Comments on: If Your Baby Can’t Tolerate Milk, Soy, or Hypoallergenic Formula it may be a Corn Allergy http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy Staying healthy in our modern world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:23:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Danielle http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2341 Danielle Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:40:04 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2341 My daughter is 15months and ever since iput her on the whole milk wen she turned 1 its been hectic. When she takes whole milk she gets costipated and struggles to poop. she becomes cranky and clingy. Itook her to the doctor numerous times after isaw that it was the same reaction wit 2% and 1% and the doctor told me to keep her on it. She was still reacting the same way only there was blood in her stools. after that her doctor agreed to put her on Soy milk but im conserned that she's not getting her calcium and also iwant to know what is wrong tht she doesnt respond well to Whole Milk or any other milk.If anyone has advice or suggestions please help! My daughter is 15months and ever since iput her on the whole milk wen she turned 1 its been hectic. When she takes whole milk she gets costipated and struggles to poop. she becomes cranky and clingy. Itook her to the doctor numerous times after isaw that it was the same reaction wit 2% and 1% and the doctor told me to keep her on it. She was still reacting the same way only there was blood in her stools. after that her doctor agreed to put her on Soy milk but im conserned that she’s not getting her calcium and also iwant to know what is wrong tht she doesnt respond well to Whole Milk or any other milk.If anyone has advice or suggestions please help!

]]> By: Sasha http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2318 Sasha Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:54:52 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2318 Just wanted to update on my original post, although my daughter has been through some rough couple of months I have been able to have her drink formula. She is taking neocate, but I have to add extra water, she doesn't keep it down if i prepare it the way the bottle says. She throws up maybe once a week which is a huge improvement. I am very glad to have found this website, it was of great help and resourceful. Thank you Caryn. Just wanted to update on my original post, although my daughter has been through some rough couple of months I have been able to have her drink formula. She is taking neocate, but I have to add extra water, she doesn’t keep it down if i prepare it the way the bottle says. She throws up maybe once a week which is a huge improvement. I am very glad to have found this website, it was of great help and resourceful. Thank you Caryn.

]]> By: Sasha http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2317 Sasha Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:50:50 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2317 Hi Tara, I am so sorry for the late response. I am glad to announce my daughter has started Neocate, but I need to add extra water because she wont keep down the formula how it is normally suppose to be prepared im not sure if its because of the texture. Please feel free to email me I will be online all day today. Hope everything is working out. Hi Tara,
I am so sorry for the late response.
I am glad to announce my daughter has started Neocate, but I need to add extra water because she wont keep down the formula how it is normally suppose to be prepared im not sure if its because of the texture. Please feel free to email me I will be online all day today.
Hope everything is working out.

]]> By: Caryn Talty http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2315 Caryn Talty Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:42:24 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2315 Valerie, Check out <a href="http://wapfeastbay.ning.com/page/nourishing-our-children" rel="nofollow">Weston Price Foundation homemade formula recipes</a>. Maybe this is something you can consider. We don't get raw milk here (Illinois), but there is a nice explanation for organic/grass fed animals, raw versus pasteurized and nutrients that need to be supplemented. Let us know how you get on! Valerie,
Check out Weston Price Foundation homemade formula recipes. Maybe this is something you can consider. We don’t get raw milk here (Illinois), but there is a nice explanation for organic/grass fed animals, raw versus pasteurized and nutrients that need to be supplemented. Let us know how you get on!

]]> By: Valerie http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2314 Valerie Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:26:19 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2314 Hi: I'm so glad I found this site! I'll try to make a long story short...my 9 month old was diagnosed (RAST test) with an allergy to corn at 7 months old. The pediatrician told me alimentum powder was safe because the corn proteins (maltodextrin was the FIRST ingredient on the list!) were broken down. Well, through my own research and my son's severe rash and eczema, I decided to give him alimentum RTF, which has worked great. Problem is, I live in remote rural Alaska and we have to have everything shipped in. I ran out of the RTF and decided to try goat's milk mixed with the RTF I have on stock until the shipment gets here. It seems that corn/corn syrup/corn products are in EVERYTHING...this is really frustrating...we have to make his baby foods, which is time consuming with us both working. I feel like the pediatricians have just blown us off instead of working with us. Imagine our surprise when I discovered the Benadryl prescribed had corn syrup in it! I have looked through so many websites/corn allergy support groups, that my head is starting to swim. Is there anything I can give my baby that won't cause a head-to-to allergic breakout? Thanks for your help! Hi:

