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- Nov 5, 2020
He drank my milk without issues until 15 mos. We had him tested for allergies at 5 mos (his older sister has nut & seed allergies). At 5 months he was alread severely allergic to cashews and cows milk but not almonds and peanuts (we have to continue give him almond and peanuts so he doesn’t turn allergic). When he had blood work his levels were above 80 and have not come down. The Dr said he will most likely never outgrow this allergy (or cashews). Now that there is a medication maybe he might be ok to test out medication in the future. He is also allergic to eggs, sesame and kiwi but can have sunflower seeds.Just as an FYI, my son reacted to (cow) dairy proteins when he was a baby. It wasn't an allergy but more like a severe intolerance. His intestinal lining would shed, and his diapers would be filled with this bloody mucous stuff. I didn't give him cow's milk as a baby, but he would get the cow's milk proteins through my milk. So, he was reacting to what I ate!
So, as his mother & milk producer, I had to stop eating and drinking dairy. I don't eat beef, but if I did, I would also have had to stop eating beef. They told me he would probably grow out of it, and he did. By the time he was about a year old, I could start incorporating low-protein (high fat) dairy products into my diet, and then by 18 months he was able to eat low protein (high fat) dairy products, too.
The only reason I'm saying that is to let you know that what you eat can impact your milk, so I wonder if he was reacting to that... your diet! It's kind of wild.... maybe you'll never really know if it was your actual milk, or if it was the dairy proteins you ate showing up in your milk.
The reason we know he’s now allergic to human milk is we tried a drop after his little sister was born 3 years later and he broke out in hives.
I truly believe it’s CRP in pregnancy caused by diet and stress. My normally elevated hs CRP (inflammation marker) went from 12 to 180 in pregnancy and went down to 25 with controlling sugars (should be less than 18 in pregnancy and less than 1 otherwise).
His little sister (now 4) has no food allergies but does have elevated IgA
Our DD14 has outgrown egg allergies (broke out in full body hives when she was 1 and Dr told us to start eggs; her levels were 3 so the level doesn’t dictate the reaction necessarily) but her nuts and seed allergies have gotten worse (were 60s and now 70+).
All 3 were c sections (first 2 emergency, 3rd scheduled due to polyhydraminos).
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