Most importantly (Jacqui--I hope you are reading this), mom MUST have
her own gut healed. You cannot just eliminate allergens and hope the
baby outgrows them. While the gut may heal, we do not simply outgrow
allergies. Indeed, many babies just develop more and more as the
mother continues to dump her proteins across her own leaky gut into
her bloodstream and thus into her milk supply. When mom's gut heals,
this can no longer happen.
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i'm reading ! we also took your advice and found a pediatric
naturopath. (the closest one is an hour away, but well worth the
drive!) i am weaving a treatment and feeding plan together from advice
and feedback from the allergist/specialist, naturopath and my ped. the
naturopath has taken stool samples and tested for celiac's and has us
on medical grade probx and homeopathic drops for gut healing and a cpl
others. i'm eating the identical diet he is and pretty much got the
whole family on it. i have to say, this is the healthiest and most
energetic we've all been during cold and flu season, i really see a
difference in all of us already. and for the 1st time ever while
nursing 2 or more, i'm losing weight ! my body usually hangs on to
that postpartum weight for dear life.
  everyone who hears what we've had to eliminate says, "omg, just wean
him and eat normally again !". even the allergist and ped said, "what
kind of quality of life will it be for you if you both have to cut all
that out, maybe you should think about a specialized formula and wean
him." i had to sit there and tell them of the lysozymes and other
healing properties in breastmilk that have got to be beneficial to his
irritated and inflamed gut, explain how taking away the one thing that
has offered him comfort and pain relief through all of this would be
beyond cruel ... i couldn't b/l they were the experts and i was 'just'
the parent. if it wasn't for bfing through all this, i wonder if he'd
still be alive. they said to put him on formula when he was born and
losing weight. we found he had severe cow's milk allergy by 7 wks. if
i'd put him on formula before that, it could have seriously harmed
him. i'm so glad no matter what, through it all, i see breastfeeding
him as absolutely non-negotiable and the 1st line of defense for him.
i'm so saddened that more mothers & their medical advisors don't. the
more i'm joining the allergy-baby community, the more i'm seeing less
bfing than even in the normal population. baby's colicky and
reactive ? gotta be the breastmilk, switch to formula !  :-(

~jacqui gruttadauria, bsw
near detroit, mi.
www.myspace.com/mummaTOwldthings


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