Where do I start?

[Laurel723]

I'm hoping some of you more experienced mamas can help me out...DS is 8 weeks old, (breastfed only) and seems to have a sensitivity to cow's milk-he gets very gassy/fussy and strains to poop, and has green, mucousy diapers if I have any dairy. His eyes have had yellow goo since birth and my OB-who has since been fired-told me not to worry about it since his eyes weren't red. He also told me not to worry about trying to find the reactive food and that milk wouldn't cause colic. (Yeah. Yikes. That was when I decided to fire him.) But I don't think the eye goo is normal-if it was, it would have cleared by now.

DH is a very allergic person-hayfever and multiple food sensitivities, and I discovered after pulling dairy out of my diet for a couple weeks (on a hunch) that I am still pretty sensitive to it as well. (Which explains why I craved it sooo bad while I was preggo...darn it.) I also react severely to soy. (swollen throat, etc.)

Anyway. I'm looking for information on trying an elimination diet to figure out what else is bugging DS. What foods do you live on while you are getting the rest out of your system? For how long? I've checked out the above links, and haven't really found a good answer on what a person can eat...If anyone would be willing to help me out, I'd be extremely grateful!!

[Caden's Mom]

I asked this on another board last night since we just found my DS is allergic to dairy. Here's some stuff:

meatloaf-use rice milk if your recipe calls for milk, with smashed potatoes made with rice milk and smart balance light butter.

Hot dogs-ball park beef franks with Sara Lee wheat buns, french fries, Bush veg. baked beans

Roast and veggies

Pork tenderloin with marinade, BBQ sauce with potato salad and veggie

spagetti-there are some dairy free sauces, just read the labels
I make garlic toast with Sara Lee bread and thre are some dairy free frozen breads I have found at Wal-Mart, like Sister Schuberts yeast rolls

lots of chicken breasts, potato and veggies
I get on allrecipes.com and look for recipes that I think I can alter if needed.

Goolosh-
1 # hamb meat-browned and drained
add some garlic salt
1 lg. can of tomato juice
about 1.5 (dry) cups elbow noodles-cooked and drained
2 cans stewed tomatoes
sprinkle of sugar and S&P
Combine all ingredients and simmer. Turn off heat and let macaroni soak up the juice. You might need to add more tomato juice if its dry.
We eat it with Jiffy cornbread muffins made with rice milk

"Easy soup"-good soup, you can freeze half for later
2 #s hamburger meat-brown and drain
then add:
2 cans rotel
2 cans minestrone soup (read labels)
2 cans chili beans
1 lg can tomato juice, around 16 ounces
Heat it up, let simmer and enjoy. Your DH can put cheese on top.

Chicken salad-
boil some frozen chicken tenderloins until done, let cool, then cut in bite size pieces
Chopped purple grapes in half
1 red delicious apple
dash of salt
mayo
*Mix it all together, add stuff until it all looks even, cover and let chill for a few hours. Yummy on bread, with crackers and soup


This is what we had tonight:
Easy chicken noodle soup
1 tbs butter-smart balance light or olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
4 cans chicken broth
1 can veg. broth
1/2 pound chopped cooked chicken
1.5 cups dry egg noodles
1 cup sliced carrots
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
S&P
melt butter, then saute onion and celery until tender. Our in broths and rest of ingredients. Bring to a boil, then cover and let simmer 20 minutes.

State fair corn dogs and fries

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Dairy free:


