Hello all, this is my first post in allergies so please bear with me!
DC1 (now 7) was allergic to cow's milk until she was around 2 years old. I breastfed and she spent the first 4 months of her life with dreadful colic, reflux and diarrhoea. We discovered she was allergic to cow's milk when I tried to give her a bottle of formula at 4 months old. She didn't "do" bottles and spat all of it out. Anywhere it touched her skin went bright red and she was covered in hives. Off the back of that incident she was diagnosed with cow's milk allergy, I went dairy free and she was prescribed pepti for FF and was generally much happier.
Anyway DC2 was totally different, a very chilled baby. I ate all the dairy I wanted and breastfed without incident. I also gave normal formula for bottle feeds and he was just fine.
DC3 is 10 weeks old and was very colicky straight away, I went dairy free and he improved although he is sometimes gassy/fussy and poos mucous etc. I want to know one way or another if he has cow's milk allergy because my diet feels a bit limited (the dairy alternatives in Australia are pretty grim) and when he starts solids I might need to keep them dairy free. My GP said "just give him a bottle of normal formula and see what happens." He does drink from bottles so I know he will down formula if I offer it, I am really worried about potentially making him ill if he is allergic. What could happen? Just vomiting?
On the other hand he might be fine and I can start drinking lattes again!!
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Advice on ruling out cow's milk allergy in 10wk old
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SeymoreInOz · 11/02/2013 01:17
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