Milk Allergy - Kirkland,WA

Same thing happened to my daughter, a couple sips of milk on the first try and she broke out in hives all over her face. She also was allergic to eggs and developed severe asthma at 2 y.o.She outgrew the food allergies at 5-6 years old and outgrew the asthma in her teens. However, around age 15, she again became allergic to milk as well as wheat. She's 21 now and has to avoid all dairy and wheat products.

I first found out my son was allergic because he would break out in hives and also throw up. He had a blood test done and it showed he was extremely allergic to milk. I was told by my doctor that the more I could keep milk away from my son, the better chance he had to outgrow it, so I tried to be very strict about it the first 2 years and check all labels for milk or milk protein. I did try a little milk at 1 years old and then again at 2 years old and he still had a bad reaction. I thought for sure he was not going to out grow it. But, then after 2, every once in a while, I would let him have a little ice cream at a birthday party or something and he would only get a couple hives here and there, And, I would say by 3, I stopped noticing any reaction and he outgrew it completely. Of course by then, he does not like regular milk and even cheese that much, so he still drinks Soy or Rice Milk.

Our son is 2 years old and still allergic to all dairy. We've learned to eat a lot of soy products: milk, pudding, and yogurt. Central Market has a great dairy free section will cookies and crackers. Some helpful foods that don't have dairy: Ritz Crackers, Teddy Gram's, and Oreos. Overall, the allergy has helped my family to eat healthier because most processed foods have milk.

Hope this helps! Good luck :)

We figured out my daughter's milk intolerance at about 4 months- she is intolerant to the dairy that I consume through breastmilk. She is now 21 mos and still nursing so we are both still off dairy. Every couple of months I try a little yogurt or cottage cheese to see if she can handle it, but so far no. Her pediatrician told me that most kids outgrow it sometime between 9 mos and 4 years.

My son was diagnosed with a milk protein intolerance at 8 weeks. The tell tale sign for us was mucus and blood in his poop (sorry if TMI). He was also very colicy (4pm - 11pm). I was breasfeeding and tried to wean the milk out of my diet, but he still struggled. Then at about 11 weeks we made the decision to put him on Nutramigen (Enfamil's brand of partially digested protein formula) and he was a new kid within 48 hours. Although I didn't want to stop breastfeeding, it was making him sick, and ultimately this was the right choice for us. He stayed on the formula until he was a year. Then we tried cow's milk - and he got a bit fussy after a week. We put him on rice milk for 6 mos, and then he was able to drink milk at 18 mos with no issues. Good luck - I know it hurts to see the little ones be uncomfortable.

My experience is that most don't grow out of it. They certainly never did in my family.

Often it leads to symptoms later in life like bronchitis and acid reflux, and irritable bowel syndrome and other such problems that are not realized to be a milk allergy. Be careful about assuming that just because it doesn't turn into hives anymore, it isn't still causing intestinal damage which inhibits nutritional absorption. Intestinal damage can appear not to exist for years, until you turn up with pain disorders, or heart trouble, or allergies to everything, or migraines, or other such problems which people don't usually realize are related.

There was a little girl in my daughter's preschool class last year with a milk allergy (also eggs and nuts, poor kid). Her mom was saying that now that she has turned 5, it seems like the allergy is getting less and less. She still can't drink a big glass of milk, but for instance a small amount of butter on toast won't set her off like it used to. I guess it's a fairly common allergy around the preschool age, but most kids do end up growing out of it in the early grade school years according to what they told her. Good luck, this seems like a pretty frustrating allergy since dairy is in so many foods!

My granddaughter had a milk allergy, diagnosed when she was an infant. Her formula was Nutrimagen. As a toddler she could tolerate foods made with milk. She also ate hard cheese but not yogurt or cottage cheese. I don't remember if she was tested again for milk allergy during that time. She wasn't supposed to drink milk when she started school but eventually, on her own, she did and found that she had no symptoms. A pin prick test showed that she was no longer allergic to milk. She's 9 and still drinking milk without any difficulty.

She may have outgrown the allergy earlier but because she had/still has many other allergies her mother did not test it. She has a peanut allergy still.

