Baby with dairy allergy

StephNJohn2008

I mentioned yesterday that Landon had a bloody poop, so the pedi is having me cut dairy for 2 days then reintro it and see what happens.

If you have a child with a dairy allergy, or know anything about it, I have a few questions:

1- He hasn't had any bloody poop since the 1 and is acting normal... could it be a fluke?

2- If it is a dairy allergy, is cutting dairy out of my diet for 2 days long enough? Kellymom says 2 weeks but I'm trying to trust my doctor and not the internet... (and to prove it I'm asking for advice on the internet lol, I'm aware of the irony..)

3-Should I insist on having them test a diaper? Or just assume no bloody poop=no allergy? 

4-Also, his pediatrician said I can eat stuff made with dairy (cake/cookies/crackers/etc.) but she wanted me to cut whole dairy like cheese/milk. Is this typical? 

natalie042205

StephNJohn2008:

I mentioned yesterday that Landon had a bloody poop, so the pedi is having me cut dairy for 2 days then reintro it and see what happens.

If you have a child with a dairy allergy, or know anything about it, I have a few questions:

1- He hasn't had any bloody poop since the 1 and is acting normal... could it be a fluke? possibly

2- If it is a dairy allergy, is cutting dairy out of my diet for 2 days long enough? Kellymom says 2 weeks but I'm trying to trust my doctor and not the internet... (and to prove it I'm asking for advice on the internet lol, I'm aware of the irony..) eh, not really. it takes like 3 weeks for dairy to get out of your system.

3-Should I insist on having them test a diaper? Or just assume no bloody poop=no allergy? not sure

4-Also, his pediatrician said I can eat stuff made with dairy (cake/cookies/crackers/etc.) but she wanted me to cut whole dairy like cheese/milk. Is this typical? because of issues my baby has I am on a dairy free, soy free, egg free diet. i was able to eat dairy baked in but now he has excema so I've even had to cut out baked in dairy. Honestly its not that hard once you get the hang of it. 

knittygrl

Was it a lot of blood?  I feel like if it only happened once it is not a big deal and was a fluke.  I wouldn't worry unless it is coupled by him being really uncomfortable and more poops like that

knittygrl

Also wouldn't he have had a dairy allergy already at this point since he's been nursing since he was born?  Or is it something that just happens?

StephNJohn2008

knittygrl:

Was it a lot of blood?  I feel like if it only happened once it is not a big deal and was a fluke.  I wouldn't worry unless it is coupled by him being really uncomfortable and more poops like that

No, not a lot, but enough for me to notice. He's not uncomfortable at all, which is what surprises me. As to your other question they say most babies develop it by 2 months, he's 2.5 months, so who knows. My instincts are saying it's a fluke (or maybe it's my hopes and dreams saying it's a fluke bc I love dairy lol) 

browneyedgrl4282

Brady has dairy allergy but it diagnosed till after his 1st birthday because he never had the blood in stool. In order for us to properly test we had to eliminate it for 2 weeks then doing testing. You can have the RAST done but they say when they are under the age of 2 it is not accurate all the time. Brady never showed signs of being uncomfortable after having it either but he did have eczema which they say is another sign. 

 

 

ghl

A was diagnosed at 3 months. I was nursing him so it wasn't obvious, I'm not a big dairy eater myself, and we never saw blood in the diaper. He had some issues with reflux and but he outgrew that around 2 months old. What tipped us off was that he was having eczema issues. His ped had a rast test done and it came back positive for milk. The issue with the rast is that it's negative predictive value is good - if it says it's negative, it really is negative, but the positive is not necessarily accurate. It is supposed to also show the severity of the allergy but that part of the results is also not very accurate in a baby. After the test came back positive, we did the food trial - 2 weeks without any dairy, and I mean ANY. I was reading labels out the wazoo since milk, whey or casein are in so many products. The eczema improved significantly. Ever since, I avoided milk products for the rest of the year that I nursed, and now we make sure A does not have anything that has milk, butter, whey, casein, etc.