Post by wkm on Aug 5, 2007 10:49:04 GMT
I was wondering if anyone else's child has a milk allergy?
My 3 year old son was diagnosed with this on Tuesday (although we've suspected for 2 years now). He's been on soya milk since he was 1 and we've been careful about how much dairy we've been giving him since then too.
The dr said on Tuesday to restrict his dairy intake even more (althought not to stop it completely). He also said that 50% of children with a dairy allergy have a soya allergy too and it sounds like my son has this as well! But he said that as he's not unwell with it and is gaining weight and growing that we should leave him on the soya milk as he's getting enough calcium from it.
Our biggest problem though is that he's just become potty trained but as he doesn't always get the proper sensation of needing a poo and it's too loose for him to hold in, he does still have poo accidents sometimes. That's not such a big deal now, but will be when he's a bit older.
The dr said that he will probably grow out of it by the time he's 7 (although he may always be a bit sensitive to milk). And he's now at an age that he can understand and accept that he can't eat/drink certain things as it 'makes his tummy poorly'.
Anyway....I'm rambling! Just wondered how others have coped with it?
Rach xx
My 3 year old son was diagnosed with this on Tuesday (although we've suspected for 2 years now). He's been on soya milk since he was 1 and we've been careful about how much dairy we've been giving him since then too.
The dr said on Tuesday to restrict his dairy intake even more (althought not to stop it completely). He also said that 50% of children with a dairy allergy have a soya allergy too and it sounds like my son has this as well! But he said that as he's not unwell with it and is gaining weight and growing that we should leave him on the soya milk as he's getting enough calcium from it.
Our biggest problem though is that he's just become potty trained but as he doesn't always get the proper sensation of needing a poo and it's too loose for him to hold in, he does still have poo accidents sometimes. That's not such a big deal now, but will be when he's a bit older.
The dr said that he will probably grow out of it by the time he's 7 (although he may always be a bit sensitive to milk). And he's now at an age that he can understand and accept that he can't eat/drink certain things as it 'makes his tummy poorly'.
Anyway....I'm rambling! Just wondered how others have coped with it?
Rach xx
