At six weeks of age, DD caught viral meningitis. The day she started running a fever, her diaper had large streaks of bright red blood. The streaks continued for the next couple of days. The bleeding was attributed to a viral cause at that time.
At her two month appointment the bleeding had decreased to being tiny dots in her diaper. The ped at that point suggested eliminating milk from my diet. I have eliminated all milk protein for five weeks now. She is now over three months old.
She is not colicky, rarely spits up (like once a month), sleeps all night (well... at least six hours in a row). To me, she doesn't fit the typical allergy baby profile. Poop looks good for the most part. Yellow and seedy. Just dang specks of blood.
I have been a religious label reader. We have traveled a couple of times since starting this and have eaten at fast food restaurants. I have ordered non dairy items... but I know with a restaurant there is a cross contamination risk. Could that continue to cause the bleeding? The only other thing I can think of is communion bread at church. Would that be enough to continue the bleeding?
I feel like if it was a dairy allergy I should have seen some improvement, though. I have seen no improvement up to this point. Would the possible cross contamination risk and tiny bite of communion bread be enough to see no improvement at all? We almost always eat at home and I have read every. single. label.
I'm considering dropping soy or going on the TED. If I do the TED, do I do it until the bleeding stops? Or just for two weeks period? How do I correlate a food journal with reactions when the only thing I'm seeing is blood in the stool? My understanding is the bleeding does not correlate with allergenic food... that mucousy green stools or fussiness, spitting up, etc correlate. Is that true?
I'm at a loss of what to do. Our ped has been supportive of waiting out dietary changes at this point. I just don't know how long this can continue? Can she just keep bleeding indefinitely? Will this just resolve at some point?
Please help...
At her two month appointment the bleeding had decreased to being tiny dots in her diaper. The ped at that point suggested eliminating milk from my diet. I have eliminated all milk protein for five weeks now. She is now over three months old.
She is not colicky, rarely spits up (like once a month), sleeps all night (well... at least six hours in a row). To me, she doesn't fit the typical allergy baby profile. Poop looks good for the most part. Yellow and seedy. Just dang specks of blood.
I have been a religious label reader. We have traveled a couple of times since starting this and have eaten at fast food restaurants. I have ordered non dairy items... but I know with a restaurant there is a cross contamination risk. Could that continue to cause the bleeding? The only other thing I can think of is communion bread at church. Would that be enough to continue the bleeding?
I feel like if it was a dairy allergy I should have seen some improvement, though. I have seen no improvement up to this point. Would the possible cross contamination risk and tiny bite of communion bread be enough to see no improvement at all? We almost always eat at home and I have read every. single. label.
I'm considering dropping soy or going on the TED. If I do the TED, do I do it until the bleeding stops? Or just for two weeks period? How do I correlate a food journal with reactions when the only thing I'm seeing is blood in the stool? My understanding is the bleeding does not correlate with allergenic food... that mucousy green stools or fussiness, spitting up, etc correlate. Is that true?
I'm at a loss of what to do. Our ped has been supportive of waiting out dietary changes at this point. I just don't know how long this can continue? Can she just keep bleeding indefinitely? Will this just resolve at some point?
Please help...
