Hi,<br><br>
I am nursing my almost 9 month old DS, and he has had food allergies/intolerances very early on. It did take me a little while to figure that out though. His skin was very dry from the day he was born (all flaky) and he also had some nasal congestion from the first day. He caught a cold from his older sister (we all did) when he was 7 days old, and that made his congestion really bad, and he then never got over it. The ped said it was b/c he was so little and that it would get better when the weather got warmer (he was born in Feb). After he got his 2 month vaccinations all hell basically broke loose. He started having diarrhea which after a little while also had some blood streaks in it, and he developed eczema over his whole body. His congestion got worse, and he got 2 more colds (or that's what it seemed like, even though nobody else in our household got a cold).<br>
It took quite a while from there for me to figure out that all his problems seemed to be related to what I ate; I started eliminating things when he was about 3 months old, and a few weeks later I was on a very restricted diet.<br><br>
It has been a very difficult road for both of us; I've lost way too much weight (didn't really have to loose anything, I've always been underweight, and lost the pg weight pretty much right away) and ended up with chronic mastitis and ductile yeast infections for more than 2 months.<br><br>
I was very very desperate about a month ago, and seriously considering trying one of those hypo-allergenic formulas for him, b/c I was afraid that I was getting really sick and wouldn't be able to take care of my kids anymore. But then someone from our church told me about how she "eliminated" her son's food allergies with NAET when he was about 2 years old and he's been able to eat everything since then. I started doing some research and found a NAET certified accupuncturist who specializes in children. Allergy elimination is all she does.<br><br>
We both have had 4 treatments over the last month or so (turned out I had several food allergies/intolerances as well, some of which I knew about). The change has been amazing. I now can eat a lot more things, although I think that 2 of his biggies, corn and additives may not have held. But I can eat wheat and other grains again, dairy, bananas, chocolate, and he poops normally!!! His eczema is much better although not gone, but even when I was hardly eating anything he still had pretty bad eczema. It's hard to say how his congestion is, since we've all been having colds for the last 3 or so weeks, but he seems to be the least congested of all of us actually.<br><br>
He's not eating a lot of solids yet, and I'll probably keep it that way until he's one. He can eat potatoes and yams, and every once in a while some squash, avocado or carrots.<br><br>
I would love to hear if anyone else has tried NAET and what their experiencew were. I know it doesn't always hold longterm and I am a bit worried about that. She had to do the treatment for barley twice for us, since 2 weeks after the first time it hadn't held. I've been quite allergic (or I guess I should say intolerant, since I don't break out, but get severe diarrhea and a stomach ache for up to a whole week) for barley for many many years. So for now I'm still avoiding it, just in case. Same with peanuts, haven't been able to eat it for years and am too worried to challenge it now!<br><br><br>
Looking forward to hear anything about it.<br><br>
Edith, Mom of DD Annelies (6-3-04) and DS Keenan (2-17-05)
I am nursing my almost 9 month old DS, and he has had food allergies/intolerances very early on. It did take me a little while to figure that out though. His skin was very dry from the day he was born (all flaky) and he also had some nasal congestion from the first day. He caught a cold from his older sister (we all did) when he was 7 days old, and that made his congestion really bad, and he then never got over it. The ped said it was b/c he was so little and that it would get better when the weather got warmer (he was born in Feb). After he got his 2 month vaccinations all hell basically broke loose. He started having diarrhea which after a little while also had some blood streaks in it, and he developed eczema over his whole body. His congestion got worse, and he got 2 more colds (or that's what it seemed like, even though nobody else in our household got a cold).<br>
It took quite a while from there for me to figure out that all his problems seemed to be related to what I ate; I started eliminating things when he was about 3 months old, and a few weeks later I was on a very restricted diet.<br><br>
It has been a very difficult road for both of us; I've lost way too much weight (didn't really have to loose anything, I've always been underweight, and lost the pg weight pretty much right away) and ended up with chronic mastitis and ductile yeast infections for more than 2 months.<br><br>
I was very very desperate about a month ago, and seriously considering trying one of those hypo-allergenic formulas for him, b/c I was afraid that I was getting really sick and wouldn't be able to take care of my kids anymore. But then someone from our church told me about how she "eliminated" her son's food allergies with NAET when he was about 2 years old and he's been able to eat everything since then. I started doing some research and found a NAET certified accupuncturist who specializes in children. Allergy elimination is all she does.<br><br>
We both have had 4 treatments over the last month or so (turned out I had several food allergies/intolerances as well, some of which I knew about). The change has been amazing. I now can eat a lot more things, although I think that 2 of his biggies, corn and additives may not have held. But I can eat wheat and other grains again, dairy, bananas, chocolate, and he poops normally!!! His eczema is much better although not gone, but even when I was hardly eating anything he still had pretty bad eczema. It's hard to say how his congestion is, since we've all been having colds for the last 3 or so weeks, but he seems to be the least congested of all of us actually.<br><br>
He's not eating a lot of solids yet, and I'll probably keep it that way until he's one. He can eat potatoes and yams, and every once in a while some squash, avocado or carrots.<br><br>
I would love to hear if anyone else has tried NAET and what their experiencew were. I know it doesn't always hold longterm and I am a bit worried about that. She had to do the treatment for barley twice for us, since 2 weeks after the first time it hadn't held. I've been quite allergic (or I guess I should say intolerant, since I don't break out, but get severe diarrhea and a stomach ache for up to a whole week) for barley for many many years. So for now I'm still avoiding it, just in case. Same with peanuts, haven't been able to eat it for years and am too worried to challenge it now!<br><br><br>
Looking forward to hear anything about it.<br><br>
Edith, Mom of DD Annelies (6-3-04) and DS Keenan (2-17-05)
