What to do if your child is allergic to milk

It is an undeniable fact that mother's milk is the healthiest natural food for a baby. But there are cases when, after feeding, a child develops rashes on the skin. This is due to the fact that mother's milk contains allergens.

Your baby is allergic to breast milk - what to do?

A strong relationship is always established between mother and baby. Throughout pregnancy, the mother’s body provides the baby with nutrition and protection. In the last weeks of pregnancy, the mother begins to produce milk. So immediately after birth baby will receive the necessary nutrition.

If your baby has these symptoms, then we can talk about allergies:

• Rash resembling hives on the skin, accompanied by itching.
• Digestive disorders.
• Lack of appetite and poor sleep.

Most often, the reason for such poor health of the child is the consumption of certain foods prohibited for a nursing mother. These include nuts, any citrus fruits, smoked products, red vegetables and fruits, unusual foods, protein-rich animal products. All this, even in small concentrations, can worsen the baby’s well-being and cause signs of allergies.

Often young mothers adhere to the belief that a large volume of hot sweet tea with added milk increases milk production. In fact, such tea can cause colic in the baby and the appearance of frothy greenish stool. This is how an allergy to cow's milk manifests itself. If you continue to drink this tea, your baby’s health will seriously deteriorate.

Lack of a substance that breaks down gluten, can also cause allergies. Gluten is found in wheat, rye, barley and oats. In order not to provoke such troubles, it would be right to switch to gluten-free cereals after the birth of a child. These include rice, buckwheat, millet and corn.

Various chemical additives, found in abundance in modern products, can also negatively affect the child’s condition. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully monitor the quality of the products you purchase in the store. It is best to exclude such products from your menu altogether.

Sometimes signs of an allergy appear as a result of a deficiency of lactase, the enzyme that breaks down lactose. This condition can be acquired or congenital. Then, before breastfeeding, it is necessary to give the baby the missing enzyme, which is in short supply. If this is not possible, then the child must be fed with infant formulas that do not contain lactose. If the baby develops lactase deficiency after an intestinal infection, then the mother needs to follow a diet that excludes any sweet foods.

What to feed if your child is allergic to milk

Some mothers rush to transfer their baby to artificial feeding if an allergic reaction to milk feeding occurs. But this method can make the problem even worse. The reason is that almost every infant formula contains a strong allergen - cow's milk protein. In addition, the mixtures do not contain the antibodies necessary for the baby’s body.

Therefore, it is best to stick to a diet that excludes all foods that can cause an allergic reaction. A young mother should eat:

• Green vegetables and the same fruits.
• Soups with cereals and vegetables.
• Fermented milk products.
• Rabbit or turkey meat.
• Bread made from rye flour.
• Green tea, compote and fruit drink.

You need to eat in small portions, fractionally. In addition, you need to drink at least two liters of fluid every day.

If the baby does not develop allergies within a month, then you can consistently introduce new dishes into your diet. At the same time, do not rush, carefully monitor the child’s condition after new products.