Hi! I have some questions and concerns that I would like to share with you and would appriciate any help or suggestions you might have. Is it possible for a baby to be allergic to foods that the mother eats besides dairy products. My peditrician says no and I am having trouble finding documentation. My son is 6 months old and exclusively BF. He has had colic starting at about 10 days of age. He would cry for 3-5 hours every night arching his back nothing could relieve him. I had difficulties with an over active let down and found that pumping through let down did help the crying but it did not totally resolve it. At 9 weeks I eleminated dairy including hidden dairy. Things got better 3-4 hours 4-5 night a week. My son then developed exzema on his elbows, knees and trunk. Some of the other reactions I observe are a burn around the anus, stools that have stringy mucus and are frothy and foul almost like GI bleed odor, an upper respiratory rattle, and fussy. I went off soy, corn, eggs, nuts, anything with caffine and wheat. I slowly added foods. Soy and wheat seem to be OK. Corn and eggs may be a problem. I sometimes get reactions. I haven't tried nuts or caffine. The colic is basically gone unless I make a diet error. Last week I wasn't thinking and had a crust off of some bread that I made for my other son. The bread had milk in it and I had 2 hours of crying, an exzema flare and frothy foul stools. My son was 6 lb 10 oz at birth, 12 lb at 2 months, 16 lb 3 oz at 4 months and is now close to 20 lbs. Developmentally he is right on. When he is not having a reaction my son is a happy easy going baby. There is a strong family history of exzema on both sides of the family and multiple food allergies. This diet is very restrictive and doesn't always seem to work. I referred myself to an allergist but have another 2 weeks until the appointment. Your help is appriciated. Helen Schieve LLLL