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"Glass, Marsha" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 19 Jul 2001 14:17:00 -0500
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Maryann asked, "How long does food stay in her system so she would know
which foods caused
the problem with her baby?"
Speaking from not only a knowledge base, but personal experience as well,
baby can start exhibiting symptoms 12-24 hours after mom has ingested the
offending food, or sooner, and it may take up to 2 weeks for ALL symptoms to
go away.  My daughter had an extreme dairy allergy and -don't tell me it
isn't so, I know the symptoms I observed- lactose intolerance.  It did take
every bit of 2 weeks for the last of symptoms to disappear, leaving a
totally different, happy baby behind!

She also asks, "Should she breastfeed her 2nd baby or would a baby this
allergic need to eat hypoallergenic food because she is sensitized through
mother's breast milk."
 I think the answer is, of course, breast milk is the best thing for the
child.  To be tolerable for an allergic baby, however, mother may have to
sacrifice some foods, at least while the child is very young.  Only mom
knows if that is something she is willing/capable of doing, but there's no
doubt it is better for the child.  My daughter's allergy subsided by 11
months when I reintroduced dairy into my diet and she was okay, until she
was about 10 yrs old.  Since then, about 5 years, she is seriously lactose
intolerant-and she loves dairy stuff!  Thank God for lactase pills! (I know
that has been a discussion on this list before, but I'm a dairy lover
myself, especially cheese.  So, we don't need to beat that poor dead horse
again!)   My daughter was miserable for her first 2 months until we figured
out the problem (pediatrician didn't believe it back then.  He had his eyes
opened!), after which she became an angel, always smiling.  I always said
that she was happy to just not hurt anymore  (as in serious bellyache.  And
who'd have thought a newborn could have such foul smelling gas!?  That was
actually my first clue that, at 10 years, "it" was back!).  The 'zits' were
the last symptom to disappear and it took 2 full weeks before they were
gone, and we're not talking 'normal newborn rash'!

With a new baby, I wouldn't cut everything out of her diet as a precaution,
because you have no way of knowing whether the child will develop problems
or not, and that is quite restrictive.   However, she could 'go easy' on
high risk foods and see how things go.  If the baby exhibits symptoms, then
start looking for the culprit or culprits.  If the current problem is soy,
wheat and dairy, how many ABM options are there?

Marsha, who is wishing I was in Acapulco!  Sigh....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marsha Glass RN, BSN, IBCLC
Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations
as all other earthly causes combined.
John S. C. Abbot
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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