She also shares food and daily dilemmas as
a milk allergy mom via her blog, No Whey, Mama.
Not exact matches
Although infant food
allergies are not as common as parents have been led to believe, Kelly
Mom noted that the majority of food sensitivities that have been diagnosed in infants are related to products made from cow's
milk.
Many
moms think they have to restrict their diet while breastfeeding to make sure their child doesn't develop any
allergies, but the American Academy of
Allergy Asthma and Immunology notes that because breast
milk has plenty of immune - boosting nutrients, it's already helping prevent your child from developing
allergies.
Bottle feeding isn't just a great option for
mom but it can be crucial for babies who have
milk allergies.
Even breastfeeding babies can have food
allergies if they have a problem with something
mom is eating and drinking that is going into her breast
milk like cow's
milk.
«Lots of
moms have extra
milk for a variety of reasons; they may have oversupply or they may have pumped and stored a lot of
milk before finding out their baby had an
allergy,» she says.
Babies with
milk allergies often cry for over three hours a day, which is really tough for
moms and dads.
Nursing
moms may worry that they'll pass along their own food
allergies to their baby through breast
milk, but this is highly unlikely.
If your baby has a dairy
allergy or intolerance she could end up constipated from
milk based formula or dairy in
mom's diet.
There is one cause that is most commonly at the crux of all of these symptoms, as well as rashes, diarrhea, constipation, and wild behavior:
allergy to or intolerance of certain food proteins — most often from cow's
milk, but also sometimes from wheat, soy, and an array of other foods consumed by breastfeeding
mom, in formula, or otherwise in baby's diet.8 These can cause irritation and inflammation in the intestines that lead at times to reflux, and more often to signs of distress that mimic reflux.
Since
milk intolerance or protein
allergy can make the baby sick, changing the formula to a specialized hypoallergenic formula or modifying
mom's diet when nursing might solve the problem.
Robin Kaplan: It will never be similar also for a
mom who is gonna use donor
milk as well if the
mom has an
allergy to dairy for example,
Some of these
moms have toddlers that can't tolerate homogenized
milk due to
milk allergy or lactose intolerance, so they are turning to
milk alternatives such as rice
milk, soy
milk, almond
milk or coconut
milk to fulfill their little one's
milk needs.
Some babies have a difficult time latching on, others have
allergies, some
moms will not produce enough
milk, it can be painful, and more.
A diaper - savvy
mom can look for important signs about her own
milk supply, the baby's nutrition, and even potential problems like
allergies.
Interestingly enough,
allergies and symptoms associated with an overgrowth of abnormal gut flora often will not show up until
mom has weaned baby because of the antibodies found in breast
milk.6 Therefore, the health and diet of
mom and baby are at the foundation of
allergies developing in the first place.
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mom catering to dairy allergi
mom catering to dairy
allergies.
Thanks for this post - just yesterday I had to go over this with a
Mom who was excited to give lactose free yogurt to her son with a
milk protein
allergy.