Breakfast
Bacon (Wellshire Farms Uncured Bacon, Louis Rich Turkey Bacon, Applegate Farms Turkey Bacon)
Sausage (lots of sausages have milk in them) Jimmy Dean and some store brands are safe
"Safe" bread (try wheat bread from a health food store; beware Pepperidge Farms, which has milk in almost all varieties - read further, list of milk free breads)
Bagels (read labels) – Sara Lee (plain, cinnamon raisin)
Bisquick - original and reduced fat
Cereal: Kix, Cheerios, Product 19, Raisin Bran, Rice Chex, Corn Chex, Life, Wheaties, HealthValley Rice Crunch-Ems, Rice Krispies, Puffed Rice, Alphabits, Barbara's Breakfast O's, Barbara's Honey Rice Puffin*, Barbara's Shredded Oats, Barbara's Wheatines, Post Shredded Wheat, New Morning Oatios, Organic Kidz Koala Krispies, etc. check labels of other cereals
Chorizo
Cream of Wheat
Cream of Rice
Oatmeal
Instant Oatmeal – Price Chopper (maple & brown sugar, cinnamon & Spice), Quaker (plain, apple & cinnamon)
Malt O Meal
Fruit salad - Dole Tropical Fruit Salad
Hash –– Libby’s or store brand
Hash browns (most are cooked in oil, not butter; ask), Cascadian Farms Hash Browns (http://www/cfarm.com), Store brands or Ore Ida
Pop-Tarts - check labels as only a few are safe


Lunch, Dinner and Easy Prep
Applegate Farms store-sliced deli meats (all varieties)
Armour Original Meatballs
Hamburger
Poached, roasted, grilled chicken breast (skinless if you want to watch calories)
Pretty much any roast meat (if dining out, make sure they don't put butter on it)
Turkey, roasted or as a sandwich, with fixings of your choice (lettuce, cranberry, bacon)
Hormel Spam
Hormel Vienna Sausages
All Hormel canned meats
Vienna Sausages – Libby’s
Chicken Nuggets – Tyson, Ian's
Hot Dogs – Yorkshire Farms, Shelton turkey dogs (they also make chicken ones), Armour Jumbo Beef Hot Dogs, Applegate Farms, Hebrew Nation, BallPark Beef Franks (and singles), Bryan Juicy Jumbo Hot Dogs, Nathans Beef Cocktail Franks (great w/ the Pillsbury crescent rolls wrapped on them!!).

Bean salad (good protein)
Pasta, rice and potatoes are also okay for your carbo fix so long as you prepare them without the butter (use safe margarine!!).
Pasta salad, with chicken, peppers, etc. (if you can't have egg, careful about the pasta...most dry pastas are OK)
Salad in general.....California (fruit and chicken - careful if the chicken is breaded), spinach with bacon...the possibilities are endless!)
Steamed, boiled, or baked veggies
Rice
Beans – Baked, Refried (Rosarita, Taco Bell), Black
Green Chiles
Red Chili Sauce (enchilada sauce)
Veggies – Canned, Frozen or fresh. Beware of the veggies in sauces in the frozen section. Beware of the creamed varieties in the canned.
Fruits
Applesauce
Chili – Hormel or Dennison’s chili
Franks N Beans – Hormel or Kid’s Kitchen, Kid’s Cuisine
Chef Boyardee - Rice with Chicken & Vegetables
Taquitos – Delimex, Chicken
French Fries (some frozen or store brands are safe; McCain FF and Smilies (confirmed safe); Ore-Ida Cottage Fries, Ore-Ida Country Style Hashbrowns, Ore-Ida Golden Crinkles, Ore-Ida Golden Fries, Ore-Ida Golden Patties, Ore-Ida Shoestrings, Ore-Ida Pixie Crinkles, Ore-Ida Steak Fries) McD’s fries are safe! And so are most restaurants. Be careful – they might use some form of milk to coat them. They could also fry in the same oil as other foods – cross-contamination issues.
Tater Tots – Ore Ida and Store brand
StoveTop Cornbread stuffing
Mrs. Cubbison’s Stuffing
Tomato Sauce
Spaghetti Sauce – Hunt’s or Store brand (in the can) Traditional or Mushroom, Barilla, Francesco Rinaldi (“Sweet and Tasty Tomatoâ€, “Tomato and Basil†and “Marinara†only)
Soy Nut butter – I.M. Healthy
Road’s End Organic Mac & Cheese

Soup
Campbell’s – Bean w/ Bacon, Tomato, Chicken and Rice,
Some Store Brands – Vegetable
Imagine Foods offers “creamed†varieties.
Pacific Foods – chicken, mushroom and vegetable broth
ConAgra - Van Camp's Pork and Beans in Tomato Sauce
Swanson 100% Fat Free Chicken Broth
Swanson Organic Chicken Broth
Health Valley Fat Free Beef Flavored Broth


