads, crisps, ham, hummous. You need to get used to checking the lables of all items. You'll soon get used to the brands you can use (for example, Tesco Bourbon bicuits, good! Waitrose Bourbon biscuits, bad!).

Also do you have an Iphone? Theres an 'Can I eat it?' app. You can scan stuff and it'll tell you if its ok for milk intolerances.

Yeah thanks I have just bought the app we are hopeful that he will grow out of it but docs don't think so but are fingers are crossed lol thank you all for ur help we have a wrist band with dairy allergy for him when we go out so to prevent ppl giving him dairy products just hope ppl read it

I know it's upsetting, but please don't be too cross with yourself. I know it's hard seeing your little one suffer, but write it off as experience. Every so often, your little one will need to be challenged with something with milk in anyway, to find out if he's grown out of it (apparently most children grow out of it by the age of two, although it can go on for longer). Anything with cooked milk will bring a less severe reaction than anything with uncooked milk.

Please go to your Dr and ask them to refer you to a dietitian. They might not tell you much more than you already know, but if they're a good 'un, they'll be able to support you properly.

thank you for your help i have to take him to the docs on tuesday so will bring it up then again thank you help