I posted this in response to a question in the BF forum, but thought people new to the Allergies forum might also benefit from our story.
DD (now 7.5 months old) 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).
DD (now 7.5 months old) 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).
