How do you know if it is an allergy

Spencer has an allergy to cow milk protein so when he was weaned he ended up with a rash and ezcema and really hideous constipation. The ezcema started as he was being weaned and so did the poos, he started getting green poos and then got the constipation once fully bottle fed. His rash looked like a viral one and was all over his head, arms and torso. Once on specialist formula the constipation cleared in days and the rash and ezcema took a week or two to clear up.

He has also had a couple of other allergic reactions, one is to parsnips where his face and neck/shoulders became rashy, I stopped giving him the parsnips and then tried again a couple of months later and the same thing happened. The other reaction was to Strawberries, he had one as finger food and all seemed fine so the next day i gave him another one and by that evening his face was rashy and blotchy by the next day OMG he looked awful he had massive red circles round his eyes and his forehead was bright red and blotchy and the whole thing looked very angry, his ezcema also flared up really badly all over his body. It took about 3 days for the blotchy look to disappear and a little while longer for the ezcema to calm down.

What I would suggest would be to try again and see if the same thing happens, it may have just been a coincidence. Has she had other diary products? I don't know what else would be in the formula that she could be allergic to but some of the other ladies might have some ideas.

Edited by cuppatea

Hey guys

Thank you for that, I did try her for a second time with the same response, I might try a diff formula - it is def not as bad as you have said your wee ones had it but it is not nice all the same.

Kim, we are all good, we will def need to arrange another catch up some time soon - I will be keen

Maya,

I am glad I read this today as I was going to try a diff one today - you saved me hun.

I will def go to the doctor, strange thing is that for the first 4 months she was on formula 2 x a day with no problem until she decided she did not like it so I am just not too sure

Yep, Maya had some formula at 3-4 weeks and was fine, then back on BM till 5 mths and when we tried formula again bang, she reacted. It was so unexpected, I got such a fright!
Best of luck with your doc! You could always try Karicare HA in the mean time, it's hydrolysed to make it more suitable for babies with milk allergy, altho some babies will still react to it.