Question:
We are. DS is 15 months old and still on soy.
He seems to be able to eat Mac & cheese and a little yogurt
without any undo effect, except the yogurt can make him gassy.
We keep the yogurt in his diet because he get yeast infections at
the drop of a hat. We have been told by our Pedi to try cows milk every six months or so (when
he is healthy, so that symptoms
don't get confused).
How are other parents dealing with this?
Have your children had this and grown out of it later?
Answer:
If your son has milk protein allergy, then it's very odd that he
tolerates any yogurt at all. What makes you think it's a milk protein
allergy? What are his symptoms?
Many babies with milk protein allergy outgrow it, but usually they go
strictly milk-free for a full three to five years before trying milk
again.
A milk protein intolerance can be treated differently. For one, it
doesn't have the potential to lead to anaphylaxis, which can be deadly.
An infant intolerance can cause gas, crankiness, intestinal cramps,
etc. (Not rash or eczema, which are indicative of allergy.) For that,
your ped. is right that you can try milk every so often to see if your
son is tolerating it better. But be aware that your son may not LIKE
the taste of milk, being unaccustomed to it, and that's just fine. My
milk-intolerant baby still doesn't love milk products, but is now
willing to eat small amounts of pudding or ice-cream if sorbet isn't
available. It took eight years ... and he still prefers milk-free foods
and sweets.
You may find my web site helpful. It has lots of information, and a
pointer to the no-milk listserv and its archives.
Yes we are dealing with this too. Well we assume we are as he is not
testing allergic, but all signs point to milk as the issue. We have Patrick on Rice milk and tried lactose free whole milk in Aug.
He didn't have any issues, but then did (perhaps unrealated) so we
just went back to what we knew. No one has told me when to try it or
cows milk again. For Patrick it seems to be a threshold thing. He can
have a certain amount of dairy a day, but over that and he starts to
show signs of discomfort. Without drinking milk he rarely hits the
threshold.
Other families I know haven't seen a descrease in the sensativity
until age 3- and at that age both her kids went to cows milk, so we
are just hanging in for another year. It is expensive though!!
I may have misspoken when I said "allergy"
He does not "break out".
His symptoms are as you described for "intolerance"
painful gas and cramping. His bottom (around his anus) typically
gets very red, but it seems to be more "below the skin" and not raised.
This does not respond to any treatment other than eliminating milk products.
Like another poster stated, my DS seems to be able to tolerate a little bit
of milk based products daily, but there is a threshold where he starts
getting negative effects.
Giving him Mac and cheese for dinner does not seem to have any effect on
him.
Mac and Cheese for dinner if he had a grilled cheese for lunch will make him
gassy.
cheese again the next day and he is downright uncomfortable. (this has only
happened once) My son had a very mild milk allergic reaction at age 3-1/2yo where he
broke out in hives but nothing more than that. He has been drinking soy
milk for the past 5 years with no incident. We do not keep milk in the
house. Soy milk is higher in protein than rice milk; however, soy can
also be one of the more common food allergies along with tree nuts,
peanuts, eggs, etc.
