3ladybugs
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Post by 3ladybugs on Apr 25, 2014 8:00:00 GMT -5
He has a milk protein allergy and he is the reason we started looking at Paleo. I have tried him several times on solids and EVERY time he takes it very well, but he gets so constipated that it he screams for a good portion of the day. So I stop, let his body rest and take up again a few weeks later and he does it again.  He doesn't seem to be allergic to anything and he LOVES food. We have not given him any grains yet. He is fed about 50/50 breastmilk and Alimentum (formula). He is at the 1% for weight (which is up from when he was not even on the charts when he got diagnosed with the allergy). We are trying to do baby lead weaning and I am prepared to breastfeed him as long as he wants and I am able to. Thank you for any help! |
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Post by EJ on Apr 25, 2014 10:32:48 GMT -5
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Post by Tricia on Apr 25, 2014 11:49:33 GMT -5
One thing i am planning to use is a system called
"Sage spoonfuls"; check amazon. I got it as a shower gift, my sister in law uses an loves. I am planning to delay grain intro and just go
w fats (avocado) veggie and fruit.
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Post by 3ladybugs on Apr 25, 2014 12:24:13 GMT -5
Thanks that helps a bit. I guess I should just relax and let him tell me when he can eat. Today for lunch I gave him avocado pudding. He loves chocolate and I couldn't resist. ((hide))
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Post by 3ladybugs on Apr 25, 2014 12:29:15 GMT -5
One thing i am planning to use is a system called "Sage spoonfuls"; check amazon. I got it as a shower gift, my sister in law uses an loves. I am planning to delay grain intro and just go w fats (avocado) veggie and fruit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I have a beaba babycook (love that name! Like you would cook a baby!!) that I had from my first son. I have used it a bit with this one, but I am trying to avoid the whole puree thing with him. Though today with the pudding I guess that is what it was. LOL He loves egg and he does well on Almond flour too. At least when it is going in. I think I may have to space things a bit more to see what is plugging him up. |
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Post by Carolyn on Jun 3, 2014 8:02:42 GMT -5
What solids have you started your son with? It is good that you've avoided grains - babies do not have the enzyme required to breakdown gluten especially, they do not start producing the enzyme until about 12 months.
You can also try sneaking in some homemade bone broth into pureed food. This will help seal the gut and get his gut health off to a good start! Adding some healthy fat like coconut oil or grass-fed butter to pureed foods is great too.
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Post by Tricia on Jun 8, 2014 6:25:40 GMT -5
Carolyn- interesting about enzymes and 12 month marker!
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Post by ccobine on Jun 8, 2014 8:44:53 GMT -5
My daughter has a casein sensitivity. She's 16 now, and can tolerate anything pretty well. I followed the advice of an allergist,which was to give her a wide range of foods, including small amounts of casein. She's done well, except for bouts of severe asthma when she's had too much dairy, such as eating cake and ice cream at a birthday party. We had to avoid most processed foods so we could control her caesin intake, but we did expose her to very small amounts so it wouldn't develop into a true allergy. We questioned whether we were doing the right thing when she would vomit yo a single nibble of mozzarella. At any rate, be sure to read labels-caesin is an ingredient in many, many different foods.
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Post by Carolyn on Jun 10, 2014 8:15:51 GMT -5
From what I have learned about food sensitivities in The Paleo Approach and all other non-conventional articles I have read, it is best to completely avoid a food you are allergic to for a period of time to heal your gut. Once you have strong gut integrity, healthy gut flora, and are otherwise healthy (no signs of previous ailments), that is the time to reintroduce the food(s) you were having trouble with previously.
I have heard several people say an allergist told them to keep a food in their kid's diet or their own diet in small quantities - will full knowledge that particular food causes problems. I don't get the conflicting views here. Despite that, I tend to believe in the food provocation method as outlined in TPA and ignore allergist that recommend the just-a-little-bit-won't-hurt method. I've seen the TPA method work in the short and long term and the other one be less effective and more detrimental to healing. Has anyone actually had success healing following their allergist's advice to keep an allergenic food like milk in the diet in small quantities?
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Post by amberlu1983 on Jun 27, 2014 2:01:06 GMT -5
J- I am going through a very similar situation. Kell is allergic to dairy and was exclusively bf until 8 months and he loves eating-- mostly fruits, veg and some bits of eggs and chicken-- but he is severely constipated. I can feed him prunes and he still only has a bm every 4-6 days and he cries because it hurts to go. I'm not really sure what to do for him at this point.
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Post by Carolyn on Jul 2, 2014 8:38:15 GMT -5
Try to see if he will drink some homemade bone broth. And maybe try an infant probiotic. Those are two good places to start.
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He doesn't seem to be allergic to anything and he LOVES food. We have not given him any grains yet. He is fed about 50/50 breastmilk and Alimentum (formula). He is at the 1% for weight (which is up from when he was not even on the charts when he got diagnosed with the allergy). We are trying to do baby lead weaning and I am prepared to breastfeed him as long as he wants and I am able to. 
