My ds3 has regularly been seeing G.P re. his eczema (every 1 or 2 mths.) trying to get it under control with various creams,emollients etc.
Today I mentioned to him about dairy foods & have heard of some kids having success cutting out dairy foods/products in diet & seeing an improvement in their eczema.
As my ds1 had/has allergies & eczema & lot of this in genes throughout family G.P said this might be worth trying.
Anyway the thing(s) that are confusing me are:
(& I thought I knew a fair bit cos of ds1's allergies!)
G.P has said I should try him back on formula milk he used to be on before he reached age 1 & was able to take ord. cows milk.(btw ds3 is 17mths old.)I said would that be cutting out dairy though because I thought there was an element of cows milk in formula milks like aptamil,sma etc.,though obviously not in soya formulas like wysoy etc.He said there wasn't any cows milk at all in baby formula that's why you give it to babies until they are 1 so that they don't get cows milk till then.But I thought & I'm sure at some point I checked with H.V re. this you don't give baby cows milk till they are 1 cos there is not enough nutrients in it for them before they reach 1.
Then he said all babies should now be on formula till 18mths,not 12mths ,that was the new approach.Again I thought I had checked this out & was sure it was still 12mths.
Finally I said if cutting out all dairy & prodocts containing dairy in ds3's diet does work & it helps his eczema then if he's not having any dairy in diet what about his calcium requirements or protein because he is only 17mths. would he not need calcium supplements or something to help with development etc. he said even if all dairy cut from diet I don't need to substitute it with anything or give him supplements cos as long as hes getting varied diet & plenty fruit & veg. he will be fine.
I find this strange as ds1 has been on calcium supplemts for years cos he can't have any dairy!& also though fruit & veg. are def. needed in diet I didn;t think they were abundant source of calcium or protein!
ANYWAY SO SORRY ITS SO LONG ,aNY ADVICE,KNOWLEDGE WOULD BE much appreciated.Thanks
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Just seen G.P. re.ds3's eczema & bamboozled by what he told me!!Advice please?
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rascals · 13/10/2006 12:34
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