DS is having a slew of tests and I need a hug!

[chicagomom]

hi!  sorry for the delay in responding, we were traveling a lot the past month.

the wheat has been going well (thank goodness...gluten free is MUCH harder than dairy free since my DS will not touch any gluten alternative food).  we tried to reintroduce dairy and of course he ended up with diarrhea within 10 days.     we did some further stool testing (absorption) and those all came back normal.  the nutritionist wants us to wait 6 months and try again to introduce dairy at 2yo.  so we are currently back to dairy/soy-free living.

i think that if, at 2yo, DS still cannot eat dairy we may go to an allergist for formal testing.  is that something worth doing?  do they do skin tests for food allergies that manifest as GI issues?  how does that work?

thanks again for checking in!  how is life with you?

[Buntybear]

Yay for the wheat! That is a big step!

Not sure on the skin tests TBH. I would say probably not as they would be for fast acting allergies and a GI response is more of a slow acting? You see the reactions of a skin test almost immediately.