How soon for MSPI reaction?

mrsjones06

DS was recently diagnosed with MSPI. I'm on day 7 of a dairy/soy free diet & DS has been doing remarkably better the last couple of days. This evening he's obviously having tummy troubles. I'm keeping a food journal, but would it be from something I've eaten today? Or could it be from a prior day? I'm reading labels, but maybe b/c it's new to me I don't feel 100% confident I'm avoiding it completely. (like it may be listed as something I don't immediately recognize.)

Then to top it off a few minutes ago I picked up a 1/4 of older DS's uneaten sandwich & ate it without thinking. (It wasn't on dairy/soy free bread.) Ugh!!

SarahTx5701

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magdusia

I think he can absolutely react to something you ate today and/or yesterday. It really goes into your system pretty quickly.  At least that was the case with my sons allergies (not sure if intolerance is different)

Make sure you are also avoiding whey and caisein (cows milk protein).  What do you normally eat? i would cook as much as possible, it's pretty much impossible to eat out with MSPI.  Also, make sure you really read the ingredients b/c sometimes they list soybean oil but not as an allergen. I can't tell you how many times i have purchased something and missed soybean oil and DH saw it (we always have 2 sets of eyes checking all ingredients). 

Also, ingredients change. make sure you check every time. 

it takes time to really get use to all of it. 

mrsjones06

Mostly my lunches have been a turkey sandwich & dinner has been grilled chicken, vegetables & couscous. I'm not much of a cook.

My pediatrician gave me a list of ingredients to avoid, but it says soybean oil & soy lecithin are ok unless cold pressed, but I'm not sure what "cold pressed" means.

magdusia

mrsjones06:

Mostly my lunches have been a turkey sandwich & dinner has been grilled chicken, vegetables & couscous. I'm not much of a cook.

My pediatrician gave me a list of ingredients to avoid, but it says soybean oil & soy lecithin are ok unless cold pressed, but I'm not sure what "cold pressed" means.

so all of it is ordered from a restaurant? It's possible that the restaurant puts milk in the couscous..  I don't know what cold pressed meas either but soybean oil / lecithin may be the reason.  I would give that up also and see if he gets better.

mrsjones06

No, I haven't eaten at/ordered from any restaurants. I made everything myself at home. I'm also beginning to wonder if I have thrush. DS doesn't have the white stuff in his mouth, but my nipples are bright pink & it burns during/after nursing. I'm waiting for my OBs office to call me back about that. I read online that thrush can cause gas/fussiness too though so that might be part of the issue. It's all just frustrating. Thanks for the input!

magdusia

mrsjones06:

No, I haven't eaten at/ordered from any restaurants. I made everything myself at home. I'm also beginning to wonder if I have thrush. DS doesn't have the white stuff in his mouth, but my nipples are bright pink & it burns during/after nursing. I'm waiting for my OBs office to call me back about that. I read online that thrush can cause gas/fussiness too though so that might be part of the issue. It's all just frustrating. Thanks for the input!

so frustrating.  i know nothing about thrush since i never had it (thankfully)!!!

i wonder if that is true though..  i would have automatically assumed that milk/soy got into my system somehow.

g_belle

could be thrush or a combination of both.

 for your turkey sandwich- lots of lunchmeats have casien (dairy protein) as a binder.  If your son is very senstive you might want to check that. 

Also most breads have dairy or soy proteins in them somewhere.  I've managed to find 2 off the shelf and 3 bakery breads that are dairy free- but I'm sure at least 2 of them have soy.  I've also heard that the soy oil can be ok even when other soy products aren't (same with peanut oil- it's so broken down when it's heated that much that it doens't react the same- crazy huh?). 

I'd check www.kellymom.com for the thrush info. if you don't have a lactation consultant you can talk to.