6 1/2 month old milk allergic, continue breastfeeding ?

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Hi everyone very worried ftm.

my DS has been ebf since 1 week old, the first work he had lots of formula until we managed to get him latched.

Anyway I gave him milk last week just quarter of a t spoon and he got a small bright pink mark around his mouth but he sometimes gets this if I wipe his mouth a lot and looked exactly like his dribble rash he gets when playing on his tummy. so tried again today but the red mark also had like a nettle rash so thinking milk allergy? the rash appeared pretty instant and was gone within 20 mins

But I rang the gp as I’m still ebf and worried I’ve been causing him problems for 6 months apart from bouts of dry skin he’s been completely fine , the gp said milk proteins can’t pass through breastmilk and when I told him the nhs website says that isn’t true he basically said it was wrong 🤬

I do have problems with my parathyroid so always make sure I have lots of dairy the dr told me not to try eliminating when I suggested it and when I said I wanted to he said could prescribe me a formula but that was it. I then spoke to the health visitor who said he sounded pretty unhelpful and should have referred me to an allergy clinic?

Do I need to switch to formula even though he’s not shown any symptoms? He had really bad dry ankles months ago but that’s it really

Do I need to be referred elsewhere ?

do I still try to introduce other allergens? He’s had milk twice and seemed ok and wheat but that’s it

thank you in advance

Milk allergy symptoms are here. How many of them is he displaying?

If he is displaying a few of the symptoms then I'd all Allergy UK's helpline. The first step in diagnosis is usually cutting out dairy but if that's not advisable for you then you might want to discuss with your GP why they think you can't cut it out and which formula they would recommend.

I'm a bit unsure about why you are introducing allergens slowly? Is there a history of allergies in your family? If not, the only foods you should be abounding right now are here.

@SiouxsieSiouxStiletto thank you , apart from on and off eczema and the reaction to direct milk that’s all symptom wise so far. We have only started weaning for a few weeks and was told to wait 3 days but have done milk a few times , wheat and also egg ( which forget to mention) I didn’t know we could introduce them faster.

We saw the gp yesterday who referred us to an allergist and told us not to risk introducing any new allergens but I’m just worried how long it’s going to take until we see the specialist. The allergist helpline could be helpful , thank you