Cold Symptoms for 6 Weeks in 13 Mo Old

My daughter had a runny, yucky green snotty nose at age when she was drinking milk. I got tired of the gym daycare telling me she was too sick to attend for an hour a day.

I took her off all milk products for 7 days. Guess what? No more runny nose. My kids have not had much milk since then, they do eat ice cream, yogurt and cheese. However, when they start adding too much, the runny nose and green snot come back. They both use plain rice milk for cereal without complaint.

Hello, When my second child was about a year old, I asked the doctor if he could possibly be allergic to cow's milk. My son is now 40, so we did milk a little earlier back then. Anyway, he had so many "colds" and sinus problems. The doctor acted like it was going to be so difficult for me to determine this. He said I would have to read all of the ingredients of everything he ate. Of course, I was more than willing to do this. Sure enough after a couple of weeks, I saw an improvement in his health. I would ask what your doctor thinks. It can't hurt anything.
Good luck with your precious baby.
K. K.

We do not give our kids milk at all. Our kids are never sick. In fact, not even a runny nose all year long. It causes TONS of mucous production, leading to runny noses and congestion in many kids. You might seriously consider not giving him milk or any dairy for the next 3 weeks and add PB8, a really good probiotic that I literally open the capsule and dump 1/2-1 into my kid's mouths. I bet this "viral infection" suddenly goes away. ;)

Here's the Dairy Council selling their product:
www.gotmilk.com

and here's an independent who is completely against dairy and has nothing to financially gain:
www.notmilk.com

I'm sure the truth is somwhere in the middle....but getting ALL of the information allows you to make an informed decision.

It is the season and he could very well be getting cold after cold after cold or he could have an allergy to something

Has your doctor said anything about your son having allergies to other things? Have they suggested Children's Benydril at all? My daughter is 10.5 months and has had cold like symptoms for about 2 weeks. Dr. said viral, possibly allergies to environmental things (something in air possibly) and to try 1/2 tsp of kids Benydril. She seems to be getting better. Worth an ask to your doctor, allergies in the Valley are so common. Good Luck.

If you really think it is cow's milk take him off of it for at least 3 days he will survive on water and juice , or try almond, rice, or soy milk for those 3 days. See how does. Good Luck!

I agree with the others, my first daughter (now 5 1/2) had a sensitivity to dairy even when I breastfed. I could tell if I had had dairy products before feeding her. Then when I had to put her on formula, hard to find one not milk or soy based, so suffered through until a year old (only a few months). Chronic runny nose, ear infections, constant cough. So at a year, changed to rice milk (I don't recommend soy because of the hormone estrogen found naturally in it). The rice milk we use is plain unsweetened and fortified. We did not do almond milk because of the possibility of nut allergies. My daughter to this day still chooses and prefers rice milk in her cereal.

My daughter was also put on Singulair and Zyrtec everyday for possible allergies. I started her on 1/2 cap of probiotics (has 14 strains in it) and within two weeks I had her off Singulair, the coughing stopped and the nose cleared up. A couple weeks after that I stopped the Zyrtec. Now we use the probiotics only during cold and flu to pump up the immune system, but she has no allergies or sensitivities to any food (she couldn't eat dairy and berries before). She still can't overindulge in dairy, without an upset stomach.

Let me know if you need more info on the probiotic. I was given the info from a holistic nurse.

E.