I’m so glad I found this site! I’ll try to make a long story short…my 9 month old was diagnosed (RAST test) with an allergy to corn at 7 months old. The pediatrician told me alimentum powder was safe because the corn proteins (maltodextrin was the FIRST ingredient on the list!) were broken down. Well, through my own research and my son’s severe rash and eczema, I decided to give him alimentum RTF, which has worked great. Problem is, I live in remote rural Alaska and we have to have everything shipped in. I ran out of the RTF and decided to try goat’s milk mixed with the RTF I have on stock until the shipment gets here. It seems that corn/corn syrup/corn products are in EVERYTHING…this is really frustrating…we have to make his baby foods, which is time consuming with us both working. I feel like the pediatricians have just blown us off instead of working with us. Imagine our surprise when I discovered the Benadryl prescribed had corn syrup in it! I have looked through so many websites/corn allergy support groups, that my head is starting to swim. Is there anything I can give my baby that won’t cause a head-to-to allergic breakout? Thanks for your help!

]]> By: Caryn Talty http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2298 Caryn Talty Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:03:00 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2298 Lynn, Did the Ped GI test for parasites? Was he a preemie, by any chance? Bad bacterial overgrowth can cause inflammation and blood in stool. Has doctor suggested probiotics? Has baby's stool been tested for bacteria and fungi? These are just random thoughts based on my experience. I would think a GI would know to test the flora of the intestine as protocol when infant has blood in stool. There are conditions common with preemies that cause inflammation and bloody stools because their intestines are immature and can't handle food. A five month old should be well able to handle probiotics. It should hopefully help if bacterial infection is issue. But you need to dose based on baby weight and strain, so a stool test is needed to diagnose. Poor little guy. Is he rashy too? Eczema or hives, or blotchy skin? Does he have sour burps or really frothy, smelly bowel movements? Breast is best. Just keep pumping until you know what is what. Breast milk is a natural antibiotic (it kills pink eye better than a script would). Allimentum ready to feed is corn free, btw. Hang in there. And keep pressing the doc for answers. If you are dissatisfied, find another for a second opinion. Lynn,
Did the Ped GI test for parasites? Was he a preemie, by any chance? Bad bacterial overgrowth can cause inflammation and blood in stool. Has doctor suggested probiotics? Has baby’s stool been tested for bacteria and fungi? These are just random thoughts based on my experience. I would think a GI would know to test the flora of the intestine as protocol when infant has blood in stool. There are conditions common with preemies that cause inflammation and bloody stools because their intestines are immature and can’t handle food. A five month old should be well able to handle probiotics. It should hopefully help if bacterial infection is issue. But you need to dose based on baby weight and strain, so a stool test is needed to diagnose. Poor little guy. Is he rashy too? Eczema or hives, or blotchy skin? Does he have sour burps or really frothy, smelly bowel movements? Breast is best. Just keep pumping until you know what is what. Breast milk is a natural antibiotic (it kills pink eye better than a script would). Allimentum ready to feed is corn free, btw. Hang in there. And keep pressing the doc for answers. If you are dissatisfied, find another for a second opinion.