Baby Food
Gerber Baby Food:
Gerber Graduates (ONLY THESE FLAVORS: White Turkey Stew w/ rice; Veg Stew w/ beef),
Gerber fruit wagon wheels (but only the fruit ones -- the veggie ones have cheese)
Stage 1 Fruits and Vegetables (Gerber or Beechnut)
Most of Stage 2 Fruits and Veggies (Gerber or Beechnut)
Cereals – Rice, Oatmeal, Barley & Mixed ( Gerber and Beechnut) Beechnut is SOY FREE
Fruit Juice
Apple graham crisps
Sweet potato puffs
apple-strawberry puffs
Veggie crackers

Snacks/Desserts
Fruit
Applesauce
Fruit popsicles
Philly Swirl - Sorbet Swirl Cups (made on shared equipment with dairy)
Luigi’s Italian Ice - cherry, grape, lemon, strawberry (confirmed)
Minute Maid Soft Frozen Ice - lemonade and strawberry/lemonade (confirmed)
Sorbet – Edy’s Whole Fruit
Vienna Fingers cookies
Uh Oh! Oreo Cookies, Reduced Fat Oreos, Oreo Crisps, Golden Oreos, Oreos (only these varieties have been confirmed free of dairy, however they are run on shared equipment)
Teddy Grahams Snacks (not chocolate chip)
Potato chips – Lays (Plain, BBQ and Natural Thick Cut Sea Salt Chips)
Tortilla chips – Mission or store brand
Pringles (original only)
Rold Gold Pretzels
Veggie Booty
Rice cakes
Mrs Smith’s Fruit Pies
Home Run Apple Pies (frozen singles)
Jello
Belsoy Pudding - Chocolate and Vanilla
Hunt's Snack Pack (4 pack) Lemon pudding and Lemon Meringue Pie pudding (confirmed dairy-free and not run on shared equipment)
Fruit snacks (Gerber, Sunkist, Nabisco, Betty Crocker - others are probably okay, too, but I've only verified these), Sunmaid Fruit Bits
Popcorn - Old-fashioned popcorn (the plain stuff, NOT the microwaveable kinds) - you can place plain popcorn in a brown lunch bag and microwave it, but you'll have to play around with the cook time as it varies from microwave to microwave,
Soy Yogurt – Silk, Trader Joe’s brand
Stretch Island Fruit Leather - various flavors


Ice Cream
Rice Ice Cream – Rice Dream
Soy Ice Cream –Soy Delicious, Tofutti, Tofutti Cuties

Crackers
Barbara's Wheatines (beware -- may contain traces of peanuts)
Triscuits (original)
Wheat Thins (original)
Carr's Table Water Crackers
Ritz Snack Crackers
Best Yet
Hy-Top
Zips Party Crackers Ritz
Saltine Crackers
Zesta (at least two kinds-Original & Unsalted)
Safeway Unsalted
Albertson's Crackers
Store brands

Graham Crackers
Safeway
Albertson's
Hy-Top
Wal-Mart Honey Grahams
Kroger Original Grahams Nabisco
Gourmet Crackers Hy-Top Added 1/29/02

Bread
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
Store brand biscuits
Mission Corn Tortillas (and store brand)
Flour Tortillas – read labels!
Most sliced bread will have dairy, but you can look for bagels, tortillas, pita bread, and some of the French, Italian or sourdough breads in the bakery area of your grocery. Safe bread brand: IronKids, Wonder, Roman's 100% Whole Wheat, Stroehmann’s Whole Wheat.
Earth Grains Hoggie Buns (for Sub sandwiches-not sure on the name) and maybe other products from EarthGrains.
Lender's Bagels 1-800-432-3102
Oroweat Country Potato Buns & Rolls
Oroweat 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Old Country Sandwich White Bread from Oroweat Foods
Oroweat Bagels
Sara Lee Bagels 1-800-323-7117 9-4:30 CST
The Bagel Bunch (from Inter-American Products, Inc.)
Thomas’ Sahara Pita Bread – Whole wheat and white


