Am pretty certain dd4 has a milk allergy, shoud i avoid dairy?

[misdee]

this happened today

i spilt a drop of milk on her earlier when pouring older dd's drinks out and her arm came up in a blotch where the milk touched it.

am unsure if i need to avoid dairy, as she sometimes has a rash after feeding, but not always. she has always been mucousy, runny stools, snotty nose etc.

i would misdee
try for a few weeks and see how it affects her
then reintroduce
it should be fairly clear

Although DS was FF the symptoms sopund the same, could you give up for a while o see if she improves?

i'mgoing to have top gve up tea as canty drink tea minus milk.

how long should i try for?

Doc at the hospital said to try her with milk again in 2 to 3 weeks. would that be long enough?

i thought i'd have to give up tea and coffee, but you know, oat milk is not too bad. I got used to it fairly quickly. it's not milk, but it kind of helps.

just noticed there are laods of dairy related topics tonight am so sorry.

whats a good substitue for milk in tea?

or i'm going to hide some tropicana in the fridge for my morning drink.

what can i use on my toast?

Someone said that rice milk is acceptable with tea.

where can i get rice or oat milk? is it available in supermarkets or specialist shops?

very easy to get in supermarket, get them in the long life section usually found with the soya milk.

all supermarkets will stock most of the milk alternatives. you'll find a lot more soya stuff than anything else, but they do usually have rice and oat milk too.
the rice/oat milk will be where the long life cartons of milk are, not in the chiller bit (chiller bit usually just houses soya milk)

I would cut it out for at least a month to make sure.

Hey misdee. Sounds like she could well have a cows milk protein problem. Both mine have had/still have this, so I'm quite used to being dairy free.

Put Pure (sunflower one in yellow tub ideally) or vitalite on toast, or anywhere else that you would normally use butter.

I don't drink tea, but your options are soya, oat or rice milk (or almond milk, but more expensive and poss risk of nut allergy obv).

Give up for minimum of 2 weeks to see difference in dd4.
I def wouldn't give her more milk in 2-3 weeks, but would leave it a few months at least, and then try her with cheese or yoghurt rather than 'raw' milk, as these are less likely to cause a reaction.

which is the least offensive in tea?

and what spread for toast? cant have marmite without something to help it spread. usually use butter.

can live without cheese.

so label checking for me from now on?

Oh, and you will need to label check everything for dairy, as it gets blummin everywhere!

i would use rice or oat milk in tea. the oat milk is "milkier" cos it's a bit thicker, but it does tend to settle a bit at the bottom unless you give it a swirl now and then lol

I don't really use soya at all, but have had it in tea and it's fine.

I use Pure sunflower spread in place of butter.

thank you thank you.

this was the start of the reaction i took it to see if it got worse and compare, but it did, and too quick to get another pic.

this is her normally

is the alprosoy one in the chilled section any better?

will add the other items to my list for tomorrow

i tend to steer clear from soya because of the possible health implications (more so because it's ds2 with the intolerance) so couldn't really say tbh

I quite like the blue alpro soya in the chilled section misdee, but don't overdo the soya, as a large proportion of babies with a milk problem also have a soya problem (neither of mine thankfully).

ah yes, true true.

what about goats milk? or is that too close to cows milk?

oatmilk is best in tea. Ricemilk is too sweet and soya is vile.

Pure maragrine is quite good.

Too close to cows'. Only about 20% will tolerate it.

Now DS seems to be OK on goats milk and cheese but to be honest don't give him alot. We are off to a dietician next week for help and how/when to reintroduce cows milk.

its the morning cuppa i'll find hard to break lol.

though could switch to black coffee.

i have a serious tea habit.

does the reaction pic look allergy-like to anyone?

i am really worried i overreacted, but even dh said to go to a+e, and he never panics lol.

Looks a bit like dd used to be after having tomato (oddly she never got any sort of rash from milk). She outgrew that fairly quickly.
But yes, looks likely to be allergy/intolerance.

thanks.

am off to the shop soon to stock up on milk alternatives.