dairy allergy and breastfeeding xposted in allergies

[bluedaisy]

My dd is 14 months and we know she has a dairy allergy because she breaks out in hives when she has dairy products. the dr thinks it is likely she will outgrow it and the last time she had dairy was when she was 9 months.

I never gave up dairy completely, although i did limit it, because it didn't seem to affect her. i finally decided to give it up to see if it may be contributing to sleep issues.

I've been off for 2 1/2 weeks and there is no obvious change.

If we know for sure that she is allergic to dairy, is it even possible that the dairy I'm eating is NOT affecting her? Or would she definitely have some sort of reaction to it, even if it's not obvious?

[amydiane]

My sister has had to go dairy-free with all 3 of her kids. With her first, she tried eliminating it for I think about 2 weeks and didn't see a change. She said she read later that it can take up to 30 days for all the dairy to leave your system. She tried again and her oldest was like a different baby.

Her oldest 2 grew out of it, and her youngest is only 2 months, so of course we don't know yet, but expect that he will too. HTH!

[LadyCatherine185]

It may take awhile to notice symptoms. I was dairy-free (except for the occasional cheating) for DS's first 9 months. Then I started adding it back in, and didn't see any symptoms of the allergy. Well, it slowly built back up, and he has been getting sick constantly all fall/winter and having week long periods of bad diahrrea and diaper rash. Took me a little while to connect the two, seeing as how he seemed to be symptom free all summer, but I have cut out dairy again (going on day 6)....

So I think it can definitely take some time to get out of her/your system.

[vegemamato]

I was just researching this for another thread (and my friend who's having a similar issue) and found this general website.

I've also read studies showing that the amount of lactose in breastmilk is reduced when the mother avoids dairy (although it's not eliminated). I have to run, but I'll try to find some more pages later