Baking/Spices and Seasonings
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Sugar
Brown Sugar (not to be confused with brown sugar FLAVORING which isn't always safe)
Flour
Most spices are safe
Oil - Canola, Olive, Safflower, Sunflower
Pam Oil Spray
Spectrum shortening
Salsa
Taco Bell Taco Seasoning Packet
Taco Sauce
Hershey's baking cocoa
Hershey's chocolate syrup
Marshmallows - Kroger, Safeway, Jet Puff
Milk free chocolate chips: Sunspire, Chatfields, Tropical Source, Trader Joe’s, Baker's Brand Semi-Sweet (made on shared equip.), some store brands (Price Chopper and Wal-mart/Sam’s Club); chocolate baking chips from http://www.enjoylifefoods.com
Pillsbury Pie crusts (red box)
Whipped Toppings (Spray) Rod's Whipped Topping (I know you can buy it at Albertson's - look for the "Pareve"); Safeway has a brand that is "Pareve or Parve".

Margarine
Fleischman's Light or unsalted (sticks and tub versions), Benocal, Willow's Run, Smart Balance Light, Earth Balance, Nucoa, Mother’s Margarine, Hain Safflower Margarine

Beverages
Coffee (Soy Creamer – Silk)
Tea
Coca-cola – verified milk free
Pepsi-cola – verified milk free
Dr. Pepper - ?
Sprite
Sierra Mist
Store brand sodas
Kool Aid
Gatoraid
Fruit Juice – calcium fortified
Orange Juice – Calcium fortified

Milk Beverages
Oat Milk: Pacific Foods
Potato Milk: Darifree
Rice Milk: 365, Pacific Foods, Rice Dream (look for enriched) –– Plain, chocolate and vanilla
Soy Milk: Soy Dream, Silk (look for enriched), 8th Continent –– Plain, chocolate and vanilla

Nutritional type drinks
Slim Fast Soy based drinks –– comes in variety of ‘‘fruit’’ flavors. My favorite was an orange/pineapple drink
Kashi GoLean –– in the CAN –– chocolate, vanilla
Snapple A Day Meal Replacement - all flavors (contain soy)

Condiments
Veganaisse Mayo *contains soy
Most Mustards
Ketchup
Relish
Pickles
Oil
Vinegar
Wish Bone Italian dressing
Jellies and jams
Black Olives
green olives
Soy Cheese – Tofutti and veganrella
Soy cream cheese & sour cream – Tofutti
Homestyle BBQ Sauce
Vinegar (distilled white and apple cider)

Miscellaneous Vitamins and Medications
Tom's of Maine Toothpaste http://www.tomsofmaine.com
Yummi Bears Original Vegetarian Multivitamin (confirmed safe for dairy, egg, wheat, soy, peanuts/nuts and oat)
Children's Advil (liquid suspension)
Infant Tylenol
Children's Benedryl (All liquid versions are safe for dairy)
PediaCare
Mylicon
Vegan Rice Protein Powder
Kirkman’s Labs Protein Powder
Kirkman’s Labs Calcium Powder

And the list goes on and on. If you cook, just substitute “safe†margarine for butter and “safe†milk for regular and voila!

The basic thing to remember is that you can have all fruits and veggies; most meat, poultry and fish preparations (obviously without cheese or cream sauces); not many sweet baked goods (muffins, cakes, etc.); some plain baked goods (bagels, wheat bread); few desserts (maybe some fruit-based). So concentrate on the fruits/veg. and you'll be
fine.

