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Cows milk protein ALLERGY - my story |
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When jayde was about 4 months old I started to notice eczema apearring on the face around her mouth and on her arms and legs. So i took her to the docs, totally not expecting him to want to do allergy testing... after testing her we found out she was
allergic to Cows milk protein, CMP for short. Im was slightly shocked becasue she was breastfed, not on solids so how was she getting CMP??? Apparently it was coming thru in my breast milk.
These are the most common signs of an allergy to cows milk protein.
diarrhea
tummy pain or cramps
vomiting
eczema or skin rash
So My diet had to change (:( no more ice cream for me... ) Soy milk, youghurt and icecream lol. And when jayde started on solids she had soy products to, they have a great variety these days so it made life easier... If I had been bottlefeeding I would have switched to soy based formula as well.
My family tho didnt quiet understand, some even thought I was making it up and to test me gave her things like icecream beihind my back.. i was so pissed of becasue she would come home with rashes and be in pain... After I explained to them it can cause anaphylaxis, even tho it is very rare.. they started to take me a bit more seriously. I think it may have been becasue I was so young.. 16 and they just didnt expect me to know what I was on about. GRRRR anyway by the time she was 12 months old we asked her doc if we could introduce dairy products again and he sugested to do it very slowly and when we did she seemed to be over the allergy.
Altho she doesnt get any of the nasty symptoms, 6 yrs on, she reacts funny to having too much dairy so we limit it from her diet where we can. She loves cheese and youghurt but milk on its own usually end up coming back up...
Hope this helps
xoxo
(August 4th) (
