DD reacts to Eggs in my diet.
Her symptoms (pre-elimination - from birth to 9 weeks)
- Slow weight gain since birth (3-5 oz per week)
- Excessive spitting up since ~2 weeks old - averaged 5 times after every feeding, so 30-50 times per day!
- Consistently green bowel movements that were still very frequent (after every feeding). DS had slowed down to 1 per day or less by this age. Also very runny & contained mucus strings.
- Seemed very uncomfortable while having bowel movements
- Rash on her cheeks
- Hardly ever content. She was fed & changed, but still very fussy while being held. It's not like she was in pain & inconsolable, just uncomfortable & fussy.
- She fell asleep okay, but would partially wake often (every 20 min) surrounding spitting up, gas, or bowel movement episodes.
At 9 weeks, I eliminated Dairy (yes, Dairy) and the turn around in her was amazing. But every so often, she'd still have these episodes, which I attributed to a restaurant using milk in their scrambled eggs or omelet.
At 15 weeks (on ped's adivce), I challenged her by reintroducing Dairy into my diet. I expected her to blow up with reactions, but _nothing_ happened. I did not understand!!! The change in her after I stopped Dairy had been drastic, so I thought hard. I then realized that before stopping Dairy I used to have an Egg every morning, but stopped this practice when I could no longer sprinkle cheese on top.
Everything came together after I then briefly brought Egg back into my diet and DD became a "fountain" again with green, runny poops. I now avoid Egg and all trace Egg and DD is 100% symptom free (although her weight gain is still struggling).
Sorry for the novel, but I wanted to warn you that things aren't always what they seem with allergies!
