Dairy intolerance

[Ciarat96]

Hi all, my little one is 7 months old. We recently gave him a yoghurt and noticed he broke out in hives almost instantly. I said it to my GP who didn’t seem concerned and suggested slowly reintroducing dairy again. Today we gave him some natural yogurt and the same thing has happened. Is this sound advice from the GP, anyone been through similar? His form is fine, no fevers or trouble breathing and no blood in stools.

It could be. Which milk does he drink now?

Was it just yoghurt or did it have any flavourings or sweetners in it?

Sounds like an allergy to me.

Hmm it doesn't sound great from the GP. My little one had a severe reaction at that age (bowels rather than hives) and I was told to take her completely off milk for a year (and was still breastfeeding so I had to stop too). After the year we were going to use the milk 'ladder' (starting with low dairy up to high dairy products) to reintroduce - but then nursery accidentally gave her milk one day and she was fine!

Hives would be an allergy rather than intolerance. I'd try to see a different GP and stop giving dairy foods push for a dietician and/or paediatrics referral. Not all GPs have equal experience in infant allergies. The first GP we saw didn't know the difference in cmpa and lactose intolerance in breastfeed babies so I had months of babies that react to breastmilk are very poorly she's not reacting to breastmilk. This is true for lactose intolerance and not true for cmpa.