Allergy testing

Off to Anchorage today for our last visit with Fisher's allergist in Alaska.

food allergy alert....

Silk Soy products claim to be dairy free, even going a step further to say they charge more for their product because of it, but my son who is allergic to milk has a reaction to the product. It's nothing sudden. It shows itself after a short amount of time with him throwing up or gagging. I spoke with his allergist about this, suspecting a new allergy, and she said that there are several of her patients that have complained about the same thing. Ritz crackers cause the same reaction, but I'm not sure if it's due to dairy.

Here is a website I found that has food recalls due to mislabeling of allergens etc.
http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/faalerts.php

Breastfeeding

If your child has food allergies you'll need to restrict your diet while breastfeeding as well. When you get a sweet tooth you can have Oreos. I know there not the best thing for you but it works and there yummy!

A few things I wish I would of known about breastfeeding........

1. You will have an insatiable appetite!!!!!

2. When your nursing on one breast, the other will leak and soak your clothes or the baby if your not careful.

3. I didn't realize how much it would hurt. Try placing black tea bags on your nipples once a day before your baby is even born. I guess it's supposed to toughen up your nipples. I did this with my first son. While I was getting ready for work I would wear a sports bra and nursing pad and then put the tea bag in place. However, I ended up never really nursing him, just pumping milk and then feeding him from the bottle, so I never really experienced how painful it was. Now with my second son, I never did the tea thing and I'm actually nursing and man does it HURT! I'm going to try the tea bag thing again. I suppose it's never too late?

4. The pregnancy pounds will melt away!

5. Buy a good pump!! Nothing wrong with used. Ebay is a great way to find one and then you can just buy new parts almost anywhere.

Newest addition to Fisher's allergies

Well, every six months they retest Fisher for his past allergens and throw in a couple new ones depending on his age. We are in Anchorage now for the testing, so far we've added Rasberry and tree pollen to his long list. He's outgrown Beef thus far.

Egg Free Diet

These items should be avoided with Egg Allergies....

1. Albumin
2. Egg (white, yolk dried, powdered, solids)
3. Egg substitutes
4. Egg nog
5. Globin
6. Livetin
7. Mayonnaise
8. Meringue
9. Ovalbumin
10. Ovomucoid
11. Ovovitellin
12. Simplesse
13. Lysozyme


For baking without eggs:

1tsp baking powder, 1tbsp water, and 1tbsp vinegar
or
tsp yeast dissolved in 1/4cup warm water
or
tbsp apricot puree
or
11/2 tbsp water, 11/2 tbsp warm water, and 1tsp baking powder
or
1 packet gelatin, 2tsp warm water

Milk Free Diet

Here is a list I was provided by Fisher's Allergist.... These items should be avoided if your child has a MILK allergy.....

1. Artificial butter flavor
2. Butter, butter fat, buttermilk
3. Casein
4. Caseinates
5. Cheese
6. Curds
7. Custard
8. Hydrolysates(casein, milk, protein, whey)
9. Lactalbumin
10. Lactoglobin
11. Milk(derivative, protein, solids, malted, condensed, evaporated, dry, whole, low-fat, non-fat, skim)
12. Nougat
13. Pudding
14. Sour milk
15. Sour cream
16. Whey
17. Yogurt
18. Ghee
19. Half and Half
20. Rennet Casein
21. Ingredients that MAY indicate the presence of milk protein:
a) Brown sugar flavoring
b) Caramel
c) Chocolate
d) High protein flour
e) Margarine
f) Natural flavoring
g) Simplesse


It was also recommended that Fisher avoid Soy until after six months so he didn't become allergic to that too. Fisher is 10 months old now and loves Soy Vanilla milk. There are a couple of formula's that have are for children with Milk allergies besides Soy. They're more expensive but worth every penny for your child's well being and happiness. I breastfeed until Fisher was six months old but gave up the fight once the extent of his allergies were clear. When you breastfeed and your child has an allergy, you also must avoid those products. I was lucky enough to have this information sooner than later.

Allergies

My son Fisher currently has the following allergies... Dairy, Egg, Peanut, Beef, Oat, Feather, Lanolin, Formaldehyde, Polyethylene Glycol. I've found so much info on the Internet, but it's been time consuming and daunting finding accurate and truly useful information over time. So, from this point forward I will be providing the info I've found useful all in one spot, Mommy Truths... Please feel free to leave comments of anything you can contribute. Being a parent of a child with allergies can be difficult, but having support and accurate information can help.