new to this. Need advice on milk allergy please

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hi. I think my dd2 aged 22 weeks is allergic to formula milk. I have tried several and we get the same reaction- red rash around mouth and chin where the milk has been in contact. Put a dab of milk on dd's arm and behind ear (under hv advice) and again got same rash(like stinging nettles).

So will be making an appointment with doctor to get properly checked out. In the meantime (and now I 'm getting to my ques!) does this mean that any dairy that I eat can have an affect on her through bf? She looks as if she has dry skin around eyes which I'm hoping isn't exzema. Could the milk I have be causing this?

Sorry if these are such obvious things but like I said I am new to allergies!!

Hello. My DS is allergic to milk. I found out when we weaned because he didn't have any formula, but he got a red rash on his face after eating and the same kind of rash when I tried it on his arm. Sounds prety similar to your DD.

We were referred to a dietician and she advised me to try cutting out dairy and soya for 4 weeks to see if it helped. To cut a long story short, DS did test as allergic to milk but is less allergic to soya (it makes him sick but no skin rashes etc) so I have cut out dairy but not soya which is much easier to achieve. It has made his skin better and also he is sick much less often (previously was sick all the time, put down to reflux).

So, to answer your question, milk can have an impact through breastfeeding and you could try cutting it out to see if it helps. Also, push your doctor for referrals to a dietician and an allergist. It is very common to be allergic to both milk and soya and your DD would benefit from some dietary advice.

If you look back through this topic, there are lots of messages from me trying to get my head around this.

Good luck, its kind of a challenge but we are doing ok.

thank you sc. Will take a look at your threads. Good to hear that you are getting on.

Both my ds(11) and dd (8) have an allergy to milk from birth. Push Gp to refer you to a specialist paed and ask for a RAST test (blood test to measure antibodies to different allergens). Both mine had a RAST test and they could also test for nuts, wheat egg at the same time. ds had ezcema as a baby I put it down to me eating dairy products when I was bf. Tried cutting out dairy when pregnant with ds but she still has the allergy only slightly less.

As Milla said, push your gp to refer you to a specialist who can carry out testing.

Common symptoms of dairy intolerance, include exczema, so she may well be intolerant.

Has she been constipated at all, this is also a sign?

Hello

This happened to my DS and I had to stop all dairy food, as it was milk protein that he was allergic to, which can be passed through your breast milk. (This includes all animal milk)

He was allergic to Soya too, but this cannot be passed through your milk, so I swapped to that.

Watch out for other products which may have milk proteins in as many many food which you might not think have milk in do, I think to bulk them out....

My wee boy is now on formula called Neocate which is derived from vegetables, and hopefully he will be non allergic between 2 and 4 years old.....

Good luck!

It seems hard to begin with but I am so used to it now!!

(You can get a margarine called 'Pure' from Tesco made from 100% olive oil)

Ds2 had excema as a baby. He was fully bf and his excema cleared upas soon as I stopped eating dairy (I switched to Oat milk and had soya yoghurts)

I tried him on goats milk when I started weaning him and he seems fine with that.

My dr wouldn't test and just said it was common and he'd grow out of it. The health visitors were fairly useless too. I got most of the help and advice I needed here.
Good luck.

Re the point on soya, I was told to cut it out too. My DS didn't test as allergic to it, but does seem to have had reactions. What I would say is, I have on occasion had soya milk in coffee although I usually have rice milk. I have not seen any reaction from him to the soya. However, I had some cheese on Sunday because I was at a friend's house and they had brought pizza for lunch and I felt rude not to eat it. DS had what certainly looked like an allergic incident on Monday, in that he was very sleepy then woke up and projectile vomited, which he did when he had soya. He has also been sick quite a bit since, like he was before I gave cows milk up. So it definitely seems to me that there is more of a problem with cows milk products than soya via breastfeeding.

sorry not replied. Been on holiday! Getting a referal to get tested. Dr doesn't seem to think she is allergic? Tried dd with little rusk type biscuits on hols and she came up with hives again!

Gosh, really sounds like your GP doesn't know he/she is talking about! Definitely sounds like an allergy - good news you're getting a referral.

DD had bad eczema for the first 6 months. Once I realised she was allergic to milk at around 7 months, I gave up dairy and her skin cleared up completely - it was amazing! If you do decide to give up dairy, make sure you replace it with calcium-enriched soya milk/yogurts, or take a calcium supplement - v important while bfing.

The good news is that milk allergy is not uncommon among babies and apparently most grow out of it by age 2 (or at least by school age).