Dairy Intolerance

tayrob1986

My daughter is 9 months, and ebf. Whenever she has had dairy in the past(even if I drank or ate it) she would vomit some and her bottom would break out from front to back in a very red rash. 

Her pediatrician suggested letting her have dairy every couple of months to see if she was tolerating it. I gave her some grilled cheese the other day, she threw up 4-5 times today, and her bottom is so red from the front all the way up her hiney crack(and I change her very often. I can't stand my baby to be in a wet diaper!)  

I am concerned that she won't grow out of this intolerance. Any of you guys have experience with this?  

shotzie

The good thing about childhood intolerances and allergies is that they are often outgrown. If a person develops an allergy as an adult, they tend to have it for life.

DD1 is allergic to dairy, soy, and eggs, but she is on her way to outgrowing them. Her levels went down drastically between age 1 and 2.

I would avoid dairy completely and take LO to a pedi allergist at age 1 for testing. If it's truly an intolerance, an allergy test will be negative. I would want to have her tested to see if it is actually an allergy. If so, you'd need to be more vigilant in avoiding dairy and have a treatment plan for accidental exposure, [ie, Benadryl, EpiPen].

wochoa22

I wish I had known this 11 years ago when I had my first. It took 5 years to figure out she had a dairy allergy. My advice to you would be to see a ped gastroenterologist. He was able to diagnose her and after we were able to control her symptoms. I can also happily tell you she outgrew her allergy around the age of 7. Now she is however lactose intolerant but she just pops a pill and can have all the ice cream she wants. Good luck