> A former La Leche League Leader in my community had similar symptoms in her child.  Eliminating dairy wasn't enough.  She had to stay away from all beef/beef related products as well to avoid the bovine protein.

Cindy Garrison BS IBCLC

>
>
> Subject: Infant Allergy Testing . . .
> Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:42:14 EDT
> From: "Kerri Smith, BC, Canada" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hi everyone,
> A Mama in our LLL group has three little boys.  The older two both  have
> severe allergies, and the oldest was nursed until he was five because he  could
> basically eat nothing else.  Now her baby is a year old and  has been having
> some kind of gastric bleeding (blood in stools) for several  months.  She cut out
> dairy, and it made no difference so she added it back  in.
> The foods this family can eat are very limited already.  The father is  a
> vegetarian, the older boy is allergic to dairy and soy, and the middle boy is
> allergic to eggs and nuts.  She homeschools because they are  anaphylactic.  (I
> suggested celiac, as my son had similar symptoms.   They said they don't need
> to test this babe for celiac disease because he's not  losing weight, although
> he's also not gaining.  My son and nephew both  weren't diagnosed until they
> were older toddlers, but the symptoms started at  this age with blood in stool
> and fussiness with food and no weight gain.   It just seems to be a simple
> thing to test, as wheat and other grains are a big  part of the Mother's diet,
> considering all the other restrictions.)
> Anyway, the specialists at BC Children's Hospital told her that the only
> thing they can do is wean the baby, put him on a hypo-allergenic  "formula" and
> admit him to the hospital for 2-3 weeks of intensive  testing.  This just does
> not make sense to me!  Are there other ways  to determine what's going on?
> She just had high hopes for this appointment  and came away with no new
> information or encouragement.  She refused to  wean the baby, saying she'll just keep
> doing what she's doing until he's  older.  It doesn't make sense when we know
> how susceptible this babe is to  food allergies, and how protective mother's
> milk is in these cases, to take him  off the breast.  There is no way this
> family can afford the $800/month for  this formula anyway.
> Where else can we learn more about things like this?  Are there any
> specialists who deal in similar allergies in infants?
> Kerri Smith
> Chilliwack, BC,, Canada
> Adoptive Nursing Mama to Cole and Adam
> La Leche League Leader
> Community Services Birth Companion

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