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Near 5 month old weighing 12lb

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catlady7 · 09/05/2024 09:36

Hi, my daughter weighs 12lb 9oz
Gaining weight slowly. Was on the 50th percentile dropped couple centiles. So was having her weighed weekly but now 2 weekly. Because she is gaining. Not lost any weight. Plenty of wet/dirty nappies. Alert and developing really well. Happy smiley baby. She has dairy allergy and a soya allergy. Got dietician appointment coming up and a paeds appointment in a few months time. She is a dinky baby and been told she's fine. I don't know my reason for this post but to talk to other mams who's been in this situation. Its so very stressful and trying not to stress/worry. I've had to remove out my diet as breastfeeding and she is on dairy free formula. But refuses it when poorly or upset. It is hard. But she's so worth it.

Tia

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catlady7 · 23/05/2024 11:21

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 23/05/2024 11:12

Breastfed babies seem to be very allergic. My first was mix fed and reacts to nothing, my second was exclusively breastfed and has CMPA. You have to either be prepared to follow a punishing diet to see what she might be reacting to, or switch to hypoallergenic formula. It’s your choice, I cut dairy out and that was hard but doable, if it was multiple food groups I would’ve struggled and switched tbh.

My son was breastfed but has no allergies. She is on dairy formula and going to stick to cutting stuff out for now.

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catlady7 · 23/05/2024 11:21

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 23/05/2024 11:16

How long is she OP? What length of baby grow? Is she growing in length but just not chubby, if you see what I mean?

She's never been checked for length but she's definitely growing that way just not getting chubby

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catlady7 · 23/05/2024 11:23

Superscientist · 23/05/2024 11:05

If you are going down the gluten free approach just be warned that a lot of the products use egg as the replacement binder so you might want to test egg first.

The best gluten free pasta in our opinion is the brown rice pasta in Sainsbury's

I'll be testing that too and also be testing nuts as her dad is allergic to nuts. Main one being almonds. Thank you will try that one

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MaryMaryVeryContrary · 23/05/2024 11:25

catlady7 · 23/05/2024 11:21

She's never been checked for length but she's definitely growing that way just not getting chubby

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Ah I see that is good, means it’s likely not a growth disorder or anything. I thought you said your son might also have allergies but maybe I didn’t read that properly. There’s some really helpful FB groups you can join, have you tried Reflux, Silent Reflux, CMPA, Allergies & Intolerances in Babies? (If you have fb that is). Thousands of posters with similar experiences and you can upload nappy photos if you need to etc

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catlady7 · 23/05/2024 11:28

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 23/05/2024 11:25

Ah I see that is good, means it’s likely not a growth disorder or anything. I thought you said your son might also have allergies but maybe I didn’t read that properly. There’s some really helpful FB groups you can join, have you tried Reflux, Silent Reflux, CMPA, Allergies & Intolerances in Babies? (If you have fb that is). Thousands of posters with similar experiences and you can upload nappy photos if you need to etc

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It could be but might be nothing. As he eat all the same foods. So I'm thinking it may not be. And his nappies are fine. He had been getting his molars through so could be that. I'll check that out thank you!

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catlady7 · 27/05/2024 12:22

@MaryMaryVeryContrary @Superscientist thought I'd update. Tried her on oats free from everything and no reaction and absolutely loves it with banana not raspberry yet as they're sour still 😅

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Superscientist · 27/05/2024 19:41

Oh brilliant!

It's such a relief when you can identify the cause and have a safe alternative!

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