dairy allergy - any advice before I spend my last dime on powdered milk?

[Cappuccino]

finally got round to taking dd2 to hv about the minor rash she sometimes gets on her face and her a-bit-runny nose

think she might have a milk allergy - dh did when he was little

anyway hv said it's possible she's not allergic to yogurt cos of some great scientific pallaver but has referred me to the dietitician at the hospital

in the meantime I have to buy this Cow and Gate Pepti stuff instead of cows' milk but it's FOURTEEN QUID for an itsy little tin

can't I try goats milk or something in the meantime? It's not like it's killing her; it's a minor reaction, that's all.

(I don't like my hv much by the way, she always seems to be desperately trying to rush you out of the office)

can't she give it too you on perscription?? (or get the Dr's to sign)
sorry not much help otherwise...

you'd have thought so, wouldn't you?

but she just said 'ooh, and looks like she's due for a jab', stuck it in and threw me out onto the street (well, maybe exaggerating a little)

can't remember how old she is?

you could try goat's milk or soya milk if it's only for a few weeks to see if the rash goes away

she'll be two in January

hv said too young for soya

the wysoy stuff (must be cheaper than £14)

If I remember correctly they can have soya as a main drink from the age of 2.... (as in soya cartons not wysoy)...

Why does she have to have milk at all?
I wouldn't bother-not at that price anyway!

she likes milk

she comes downstairs in the morning going 'mik! mik!'

Ah......

and believe me, if you try to fob her off with 'joos' she'll tell you about it

I can't think she's too young for soya!
For Gawd's sake,they do soya formula!

she won't like the taste capp - all non-milk milk iyswim tastes foul

I dunno

am new to all this nonsense

I saw goats milk and it looked okay.... it had Anthony Worrall Thompson on it and he said his three-year-old had a dairy allergy and liked it

surely he would know?

sorry, should have explained, wysoy is the formula soya stuff suitable for under 2s

fox I'm not averse to adding powdered pink

dd1 only drinks pink things

oh yes goat's milk prob the nearest to normal milk

I meant the soya formula or that cow and gate pepti really do taste foul (we had to use nutramigen and it actually smells of sick yuckkk)

do they tend to be allergic to goats' as well if they are to cows'?

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dd was allergic to the lot at the time but as pitchounette said, there's no telling what other allergies could be there (I mean your dd's could be an intolerance rather than an allergy, you just don't know yet!).

I would just try whatever's easiest for you to get and what dd is most likely to drink!

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