transition from soy back to rice

[Anonymous]

Jameson has been on soy for a long time and we have had on and off rashes on his stomach (his little calling card for a food intolerance). Over the last month, however, I have noticed an increased aggression as well as more frequent congestion, loose bowel movements, the appearance of eczema as well as the rashes, and increased reflux. He is teething withthe molars now and I know that’s part of it, but deep down I have wondered if the soy is the problem since he definitely had a problem with cow’s milk (endoscopy confirmed). The GI thinks I’m paranoid (no big surprise there), but we tried to shift him to rice milk anyway. We only lasted 2 days. The movements were worse than before and he added screaming to when he pooped in his diaper. I also had problems with night wakings and nap wakings which have not so far been an issue for over a year now. Would I expect this kind of reaction from the soy leaving his system or do I take this as a reaction to rice? He gets about 4 4 oz. cups of milk daily and also has been taking a probiotic that is milk and soy free for nearly 2 weeks. We steer him clear of milk products entirely. Soy foods have not been avoided per the GI’s recommendation. Please forgive me if there’s an obvious answer here. I am 10 mos. pregnant with the next one and the blood is not flowing in the direction of my brain these days. Thanks for any advice you can give. 😉

[Anonymous]

Have you thought about going to an allergist? We finally went after Kaelyn’s rashes starting getting much worse and discovered that she was having some major allergy issues.

I’m not sure about the changes being related to soy leaving his system or not. It’s so hard to tell with these little ones! You could always try again just in case it was teething related last time. (Of course, you hate to take the chance that he’ll react the same way!)

Congrats on the new baby! Did you mean 10 weeks pregnant?

[hellbennt]

how about potato milk? we’ve discussed this (& other ‘milks’ ) lately: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4755&a mp;a mp;KW=potato

[Anonymous]

Hi Kim. We went to one when all this first started and he was about 9 months old. They tested him for everything and nothing showed results. Worse than that, we’d watched him drink milk and break out all over and the allergist argued us down about it being environmental-you know, the dog, the carpet, the detergent….So we paid for the torture test out of pocket b/c ins doesn’t cover it and politely took our zyrtec script and left. I still use the zyrtec but I haven’t gone back. There’s just something about sticking my child 30 times while I hold him down and getting no answers that kind of rubs me the wrong way!!! It’s great that Kaelyn’s results were more conclusive. I would give big bucks to get a straight answer from a medical professional. Oh, I meant I was in the tenth lunar month of the pregnancy-as in I may go into labor any day over the stress of which liquid to give Jameson!!!! 😉

Has anyone tried organic milk on the basis that the pasteurization is the problem? I guess this belongs in a new topic… I’ll read up on your links Laura. Thanks for the suggestion. 😉

[Anonymous]

I still firmly believe that medical tests regarding allergies aren’t always conclusive. I don’t care what any doctor says (each one you see says something different anyway) – an elimination diet is key.

[Anonymous]

I agree with Stacey. Even for me as an adult, I get more sinus issues with the dairy products but the only allergy test I reacted to was the CAP Rast test. The allergist say it was the limitations of all the tests…….

Dylan didn’t show any food allergies (only environmental) with the skin prick test, but he clearly could not digest milk or soy at all! The Allergist for him said that some children just show more of a GI reaction than anything else and that these reactions wouldn’t show up on the tests that they perform on children.

I think the only way to tell is eliminate all the suspect foods, and then add back slowly to see if there’s a reaction.

[Anonymous]

I’m so sorry that the allergy tests weren’t more conclusive. Our allergist actually told us that some foods might not be actual allergens, but that they can still cause issues for babies. For example, the allergy tests showed that Kaelyn is not allergic to strawberries and oranges, but we see definite reactions when she eats them. So, he said that she may not be allergic, but she is definitely having issues with them, so we’re avoiding them. It’s amazing that he didn’t even consider that it’s an intolerance when Jameson was only 9 months old. Allergy tests are notorious for being inaccurate at that age!

Good luck with the pregnancy/new baby!

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