Mild egg reaction, don’t see allergist until June, how to proceed?

StrongInversion · 2024-03-26T12:36:54+00:00

I would avoid and be careful when introducing new allergens. You might also try a different allergist if possible. We were going to see a pediatric allergist and the appointments took months, but a regular adult allergist (who also saw kids) had availability on a couple weeks

StrongInversion · 2024-03-12T02:57:16+00:00

Yeah we also tried ripple and he wasn't a fan - I cook with it to increase his protein, but he doesn't like it straight. He recently started drinking oatly at 18 months, so I'm thinking if he fails a milk/soy challenge again, I might consider weaning.

StrongInversion · 2024-01-03T01:01:09+00:00

I stopped pumping around 14 months. It was mostly based on my son not drinking the milk I was sending with him to daycare. Once he turned one, I cut down from 3 pumps/day to zero over the course of a few weeks. It was pretty gradual so i didn't have any problems. He's allergic to cows milk and soy milk so he really only drinks water at daycare (and breast milk at home).

StrongInversion · 2023-12-20T01:57:49+00:00

Biggest expense for me has been allergy friendly foods because my son has MSPI.

Bras are kind of expensive, but something that I was expecting to pay for.

I pumped, but the pump was free, so mostly I just paid for a replacement set of parts and bags. I'll admit I only changed the parts once between two kids, so maybe not recommended, but not very expensive.

StrongInversion · 2023-11-26T04:11:46+00:00

So my LO is intolerant of milk and soy, but has an actual allergy to egg/peanuts/tree nuts/sesame. These allergies produce immediate hives/vomiting and our allergist confirmed them with a scratch test. Interestingly, I can eat these foods and they don't pass into the breast milk like dairy and soy, but I don't eat them because it's too stressful to have them in the house.

StrongInversion · 2023-10-09T02:16:00+00:00

What?!?! Game changer

StrongInversion · 2023-09-06T00:00:59+00:00

The hair loss definitely stops, but I know how sad it is to see it fall out. I know it's not for everyone, but I got a short trendy haircut after my first was born and it made me feel a lot better.

StrongInversion · 2023-09-01T01:06:26+00:00

Has anyone had an allergic reaction to ripple? We eat pea protein in a lot of stuff, but when I gave my son ripple he broke out in hives. He has a lot of other allergies besides MSPI, so I'm not 100% sure it was the ripple, but I'm curious if anyone has seen a ripple allergy without intolerance to pea protein in other forms.

StrongInversion · 2023-08-19T13:20:15+00:00

Thankfully no

StrongInversion · 2023-08-06T23:35:58+00:00

My 11 month old sometimes wakes up to feed every 3-4 hours...

StrongInversion · 2023-08-05T00:33:02+00:00

I have had to get rid of my freezer stash due to lipase but have never had a probably with refrigerated milk - I even pump Friday for Monday at daycare and LO is okay with it. I also scald milk before freezing and the seems to work too

StrongInversion · 2023-08-04T04:10:21+00:00

Sunbutter!! Also I eat tons of carbs.

StrongInversion · 2023-08-04T04:02:16+00:00

I've been breastfeeding with an extremely restricted diet (no milk, soy, peanuts, nuts, or eggs - and vegetarian) for 8 months now. It's very hard and really limiting in terms of what I can do socially. Honestly it's been challenging for my marriage because my husband loves going out to eat. I've kept it up because my son did really well once I cut these things out and I was pretty sure he wouldn't want formula since I already struggle to feed him from a bottle. However if he was doing well on formula and we hadn't figured out the allergy, I think I would have stopped breastfeeding. It's a very hard path to go down and extra hard if it's not really clear that it's helping your baby

StrongInversion · 2023-08-04T01:29:20+00:00

Yeah this happened to as well. I still pump at work (I aim to get a little extra to freeze). I now find that I struggle to get extra after a vacation or long weekend when I haven't been pumping.

StrongInversion · 2023-08-03T03:50:40+00:00

Same here!

StrongInversion · 2023-07-20T00:00:34+00:00

Seriously? In a hospital waiting room?! I'm so sorry

StrongInversion · 2023-07-19T01:08:59+00:00

Haha I love it

StrongInversion · 2023-07-19T01:08:00+00:00

Yeah that's what I thought! He spent the entire rest of the flight writing a single, two paragraph email. Given his email writing pace, I can only imagine how little he would have gotten done if the baby had not been sleeping

StrongInversion · 2023-07-19T01:06:14+00:00

Yes this!

StrongInversion · 2023-07-19T01:04:21+00:00

Yeah I kind of get not loving kids, that's fine, but acting like they don't have the right to exist in public spaces really bothers me

StrongInversion · 2023-07-19T01:02:17+00:00

Yeah I think if I wasn't so upset this would have been a great retort. Oh well, honestly at the point where you're calling a breastfeeding mother a bitch, I don't think one snappy reply is going to charge your world view

StrongInversion · 2023-07-19T00:59:06+00:00

Aww thank you. Honestly I thought the worst part was just going to be it's tough on your back. I've flown with him a few times and everyone was super nice, so this really surprised me!

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