<<She will be gathering a list of nondairy/nonsoy things she can eat then shop and cook. She would love more ideas on this. >> I'd be very cautious on focusing just on eliminating dairy and soy. If it works, fantastic, but if it doesn't work - baby has been getting her allergens for 'that' much longer keeping the problem going, continuing the immune response, continuing the intestinal damage. As Lynn mentioned, really the quickest way to ferret out intolerances and allergies is to go to a very basic diet. For instance, she could make a large pot of rice or millet. Bake a pan of turkey 'tenders'. Saute some zucchini and summer squash. Bake some winter squash. All using only salt, pepper and olive oil. She'll probably notice a change very quickly. Pears can often be eaten as well. It won't do her any good to spend alot of energy and money on soy and dairy free foods if her daughter is really allergic to corn and eggs. the top 8 allergens account for 80 or 90% of food reactions: wheat, soy, dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, fish. Corn, potato and citrus are not uncommon. I'd strongly encourage this mom to go to a basic diet first -which is generally much easier than trying to learn all the hidden names and ingredients in processed foods. I'd also encourage IgE (immediate responses) and IgG (delayed responses...24-48h) blood testing for the baby ASAP. There can be a fairly high degree of false positives 6-20% on the blood tests, but i'd rather have false postive results than false negs. It's easy enough to ferret out the true ones through challenges. At least this would give more concrete information. katherine in atl *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html