Dairy Intolerance (Read 586 times)

Hi, I just learned that my first and only grandson is not tolerant of dairy. My daughter-in-law has been vegetarian. Now she can't have milk, cheese, or other protein type foods. Also, the doctor said that the body treats soy like dairy and so she can't have soy either. She had a burger from a fast food place and it also caused problems. Probably due to soy fillers. She's kinda of stuck with rice milk. We don't know if milk from other animals (ie. goats or sheep) would be O.K. If anyone has had experience with this, could you give me some advice on what things are O.K. for her to eat. She says she will eat meat, "If I need to, I guess". I would appreciate any input.

Could you clarify for me. Is the Doctor saying your Grandson is allergic to dairy or can't process dairy (intolerant)? My son who is 12 is allergic not just to dairy but specifically the whey protein in dairy. His body CAN process the protiens in dairy, that people with intolerance can't. But his body reacts to the dairy. It used to cause rashes and always made him hyper when he was 6 or so. FYI whey protien is in everything!! It helps to make other processed foods stick together like breads, packaged meals,lots of fast food stuff! That could be the issue with the burger she had (the bun). We found out that rice milk also had to same affect as dairy too. Goats milk, and rice milk were okay with him. Yes it is a pain in the butt at first but you learn what works after a few trial and errors. For many years things were pretty much made from scratch. Your daughter-in-law will become an expert label reader looking for whey proteins, soy protiens and other milk ingredients. Cooking from scratch with whole foods will probably help a lot. Once she has a decent base of meals ya just rotate. My good news is that he now seems to handle foods with dairy in them. I still wouldn't give him a glass of milk but he can handle small bits of dairy. I don't know if this helps other than I understand your families frustration with the whole thing!!

Has he been specifically reactant to soy or just assumed so. Yes, a significant number of people who are dairy sensitive are also soy sensitive, but not all. Some who are intolerant of cowsmilk, do well with goats milk, some do not THe clarification of allergic or intolerant is big. Also it sounds like the problem is coming through your daughter eating the foods and then breast feeding I assume? So I am guessing he is pretty little. If he is that young, then often these intolerances resolve as they get older. I know lots of moms who had to do the Total Elimination Diet (removing all common allergens and hard to digest proteins) while nursing, but as the childs digestive system matured the kids were able to add the proteins in eventually. Also, as a vegetarian I am sure she knows of plenty of non-dairy, non-soy proteins. it is harder, but not impossible. OH just saw he is 6 months. Yes, very common for intolerance at such a young age to resolve by a year or so.

If he is six months old, sit back and relax. The clock may well reset when he gets to be a year or three. After that he may be fine. In the mean time, he will simply need a special formula until he is a year and possibly rice or goats milk until he is 2-3.

Oh I forgot about that. My second child (almost 11) had issues too. Looking back now probably dairy issue with me. So we quit nursing and switched to a formula with "special" milk protiens, I think it was called nutramigen. We called it "liquid gold" because it was so expensive, but it helped. If she is really devoted to breast feeding (yeah by the way) the elimination diet, also know as the Feingold diet can help a lot. It won't fix things overnight but can't help in time. I know how hard it is to see your baby in pain or sick and not know what to do. Your grandson is lucky to have devoted grandparents. Good luck!

This is the father of the dairy, soy, everything intolerant son. My dad posted this and sent me the link. I appreciate all of your input. To clarify, he is dairy/soy protien sensetive. He had spots of blood in his stool which caused my wife to worry quite a bit. He's our first and she is very aware of everything he does. This caused great apprehension for her, and me too. She is very dedicated to breast feeding. I, for one, wouldn't be able to give up dairy and soy. He had gone a week without any signs of blood, but during vacation it was more difficult than ususal. I suspect she ingested milk/soy protein from the burger, bun, fries...etc. You're right, whey protein is in everything! I"ll look up the Feingold diet and see what that says. Just a clarification, I'm in no way an elite runner. Although I would like to pretend I am.

Rustin, welcome to RA! Those are some fine runs you are logging Whey protein is in lots and lots of processed foods. It is rare to find it in natural foods. If it is just a sensitivity with flecks of blood occasionally, your wife should be able to keep nursing, especially now that the baby is old enough to start eating foods. If she does want to continue dairy, you should look for unhomogenized whole milk; it is likely easier to tolerate. It is also possible that your kiddo got a GI bug that caused him to have some GI bleeding due to transient milk protein intolerance, which can resolve very quickly. You may be able to reintroduce a normal diet on a trial basis.