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EAT => Food Allergies => Topic started by: brooksieboy on December 31, 2009, 20:30:34 pm
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Hi!
I'm new to BW and have recently discovered this site. What a blessing! Its great to read about others experiences and receive the encouragement I need being a first time mom.
I have a 12 wo who is allergic to dairy. He is exclusively BF and want some ideas for foods that I could eat that are dairy-free (specifically deserts). Any ideas?
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Oreos. Cadbury dark chocolate fingers. Some cake mixes are dairy free. Ghiaradelli semi sweet chocolate chips. I can't remember anymore right now but I'll keep thnking. My dd was milk protein intolerant and i have a serious sweet tooth!
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Trader Joe's has an organic dark chocolate bar that is pretty good and I have also found cake mixes (like you mentioned) without dairy. I didn't know about oreos!
Thanks!
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The only thing with Oreos is that they tend to change their ingredients rather often and some WILL have trace dairy and some won't. You just have to check (call their hotline).
Lays and Utz Potato chips, if you have a Whole Foods they have some AMAZING chocolate covered almonds...soooo good!
Can you have soy? If so the Soy Delicious "ice cream" is very good.
There are many things you can bake - I've got a recipe for a delicious pumpkin bread/muffins, it is so yum - I often put the dairy free choc chips in there! Here's the link: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Super-Moist-Pumpkin-Bread/Detail.asp
Do you have any other food restrictions?
:D
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I also found that health food stores had a really good selection of dairy free products. Some of them were weird but others were really tasty.
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I've started to explore foods at Whole Foods and have found some good alternatives to things like cupcakes and cookies. I'll have to look for the chocolate covered almonds. He has only been diagnosed with dairy (thank goodness) so I'm allowed to have soy. I have also found that almond breeze is a good alternative to my favorite creamers for coffee and also taste good in my oatmeal. Another surprise was earth promise butter (aka vegan buttery spread). It actually tastes like butter. Thanks for the suggestions!
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jumping on here as dd may be MSPI and I'm going milk free too. she is 7wks and EBF. I could do with ideas too as normally have quite a lot of dairy in our diet...
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I had to cut out ALL dairy, including trace with Lily. She was reflux and MPI. Any dairy whatsoever set off her reflux. We paid for any dairy for about 2 weeks. It was NOT fun. Read labels to get a base of stuff you know you can eat. Then read labels of everything else you're thinking about eating. Watch out for casein and whey - both milk derivatives. Watch out for caramel color as that can be a milk derivative, too. Ask questions if/when you go out to eat and make sure you're getting the answers from someone who knows. I had managers reading labels on prepackaged stuff more times than not.
I drank rice milk rather than soy or almond. It was just my preference. I ate a lot of grilled chicken and pasta, beans and rice, etc. Have to be careful with beef, too, because sometimes the beef proteins are similar enough to milk proteins to cause problems.
Its a complete PITA but so worth it to keep the babies happy. :)
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thanks Sarah :)
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((hugs)) Vick - Dairy free can be tough, but I found it's the first week that's the toughest, then it's much easier. I too had to get rid of all dairy and hidden/trace dairy. It is in the weirdest places! Like deli meat, hot dogs, some breads, etc.
Natural and organic foods tend to not have milk derivatives. And anything Kosher has no milk in it. It will say Parve.
Lots of babies who are MPI are also MPSI, just a head's up. Also it will take a week or two for the protein to get out of your system, and then another week or two to get out of the baby's. But personally I saw a big difference in a couple of days.
Make sure to take a calcium supplement, or be diligent about getting your calcium from other sources.
As Sarah said - it can be a real pain, but it is so worth it to see your baby feel better (and it make life MUCH easier for everyone in the big picture). You're a great mama, but don't feel bad if you end up on hypoallergenic formula, some bubs just need to go that route. We're here for you!! :-*
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Luckily DS has been only diagnosed with the dairy and not soy (cross my fingers). I've relied on alot of veggies, rice, and pasta and earth promise (a great option for butter). Lately though he has been spitting up more and has more burps, which I'm guessing is reflux. I haven't called my doctor because he seems so happy so I thought I would bring it up when I'm there again in Feb. Should I call my doctor earlier? Also, I love any kind of veggie and beans and I've heard I should cut out things like cabbage, broccoli, onions, garlic, and beans because it cause gas. Is this true? Could eating this foods really have that much of an effect on my LO?
It is amazing how dairy ends up in so many unsuspecting places, like potato bread and english muffins.
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How old is he, 3mo? Hmmm - well gassy veggies could impact your LO, it did to both of mine (and my DD1 had no food allergies).
However, I'd also really wonder about the soy (sorry :( ) since it is very common for MPI los to actually be MSPI (as was mine.....actually she had about 30 food allergies!! outgrew almost all though :) ).
((hugs)) there is a lot of back and forth when dealing w/an allergic bub. The great news though is that he is happy. Hopefully he is just a happy spitter with a dairy intolerance.
Honestly - if he's happy, I would just try to burp him more during the feeds, keep him upright, and maybe cut out REALLY gassy foods like broccoli and cauliflower, then discuss in Feb. If it gets worse - sleep disturbances, aversion to eating, very fussy, strange poos (loose and mucousy) - then give your ped a call.
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If you think he has reflux, check out the reflux board here at BW. The mamas there helped me sooooo much when I was dealing with Lily's reflux. She had all the classic symptoms - when I took her in to her ped and described her symptoms, her ped agreed with me immediately and gave me an Rx for Axid.
How long have you had dairy out of your diet? And is it COMPLETELY out? He might still be dealing with dairy in your system and/or getting the dairy out of his system. I know a lot of babies who are MPI are MSPI but Lily wasn't - she just had a milk protein intolerance.
As for (allegedly) gassy foods, I tended to avoid them even though I never saw Lily react to anything I ate other than dairy. I'd wait until you have all the dairy out of your system and give him a couple of weeks, too, then start to add stuff in to see if he reacts to any of it. That will give you a better idea of what he can tolerate.
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thanks tari :) I'm doing soy free too. any idea what to use in sauces instead of soy sauce to make them tasty and to give colour?