my 15 month old just placed on a dairy free diet help!

[mummum2boys]

hi i am new to this so please bear with me. i am a mum of 2 and my youngest has just been placed on a strict dairy free diet and given neocate advance milk. he hasnt yet been diagnosed with tests, but the doctor didnt give me much advice on what to feed him or if he can have soya milk on breakfast or the dairy free margarine etc. also can he still eat eggs???? i guess im just looking for some help and advice of any of you mums that are there or have been there.
thanks in advance for any replies and advice

If he is dairy free he can still have eggs.

Dairy free spead is fine.

You can use rice milk and oat milk for him.be cautious of soya milks till tests are back.

I am assuming this is because of a cows milk protein issue. Is that right?

hi thanks for your reply, the doctor hasnt saif what he thinks it is just take him off dairy. he always had runny nappies as a baby then wen he started on cows milk he has chronic constipation (always bright green) and developed a skin condition which they are treating as exzma. they are now saying it could be dairy causing this. other than giving me a pescription for some neocate and saying elimate all dairy he wasnt much help. never had any allergy suffers in my side of the family or my husbands so is all new to me
thanks again xx

Mummum2boys- I'm in a similar situation. My DC had an allergic reaction to some cheese on Monday (day three of BLW). Doc suspects dairy allergy/intolerance. They won't/can't (?) do any testing so it's guess work from here. We've been given an epi-pen in case of a bad reaction and will stay clear of dairy for the time being. DC has also had eczema from about 8 weeks so I suspect that she's reacting to the diary in my diet (she's ebf). I'm going on a fairy-free diet to see if that helps. Doc said it wouldn't make any difference but I'm still giving it a go. We wet-wrap her at night and she's on hydrocortisone and epaderm.

We're sticking to fruit and veg for the time bring before I'm brave enough to try any soya etc. You're not alone!

Fairy-free = diary free
My DC is 6 months
No history of allergies or eczema in our families either.

Ok, it's easy to substitute for most milk when cooking at home.

Butter=pure spread or vitalite
Milk= oatly or koko ( soya is vile and rice milk not suitable for under 4s due to arsenic content)
Cream=oatly cream or alpro cream
Yoghurt= alpro or other soya yoghurt
Ice cream = Swedish glacé
Cheese= tofutti or Tesco cream cheese ( there are hard cheese substitutes available, but pretty grim IMO)

You need to watch out for whey and casein in prepared foods.

There's a good dairy free surprise finds thread which I will find and link.

Eating out is easiest at chain places as they will have an allergy menu, but I've not really had a problem at most places we've tried.

Hello, I have a 5yr old who is dairy-free. Cannot have lactose and CMP. I find he also reacts if he has too much soya.

It's a trial and error thing. But it gets easier. He has a good diet even though he hates veg!

We use a Pure spread. He like oat milk on his cereals and to make custard with. Also likes the soya yoghurts.
For baking I use the Stork in the gold wrapper and we have been fine with that.

Become an expert label checker as things like bread/ham/oven chips etc can have dairy in them. I know it's not relevant to you now but it will as they get older and go to parties and out to tea at other people's homes etc.

I am not sure what testing they do as it seems different for different cases. But you can see a dietician and consultant for guidance/ help.
My DS2 had a operation regarding something else so they also took biopsies from his tummy/bowel area and concluded he will not grow out of this (many do).

There's lots of help on here. And there's also some brands of jaffa cakes that are ok to eat!

surprise dairy and egg free finds

thankyou all so much for your advice and giving me some ideas of products. i'm finding it hard as hes a very good eater and eats everything we do. hes also got an older brother and wants everything he has which obviously isn't possible now lol. i still worry all this is for nothinng as he doesnt really have any of the symptoms they reguarly get for dairy intolerence. buth thankyou will keep you posted you have all lifted my spirits hypnowaterbaby everything is ok and you get to the bottom of things xxxx

Mummim and hypno both please ask to be referred to allergy clinics and dieticians.

Going dairy free if breast feeding does Mae a difference in my experience. It's worth a try.

The surprise finds thread is good.

Going dairy free isn't too bad in my experience, it's the multiple allergies that make it harder.

Just wanted to add that rice milk is not recommended for children under 5 due to small amounts of arsenic. I would stick to using Neocate on breakfast as it is nutritionally better than any of the alternatives. Vitalite is dairy free.

Misdee - my doc is saying that my DD is too young to be allergy tested, although my health visitor is trying, through my doc, to get us referred to a dietician. I'm back at the docs tomorrow for him to check the eczema after 6-days of wet wrapping so I could ask again!

Thanks all for the diary substitute tips.

Your doctor is talking utter shite. Both my kids were tested for allergies before 6 months old.

I would really push for a referral to a specialist. As trixy says, testing is possible and GPs really don't tend to know that much about allergies in my experience.

Rubbish re allergy testing. Dd4 was tested under a year as she had her first reaction in the first time I gave her food at 6months. She tested positive for milk, egg and peanut.

It's so frustrating because I hear from others (and MN'ers) that it is possible under a year. The doc is now doing 'a stool acidity test' to see if she can break down the diary in breast milk. Depending on the results we could be referred to a paediatrician.

For now we're sticking to fruit and veg for weaning.

Doc said that a 'patch' test wouldn't work at her age as she hasn't developed her own immunity. A blood test is too risky (infection) as it's hard to find a vein. All sounds very strange to me.

change your GP imo