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[happy2beamom]

So, i'm confused on one point still. If i reintroduce foods every 4 days and say that my DD has a reaction to that food. How long do i wait to reintroduce another food? (ie. do i wait longer than 4 days so that she doesn't have blood anymore? will a new food that i'm adding bother her more if she already has blood?)

Do i make sense? I'm trying to word it as best as i can.

[kt0708]

I was told to reintroduce a new food every two weeks to make sure there was no reaction at all. If there is still symptoms I would at least wait until they are gone before reintroducing so you get a "true" result.

[happy2beamom]

Originally Posted by kt0708

I was told to reintroduce a new food every two weeks to make sure there was no reaction at all. If there is still symptoms I would at least wait until they are gone before reintroducing so you get a "true" result.

hum it will take us forever to get new foods at that rate

Yah, that is what i was afraid off. It takes at least 1-2 weeks to get back to 'normal'.

[kjbrown92]

I thought it was 5 days, if NO reaction. If there is a reaction, I'd wait until you got back to baseline to add another. Some things clear out faster than others.

[happy2beamom]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92

I thought it was 5 days, if NO reaction. If there is a reaction, I'd wait until you got back to baseline to add another. Some things clear out faster than others.

Thank you. I couldn't get a straight answer from the doctor and there wasn't any discussion about if more blood came with a new introduction.

Do you happen to know the 'life' of foods in breastmilk? Like for example, dairy can stay for up to 2 weeks. Do other foods take less time to clear out? Say, if i ate salmon today and she reacted, how long would 'salmon' be in my breastmillk for?

[kjbrown92]

It may be different for everyone. For me, when DS was BFing, he would react 24 hours after I ingested dairy, then the following 72 hours. So for me, it was out of the breastmilk in 4 days. That's not true for everyone though. Not sure if it depends on how big the protein is or how leaky the mother's gut is, though that would be another interesting study...