A couple of months ago, I started taking digestive enzymes. I'm sure I have leaky gut and have had it for years. Going raw helps tremendously, but I fall off the raw wagon pretty often. 
Fall off the no-sugar and no-grains wagon, too.
I'm currently taking Daily Essentials Enzymes by Source Naturals. It has vegetal analog of pancreatin, acid-stable protease, lipase, alpha-amylase, amyloglucosidase, cellulase, hemicellulase, and lactase in it. I've read websites and threads here and I feel overwhelmed by the info. I know I have a problem with dairy, so I know the lactase is good for me. Dairy consumption leads to yeast overgrowth in my body (we're down from the anaphylaxis (sp?) it used to bring, so yay!).
The baby has had difficulties digesting my milk since she was born, basically. She's 6months old now. She still breaks out in eczema, loses pigmentation, and gets itchy/hives sometimes, but not as often. I don't see a direct correlation btn what I eat and when she breaks out.
Earlier in the week, tho, I chewed up some veggies and some meat and gave it to her b/c she screams her head off for my food when I'm eating and she can't chew. I did it twice and then I noticed she broke out in hives for the first time in weeks and had a rashy bum, which she has only had once since she was born, no matter what else was going on with her.
Now, I'm wondering if something else is going on or what. Why would my saliva break her out, if that's what happened? It seemed like that's what happened. Should I take a different enzyme pill? Or...what?
I don't have undigested food in my poo, like I read about in another thread. I have lots of stinky gas lately. I've been dealing with constipation, too, so I figure that's the source of the stinky gas. I didn't notice a major change with my body and how it works after I started taking the enzymes a couple months ago, either. Maybe I should try something else?
My dd was born with her pancreas wrapped around her intestine and had surgery to reroute her intestine, so I get cautious about food and her sometimes. I let her have stuff, but I watch her carefully since she's had these issues her whole life. I don't want to cause an obstruction in her gut and then she has to have surgery again. So, I keep trying to find ways to deal with our gut issues, but maybe I'm taking the wrong enzyme or taking the wrong approach? She was itchy all day yesterday and broke out again. I asked a friend about giving her enzymes and I see folks here give their kids enzymes, but I'm afraid it'll worsen her sitch. Did she probably react to the enzymes in my saliva and that's why she broke out after I gave her chewed food?
Sorry if this is rambly. nak and screaming baby today
Fall off the no-sugar and no-grains wagon, too.I'm currently taking Daily Essentials Enzymes by Source Naturals. It has vegetal analog of pancreatin, acid-stable protease, lipase, alpha-amylase, amyloglucosidase, cellulase, hemicellulase, and lactase in it. I've read websites and threads here and I feel overwhelmed by the info. I know I have a problem with dairy, so I know the lactase is good for me. Dairy consumption leads to yeast overgrowth in my body (we're down from the anaphylaxis (sp?) it used to bring, so yay!).
The baby has had difficulties digesting my milk since she was born, basically. She's 6months old now. She still breaks out in eczema, loses pigmentation, and gets itchy/hives sometimes, but not as often. I don't see a direct correlation btn what I eat and when she breaks out.
Earlier in the week, tho, I chewed up some veggies and some meat and gave it to her b/c she screams her head off for my food when I'm eating and she can't chew. I did it twice and then I noticed she broke out in hives for the first time in weeks and had a rashy bum, which she has only had once since she was born, no matter what else was going on with her.
Now, I'm wondering if something else is going on or what. Why would my saliva break her out, if that's what happened? It seemed like that's what happened. Should I take a different enzyme pill? Or...what?
I don't have undigested food in my poo, like I read about in another thread. I have lots of stinky gas lately. I've been dealing with constipation, too, so I figure that's the source of the stinky gas. I didn't notice a major change with my body and how it works after I started taking the enzymes a couple months ago, either. Maybe I should try something else?
My dd was born with her pancreas wrapped around her intestine and had surgery to reroute her intestine, so I get cautious about food and her sometimes. I let her have stuff, but I watch her carefully since she's had these issues her whole life. I don't want to cause an obstruction in her gut and then she has to have surgery again. So, I keep trying to find ways to deal with our gut issues, but maybe I'm taking the wrong enzyme or taking the wrong approach? She was itchy all day yesterday and broke out again. I asked a friend about giving her enzymes and I see folks here give their kids enzymes, but I'm afraid it'll worsen her sitch. Did she probably react to the enzymes in my saliva and that's why she broke out after I gave her chewed food?
Sorry if this is rambly. nak and screaming baby today
). Increase the amount of enzymes possibly change them to a broad spectrum (Trienza is a great one) and/or add animal pancreatin. I am, however, a big fan of probiotics. Since you eat a lot of raw foods, do you also do fermented vegetables? I would start doing that (if you are not doing it already), also you can give your LO some juice (I think you can start as early as few weeks with fermented vegetables juice). If you see a reaction, then I think you probably see die-off, which would be a good sign, the probiotics should help. You could, of course, also buy them. Suspecting the saliva for the rash makes me think that maybe the saliva was too acidic, or maybe had some yeast, bad bacteria?
