Milk allergy? I need help!! - Page 2

[RawGoddess]

Originally Posted by tarajean56

Within the last two weeks, it seems like DS (15 mo) has developed an allergy to cow's milk. It seems to have gotten worse once symptoms started. Initially, he was throwing up only his morning bottle of cow's milk, but was keeping down other bottles of cow's milk and milk based formula.

The day before the vomiting began, he hit his head on the floor - and so I was concerned that it might be related to that. Then, one day he also had diarrhea, so I wrote it off as a stomach bug. We went a few days without vomiting, but it started again yesterday morning. Last night he had pizza, and this morning we went in to get him out of bed and he had thrown up (seemed like it had only happened a little bit before ). I took him in to the ped this morning, and he said that the sporadic vomiting with no other symptoms didn't seem related to a head injury, and it didn't seem like a virus either. I asked him if he thought it could be a milk allergy/lactose sensitivity and he just shrugged and said, "if you think it is - just go with that." Thanks doc!

So all day, he kept down banana, bagel, graham crackers, smoothie (no milk) and a little water. He refused his formula. Tonight, we tried the formula again (he was sleepy so took it) and he threw it up before the bottle was done. Its like all of a sudden he can not tolerate ANY milk. Also, he has seemed more irritable and meltdown-prone the last 2 days.

Help me please! Is this how allergies come on, all of a sudden? He had breast milk until 9 months, then cow's milk formula till 12 months, then formula and cow's milk until now. He's always seemed to do ok. He did spit up a lot as an infant, I always wrote it off as related to his cleft issues (he was born with cleft lip and palate).

What do I give him now? He still needs some sort of milk, his diet is in no way complete. I am having a baby in April and plan to start pumping again for him, but I need something for the next three months.

Should I push for allergy testing? He has a WBV on Thursday.

Am I totally off on this? My gut says its an allergy, but does it sound like something else to anyone?

Thank you!

Cooked milk is problem - cannot digest unless body adapts well and has sufficient enzyme mutations to digest it. Go Raw - problem solved.

[mommydancer]

Ps, keeping weight up could also include plant fats, like avocado and flax. I try to get him to eat green stuff (broccoli, spinach) for the calcium and iron. And combining certain things ( like buckwheat and lentils) gives the body a complete protein, where they are only partial when served at different times.

[mommydancer]

Originally Posted by RawGoddess

Cooked milk is problem - cannot digest unless body adapts well and has sufficient enzyme mutations to digest it. Go Raw - problem solved.

Does this concept apply to soy somehow also?

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by RawGoddess

Cooked milk is problem - cannot digest unless body adapts well and has sufficient enzyme mutations to digest it. Go Raw - problem solved.

A milk allergy is an allergy to the proteins in milk.

Raw milk will be just as allergenic as cooked milk to some people.

It probably won't help, I wouldn't try it on such a young child.

[Ruthla]

Originally Posted by RawGoddess

Cooked milk is problem - cannot digest unless body adapts well and has sufficient enzyme mutations to digest it. Go Raw - problem solved.

This is only partially true.

Some individuals who can't tolerate pasturized milk proteins are able to tolerate raw milk. But many can't tolerate cow's milk protiens at all- such as if there's a true allergy involved. Similarly, some individuals can handle goat or sheep milk (raw or otherwise) even if cow's milk can't be tolerated.

Eating raw food will not solve every single health problem that exists! Raw eating may be part of nutritional healing for a variety of ailments, but it's not a panachea.