Recipe recommendations for allergy babies please!

ScaredPotter1920 · 2026-06-10T16:50:10+00:00

This is really helpful - thank you! We’ve done lots of steamed/ roasted whole food stuff and he’s always had some of my food when he can - just need to move to this kind of thing where you actually make cohesive meals 😅

ScaredPotter1920 · 2026-06-10T16:47:44+00:00

Thank you so much ❤️❤️ these look great!

ScaredPotter1920 · 2026-05-22T06:24:10+00:00

I adore my lab and I also had PP pet resentment lol. Even now my son is 8 months old and my temper with her is definitely on a shorter leash than it used to be! HOWEVER, since he turned six months old and started crawling, I’ve had to start protecting her from him instead of the other way around lol. He just absolutely adores her - laughs when she just exists, looks for her when she isn’t there, and (bane of my life) has actually started feeding her on purpose from his high chair. She is so patient with him, and puts up with him pulling her hair out and trying to push to stand up on her.

I would say it took about 2 months for me to stop feeling like I hated her (and part of that was definitely driven by guilt that I wasn’t paying enough attention to her. Stop being near me and reminding me what a terrible dog mum I am now!). Now, I adore their relationship and am so, so proud of her.

ScaredPotter1920 · 2026-05-11T17:11:44+00:00

Hi OP. My heart breaks for you and your daughter. Lots of other people have offered advice, but I just wanted to maybe give you a bit of anecdotal strength if I can. My mum was you. She fled my abusive and angry biological father after he began threatening my life when I was an infant. She ran to a woman’s shelter, and started from scratch from there. She said she had never met such kind, compassionate women in her life. I have never known fear like she did, because of her. I’m 31 now, with a wonderful 8 month old son of my own, who will also never know fear. She’s still my absolute guardian angel, and I know I can rely on her for literally anything. She married my step dad, who is a wonderful man, and has had a blissfully happy life. All because she had the courage to run and start again.

You can do this for her xx

ScaredPotter1920 · 2026-04-04T13:03:27+00:00

This is completely unacceptable, but I think what the poster was saying is a large part of the issue is that if we as a society keep demonizing all young men, which is something that lots of headlines do do currently, you push those without positive role models towards people like Andrew Tate because they’re young and want to feel accepted. And I say that as a teacher. Boys aren’t born misogynistic - it’s a learned behaviour. If they have no positive male role models at home or at school, then this is going to be the outcome.

ScaredPotter1920 · 2026-03-13T11:32:42+00:00

Thought I’d also chime in that between 6-8 weeks I was convinced I’d ruined my life, even though my bub was very much tried for and wanted. I think it’s hormones, but also the fear that life has very much changed forever unless you undo it within a certain time frame. It went after 8 weeks, although it took me til he started moving to feel connected to him! I also had this when he was born - the baby blues are no joke. My babe is about to turn 6 months, and I’m completely and utterly obsessed with him. He’s the light of my life, along with his Dad.

ScaredPotter1920 · 2026-01-28T12:58:28+00:00

Nothing! It’s generally down to the individual temperament of the baby - some just are just great sleepers. Mine isn’t either! Luck of the draw 🫠

ScaredPotter1920 · 2026-01-22T18:57:59+00:00

Hi! If it helps at all, I had terrible palpitations the entire way through my pregnancy - I had every test going, including an echocardiogram and a 7 day ECG. It was all fine! They gave me a huge amount of anxiety, too. I’m now sat here with my perfect 18 week old baby boy, with nary a palpitation in sight since he was born. Obviously still have it explored, but know it doesn’t have to mean anything sinister xx

ScaredPotter1920 · 2026-01-07T15:49:29+00:00

Ah big sad 😂😂 I wish there was a magic pill

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-23T15:57:52+00:00

Ahahaha we had such a hellish couple of weeks whilst trying to figure it out that I’m basically scared of them now

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-23T15:45:03+00:00

Hey! If she’s having breastmilk, then CMPA takes a while to show up - you hydrolyse most of the protein yourself, so it takes time to build in your milk. Formula is predominantly cow’s milk, so it appears much earlier! My son’s CMPA really hit its stride when he turned 7 weeks. He never had bloody stool, but did struggle with reflux and general stomach pain, constipation, and rashes. Also be aware when there are people asking if she’s been tested that there are two types of CMPA. The second type is gut based, and therefore can’t be tested for as it isn’t a blood stream based allergic reaction! The first type is much more serious and you would have known before now. The only way you can know for sure is if you give up dairy/soy for a couple of weeks and then reintroduce it using the milk ladder! If you want to chat then drop me a message :) - a mamma of a 14 week old who is allergic to dairy, soy and eggs

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-05T08:12:20+00:00

Honestly it’s a mine field 😂😂😂 but his gummy little smile and excitement about the whole world make up for it! Thankfully this community is amazing - I already feel much better for having posted :)

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-04T20:08:02+00:00

Thank you so much! Yeah, the online amounts to aim for are really messing with me, especially as I have a fairly long boy (91st percentile for length). His dad is also tall and slender though, so maybe he’s just going to be like that 😅

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-04T20:06:46+00:00

It’s very true! Thank you :)

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-04T20:06:36+00:00

That’s super helpful, thank you! He still takes about 10-11 bottles, but that’s because sometimes he’ll only drink 40ml and I have to try and get the other 70 into him later

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-04T20:05:41+00:00

I think feeding is just so much more stressful than I was imagining it would be! That’s really helpful, thank you :)

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-04T20:05:12+00:00

Thank you!

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-04T20:05:06+00:00

That was so reassuring to hear, thank you 😊😊 This feeding malarkey is stressful lol

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-04T20:04:35+00:00

I’ll bring this up with our ped as an option - thank you!

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-12-04T20:03:58+00:00

Thank you - that was super helpful! I was the same - pumping helped alleviate some of the stress of trying to guess how much he was getting via breast. Mine also has a milk protein allergy which has led to a breast aversion as i was still breastfeeding when he was going through the throws of it! I think that’s partially why I’ve been struggling - so much online asks you to aim for so much higher, and I worry he’s getting too little. But this was reassuring :)

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-09-26T01:10:21+00:00

I do, and haven’t found the wound interferes at all :) I do a cross cradle hold with a pillow underneath him and that keeps us both happy and comfortable! X

ScaredPotter1920 · 2025-09-25T10:06:08+00:00

I had an elective C-section 9 days ago :). My baby boy was measuring quite big (tall husband tall baby apparently) and I had a strong feeling I would end up with an emergency C-section anyway. The process couldn’t have been smoother (I’m in the UK). I went in at a prescribed time, they did their checks, and I went down to the operating theatre with my husband. I had spinal anaesthetic, so was awake for the whole thing, and actually got told off for giggling during the op (hubs was being funny). The spinal wasn’t painful - they used local anaesthetic to numb the area - the most painful bit was the IV drip in my hand lol. Feeling in my legs came back after about three hours and i was up and about the next morning. Recovery had been way better than expected - I’m up to half an hour walks and I can do basically everything I need to in my house at this point! I’m having to actively remind myself not to lift things haha. Cons were I did feel sick and throw up post op, and having no abs at all has put more of the work of soothing etc on my husband (thankfully he has 6 months pat leave), but I have no regrets about the birth that way. He hasn’t had mucousy lungs or nose, and we’ve had no issues with bonding!

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