And here’s a list of ingredients to avoid while on a milk free diet:

artificial butter flavor
butter
butter fat
butter oil
buttermilk
casein (casein hydrosylate)
Caseinates (in all forms)
Cheese
Cream
Cottage cheese
Curds
Custard
Ghee
Half & Half
Lactalbumin
Lactalbumin phosphate
Lactoferrin
Lactulose
Milk (in all forms including condensed, derivative, dry, evaporated, goat’smilk, and milk for other animals, low-fat, malted, milkfat, non-fat, powder, protein, skimmed, solids, whole).
Nougat
Naturlose (sweetener derived from whey)
Pudding
Rennet casein
Sour cream
Sour cream solids
Sour milk solids
Tagatose (sweetener derived from whey)
Whey (in all forms)
Yogurt

According to FAAN, These products DO NOT contain milk:
Calcium Lactate
Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate
Cocoa Butter
Cream of Tarter
Lactic Acid (however, lactic acid starter culture may contain milk)
Oleoresin
Sodium lactate
Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate

[Caden's Mom]

Links:

http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/hea...et-Avoid-Foods

http://www.godairyfree.org/

http://www.kjsl.net/%7Ebeanmom/nomilk.html

Imagine Soups are cream soups and dairy free:
http://www.kjsl.net/%7Ebeanmom/nomilk.html

Even with the links and suggestions that I shared with you always, always, always check labels. Companies may change and not tell you.

Also, don't rely on the newer allergy information (where it list the allergenic foods it contains), not every label does that yet.

[newcastlemama]

Laurel, My ds had the same issue. Remove dairy/casien/lactose from your diet for 2 weeks. On the 15th day eat a lot at breakfast and lunch and see how he and you react. Don't eat any for 4 days after that and you can monitor still.

I am dairy free and ds can have goat milk. You can do the same thing with the goats milk if you want after you do cow's. Ds does great on goat's but cow' he still gets a big rash across his face. If you get Eat Fat, Lose Fat there are a ton of recipies. I use coconut oil instead of butter and coconut milk in smoothies. It just takes some getting used to and now it is easy and yummy.

I would pull foods one at a tim and go from there. The top 3 are wheat/gluten, dairy, eggs. Others are soy and corn. Since you are sensitive to milk and soy You could start with those and see how you feel.

[Caden's Mom]

Where can you buy coconut oil and coconut milk? I've heard coconut milk makes great pudding!

[Laurel723]

Holy smokes that's a lot of info Caden's mom-thank you!
Newcastlemama-you pop up everywhere! How are ya? I stopped all dairy for 2 weeks and had some without thinking-duh. Still paying for that...my guts are tied up in knots and Cody's waking nearly every hour to cry and poo nasty green stuff.

But I'm thinking that there's something else getting the little guy because even w/o dairy and I don't eat soy on a bet-I don't eat much wheat, but I bet I do get it without thinking-out it goes.

Re: the coconut oil & milk-dunno how to make pudding, but I get coconut milk @ Safeway and spectrum brand coconut oil at Rosauers-it's way cheaper than the local co-op. You can order it online as well...

Looks like I need to go buy EFLF....Do you suppose Santa Claus will bring it?

Thank you ladies...

I don't suppose you know how to make a dairy/soy free hot chocolate w/ coconut milk and carob powder, do you?

[thepeach80]

From a friend.

Dairy-free, Soy-free Hot Chocolate Mix

4 parts Powdered Rice Milk (such as Better Than Milk -- I got this at Akins)
1 part Cocoa
1 part Powdered Sugar

Sift rice milk powder, cocoa and powdered sugar. Mix well. Put into storage container.

For each serving, put 3 HEAPING tablespoons of cocoa mix in a mug. Heat 6-8 oz. of water to almost boiling. Pour about half of the hot water into the mug of cocoa mix and stir well until dissolved. Add remaining hot water and stir well. Serve with a spoon and stir frequently.

I used 2 cups rice milk powder, 1/2 cup cocoa, and 1/2 cup powdered sugar. I'm lazy and don't actually sift it. I just put it all in a sealed container and shake. There are a few lumps, but it still tastes good.

The Better than Milk Rice Milk Powder does have a lot of corn ingredients. I used the vanilla flavored first and it was good in the cocoa mix, but it gave it an almost coconutty flavor. I like the original flavor rice milk powder better.


Get a can of light coconut milk and mix w/ 1 small Jell-O brand instant vanilla pudding for pudding. We give it to Evan when he'll eat it b/c it's so high fat. I did the total elimination diet w/ him, turkey, carrots, rice, and pears is what I ate.