]]> By: lynn http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2297 lynn Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:39:58 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2297 Dear Caryn, We dont know what to do . BF our baby and cried all time then had blood in stools at one month so cut out all milk and soy and baby seemed to improve but gained slowly. Then 6 weeks later started having blood in stools. Ped GI did small scope and blood work and found inflamation in colon. recommended 6 allergen elimination diet or allimentum ready to feed. Tried eleminating but baby still had blood and not growing. Tried allimentum and after 2 days baby had much blood so went to Neocate. Gained 1st week but now blood and baby developed bottle aversion cuz Neocate so bad we have to feed in sleep and not getting enough. Have continued to pump but dont know if baby will nurse and he is not growing. PEd want to ng tube but what to feed? do I eliminate corn too? What do I do? Now 5 months old. Dear Caryn,
We dont know what to do . BF our baby and cried all time then had blood in stools at one month so cut out all milk and soy and baby seemed to improve but gained slowly. Then 6 weeks later started having blood in stools. Ped GI did small scope and blood work and found inflamation in colon. recommended 6 allergen elimination diet or allimentum ready to feed. Tried eleminating but baby still had blood and not growing. Tried allimentum and after 2 days baby had much blood so went to Neocate. Gained 1st week but now blood and baby developed bottle aversion cuz Neocate so bad we have to feed in sleep and not getting enough. Have continued to pump but dont know if baby will nurse and he is not growing. PEd want to ng tube but what to feed? do I eliminate corn too? What do I do? Now 5 months old.

]]> By: lynn http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2290 lynn Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:49:20 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2290 I would be interested in any thing you have tried with homemade formula. 6 month old was bf and started having bloody stools at 1 month. Eliminated milk and soy from diet and baby did fine for a few weeks and then blood and mucous bm and poor weight gain. PEd recommended stopping bf and Went to alimentum and again blood so now on Neocate for 2 weeks and at first did well with no blood or mucous but now small flecks of blood and mucousy stools. Worried about goats milk because baby seems to really react to milk. Would aprreciate any help. I would be interested in any thing you have tried with homemade formula. 6 month old was bf and started having bloody stools at 1 month. Eliminated milk and soy from diet and baby did fine for a few weeks and then blood and mucous bm and poor weight gain. PEd recommended stopping bf and Went to alimentum and again blood so now on Neocate for 2 weeks and at first did well with no blood or mucous but now small flecks of blood and mucousy stools. Worried about goats milk because baby seems to really react to milk. Would aprreciate any help.

]]> By: Molly http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2267 Molly Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:27:20 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2267 Caryn, Thank you for this posting! My first two children were drinking out of sippy cups at 9 months. Their pediatrician told me that as long as they weren't drinking from a bottle, I could switch them to whole milk. Soooo much cheaper than formula. Now I have an almost 3 month old who has tried three different types of formula - to no avail. Colicky, fussy, gassy, cries and cries, eczema, spit up. I can't breastfeed, and I feel so bad for my little guy. I would just switch him over to whole milk, but my pediatrician had told me (with my other kids) that the reason they can't drink it from a bottle is it will make them anemic because of the way they suck. ?! so I don't know! At any rate, what vitamins etc did you give your baby with the whole milk? and thanks! Caryn,
Thank you for this posting! My first two children were drinking out of sippy cups at 9 months. Their pediatrician told me that as long as they weren’t drinking from a bottle, I could switch them to whole milk. Soooo much cheaper than formula.
Now I have an almost 3 month old who has tried three different types of formula – to no avail. Colicky, fussy, gassy, cries and cries, eczema, spit up. I can’t breastfeed, and I feel so bad for my little guy. I would just switch him over to whole milk, but my pediatrician had told me (with my other kids) that the reason they can’t drink it from a bottle is it will make them anemic because of the way they suck. ?! so I don’t know! At any rate, what vitamins etc did you give your baby with the whole milk? and thanks!

]]> By: Tara Kamiya http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108/if-your-baby-cant-tolerate-milk-soy-or-hypoallergenic-formula-it-may-be-a-corn-allergy#comment-2180 Tara Kamiya Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:21:13 +0000 http://healthy-family.org/caryn/108#comment-2180 Eczema can be fixed with diet. It is rarely if ever just something on the outside. Usually things like wool and detergent make it worse, but it can be fixed with diet. I learned after 25 years that I cannot have sugar. Eczema can be fixed with diet. It is rarely if ever just something on the outside. Usually things like wool and detergent make it worse, but it can be fixed with diet. I learned after 25 years that I cannot have sugar.

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