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