My daughter was diagnosed with a protein allergy after she turned twelve months and I was getting ready to wean her from the breast. She was very irritable, had an elevated temperature, eczema, weeks of diarrhea, and had all but stopped eating. She had just finished with a bout of croup, so I figured it was the illness lingering, but it just never went away. Her doctor told me to try soy milk, and the reaction was immediate. I have eliminated most dairy foods from her diet (she can handle cheese and the milk that been cooked in foods, although I notice a bit of eczema still) and give her fortified rice milk with cereal. I notice that sometimes when she goes to grandma's, she'll come back irritable, feverish, and will have several very loose stools before the night's over. I've tried to explain about the intolerance, but she bought Lactaid milk instead of Rice Dream, and I know she's feeding her yogurt and ice cream. I'm almost considering stopping the visits.
