Bfing dairy/egg allergic dd- should I avoid these too?

[whelk]

dd2 (8mo) is allergic to eggs and dairy (don't know if anything else as yet). She has mild eczema.

She has not reacted to anything in my milk (apart from maybe the eczema) as far as I can tell and is a very settled baby.

Since discovering her allergy to dairy and being tested for egg I have avoided them for a trial period of 6 weeks.

Her specialist said he didn't know whether this would help or not and said it was probably unnecessary.

However someone on mn suggested that the eczema might be related and I thought it was worth a try.

Is anyone else doing/ not doing this? Any ideas how it might help?

Thanks

DD1's eczema cleared completely once I gave up dairy and egg - twas amazing

however if her eczema is only mild you might decide it's not worth it

Cow's milk protein is known to be transferred into breastmilk, and eczema is a symptom of this.

My ds had the same, and I cut out dairy produce for a few months, and his eczema did improve. He's now 14 months and occasionally eats biscuits with butter and his eczema doensn't seem to be effected by this, as many babies do grow out of this allergy.

If I were you, I would continue not to eat diary produce and maybe look at other ways of getting calcium into your diet.

Continue breastfeeding, it's the best thing!

I have no idea about the egg allergy.

if you do decide to give up dairy, it is very important to replace the calcium you'll be missing, as you need a lot during bf, and if you don't have enough it will be taken from your bones. So either replace with soya milk (non-organic ones are fortified with calcium) or take a calcium supplement.

Has she had skin prick testing? DD1 had this which showed she was allergic to milk, egg and peanut but not soya which was handy as I was able to switch to soya products.

I actually found my own dairy/egg-free diet very useful as preparation for catering to DD1's diet. Found I lost quite a bit of weight as it's hard to keep fat/calorie/protein levels up if you miss out on all that milk and cheese (not to mention the cake/biscuits/etc!)

Her eczema is no better at all!
Think i will carry on as like you say good practice and has shifted last bit of baby weight

Hey Whelk - sorry your DD is dairy and egg intolerant. My DS was too - unfortunately, due to his reflux and weight loss, he ended up on hypoallergenic formula, but when weaned we kept of dairy and egg (and still do, although dairy intolerance is now definitely getting better). What really helped clear his eczema up (and now he only gets a patch if he has a bit of egg accidentally) was homeopathic treatment - I know not all go for it, but I would really recommend it, as it neutralises the body back to natural state, so helps clear the eczema that way and then your DD would only get eczema again if exposed to something that triggers it... might be worth a try.
Unfortunately, my DD has gone same way, but at least this time I am aware and have managed to cut out all dairy and egg from my diet and she is fine (except from the odd occurrences where I accidentally have some and then she and I know about it!)
P.S. Sainsbury's website has a great list of all the products that contain dairy, so makes it easy to shop there (am sure others probably do the same) - helps to identify what the hidden diary ingredients are, e.g. lactose a no-no, but lactic acid is fine - is not a dairy product despite the name.