About six days off the whole milk:
Since the rash didn't go away, I chalked it up to a failed experiment and reintroduced milk yesterday. This afternoon, he looks like this:
YIKES! I still don't know if it's coincidental because I reintroduced the milk yesterday afternoon and he was completely fine until just about an hour ago. And his rashes have been known to come and go in intensity regardless of diet. But it's a start and we are becoming a dairy-free family...that for sure.
In other news, Tim's coming home Thursday! Man, it can't come soon enough!
I have been following Ben's rash saga & it sure looks like Milk could be the culprit! I've read that kiddos allergic to milk can get bad eczema.
ReplyDeletei use soy milk in almost everything i make around here and the hubby (who uses cow milk in his cereal) never notices the difference. also, in the store today i noticed that Silk brand is now selling almond milk which i have heard is pretty yummy. i might give it a try after i run out of soy milk.
ReplyDeleteWow, it looks like a successful experiment to me! Maybe the cooked milk in products make a difference, or that 100% milk is more potent. Whatever it is, I think you have found the answer!
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that the rash looks like it isn't gone in the first picture, but compared to the second it looks so different! And on a side note, those eyes are just beautiful!
The other thing to keep in mind is that if it is a lactose intollerance there is no lactose in yogurt and (I could be wrong on this part) I think I heard cheese and ice cream have either less lactose or the processing does something so it isn't as harmful to those who are intolerant. I have also heard almond milk is awesome but I don't know how it would be with a peanut allergy. Either way the first picture looks awesome and I hope it keeps getting better!
ReplyDeleteI recently read that it takes milk proteins as long as 2 weeks to leave the body which could explain why the rash didn't go away fully. It seems like milk is the problem.
ReplyDeleteI was a kid allergic to milk and grew out of it eventually, my son was also allergic to milk until recently, he is 2 now, but we still buy soy milk which he still really likes!
ReplyDeleteOh, my God, poor baby! Does it irritate him at all?
ReplyDeleteMorgan had eczema starting at about two months, nd it continued for several months. By the time she was 10 months, it'd completely disappeared. But when it was here, it was bad.
You've mentioned somewhere that you use Aquaphor -- I did, too, at first. But one day when I took her to the doctor for something else, the doctor noticed her face and literally wiped the Aquaphor off on the spot. He said that all Aquaphor does is sit on top of the skin, not allowing air to get in, which makes it hard to heal. I started using a cream called Cerave instead (over the counter, and can be found at CVS and Walgreens -- not WalMart and places like that). It penetrated her skin and relieve any itching and dryness. Low and behold, a couple of months later, she was eczema free. Now do I think the Cerave HEALED her? Probably not. She probably just grew out of it. But I think she (and we) tolerated the ezcema better when that thick Aquaphor wasn't sitting on top of it.
Now there are different TYPES of eczema, so Ben's kind may do better with Aquaphor. Just sharing what we did that helped -- I know when we were going through it, I wanted to hear from other moms that was going through the same thing.
Good luck with it all!
And, and our doctor recommended the Cerave, so it must be okay for babies.
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you! You guys are so fabulous! Gerri - thanks for sharing what worked for you guys! Truly, Ben does best when we leave his rash alone completely. Weird but true.
ReplyDeleteIt took a couple weeks off dairy for Collin to clear up. OMG, it is soooo hard to go dairy free. You will be amazed the number of items that have whey and cassein in them. Good luck with the elimination and Ben, please heal up buddy. Collin is still on dairy for the moment. I am waiting for March 1sst to take him off again and see how his skin does. It's not as bad as Ben's though. What happened to the dermatologist idea???
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Sounds like milk is the problem. We used to give my 21 month old Whole Milk and my 3 1/2 year old 2% milk. Occasionally we'd run out of 2% and just give my 3 1/2 yr old the whole milk, but everytime she'd drink whole, she'd get a rash, throw up or something else. It was really strange. Maybe it's the whole milk? I hope the little guy gets better :)
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