I've read in many places that most children outgrow milk allergies as well as most food allergies. Peanuts is often an exception.

I think that the condition to which Almathea is referring is called lactose intolerance. I am not allergic to milk (I've been tested) but I'm lactose intolerant and have experienced many of the symptoms to which she refers.

Their is still much for the medical community to learn about allergies and food intolerances. I have both food allergies and food intolerances. The only way I know the difference is thru medical testing. I've had some done but I think just avoiding foods that cause symptoms is much easier than going thru many, many pin pricks. :)

My son is turning 3 next month and, unfortunately, has not outgrown his yet. We are meeting with a new allergist on Friday (we recently moved) to see if he has improved at all. For now, we have to avoid all milk/casein/whey products 100%, so if it is listed as an ingredient in anything, he can't eat it.

At first, it was very difficult and frustrating. Once we figured it all out though, it's become a lot easier. We have tons of snacks he can eat and his diet is pretty normal. The only time it's tough is when we're in groups with a lot of other kids and they are eating snacks he can't have. BUT, even his new playgroup has gotten really good about providing snacks he can have, special goody bags at parties, etc. So he rarely feels left out and, now that we're all used to it, doesn't even have accidental exposures anymore.

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Most kids do outgrow it. I'm testing my daughter now after she turned a year. I'm mixing cow milk w/ formula and slowly working up to more milk than formula, but after 4 weeks, she hasn't had any reaction. Most studies I've seen said kids can outgrow it by 5. I've known people that test after a year, their kids have a reaction, they test again at 18 months and no problems.

Our friends son had a milk/dairy allergy. They can grow out of it, she just had him tested at the allergist at 7 and he no longer has an issue. They are slowly introducing dairy to him. Who knows when it went away.

NO NO NO. Never use Cows Milk it is a lifelong allergy which can be subverted into eczema or asthma.
Today we have soy milk, rice milk, almond milk, oat milk. If you want to continue breast feeding give up milk products.
As adults my children are still allergic to milk. I have a mild allergy today but I went to someone in another country who does Bioresonance to remove allergies. It is illegal in the US since the allergists would have no profession if it were allowed.
Just another bunch or trouble brought to you by BIG PHARMA preventing preventative health from working.

It's possible that she may not grow out of it, my son has the same allergy & his naturopath has helped tons. TIme to see a naturopath, if you want our's number, just email me.

We found out about our son's allergy when he was 8 months old, and he's almost 3 years old now. I don't know if your child still has a milk allergy, but I know it can be very limiting. Our son has an allergy to casein specifically, and he can tolerate at least some amounts of whey.

Here are some of his favorite foods:
--Eggo mini waffles and french toast sticks (only have whey in them)
--unfrosted Pop Tarts
--Earth's Best mini meatballs
--chicken nuggets (Earth's Best, Banquet, Perdue Simply Smart, Great Value, etc. (check labels for other brands))
--kidney beans (yep, plain kidney beans)
--honey-roasted peanuts
--popcorn
--chips
--vanilla wafers
--fish sticks (check ingredients)
--Nature's Bakery fig bars (best value is at Sam's Club)
--raisins
--Annie's graham bunnies
--fruit snacks (I usually buy Mott's Medley's (made with fruit and veggie juice))
--graham crackers
--Lance whole grain cracker and peanut butter sandwiches
--different kinds of crackers
--Veggie Sticks (the crunchy kind you can find near chips at Walmart, local grocery stores, at Sam's Club, etc.)
--Great Value honey buns (just the glazed ones)
--cereal (usually give him off-brand cheerios)
--oatmeal
--yogurt (Silk yogurt and So Delicious yogurt)
--fries
--hamburgers
--fruit (grapes and clementines especially)

I haven't bought any for him yet, but Oreos are all milk-free.

If you're struggling with veggies, try fruit and veggie smoothies (banana, frozen fruit, spinach, a spoonful of orange juice concentrate, and a nut-based milk (or rice milk))

How old is she?
I wouldn't worry too much about milk allergy. Is she allergic to yogurt and cheeses as well? If not you can get all your calcium needs from these options without having to drink milk.
Good luck! :)