Dairy allergy

I am cow's milk allergic and unfortunately couldn't give any to my baby while in my belly (I am still preggo) so I ordered Goat's milk formula instead just in case 🤷🏻‍♀️ I plan to breastfreed but I have this just in case on a side.

I guess it might be something I have to try with her? I can’t have any animal milk at all it has to be plant based.

Do you think the reaction would be obvious early on? I’d feel like the worst mum giving her something she’s allergic to. I planned on combo feeding but maybe if she is allergic I’ll breastfeed and pump instead so my husband can do some feeds…

Not sure if I’m just really overthinking/stressing about something out of my control x

No in any cases you wouln't be a bad mum!!! You are worrying already so you are doing your best already ;)

It's not you drinking the milk so it's really how you are feeling it for your baby. I choose goat milk as a preference but if baby reacts bad I might go plant based you know. These formulas exists if needed also.

I think observe your baby and see if they have otisis often, eye that are a little itchy, bad digestion etc and see what works for your baby ;)

Otisis and bad digestion are the two main dairy allergy/intolerance signs ;) Back then my mother didn't noticed it was related!

Thank you for your advice 💕 I’ll have a look at some of the plant based formulas available too and see what all my options would be x

Hi, my son has a milk protein allergy and it does run in my family. I’m not sure if I had it as a baby, I do have allergies but either way I can tolerate milk now. The way I could tell my son had it, is because he had severe eczema and eventually had a blood test at the doctors to
Confirm the allergy. The eczema went away within weeks of stopping dairy in my own diet (I breastfed) and I stopped giving him any foods with dairy in , as well as not giving him cows milk formula when I did bottle feed. I gave him oat or almond milk with his cereal and as a drink and he still has that now at age 12. With my second son, I did not give him any dairy products for his first year, he never had formula and whilst I didn’t initially eat dairy myself, I did after a few months even though I breastfed- he doesn’t have any issues with dairy.

Oh, for my baby due in in a few weeks I will do similar as I did with my second son because I feel like there is higher chance that I will have a baby with the allergy. So, I will breastfeed for at least a year, but I will have dairy myself unless I notice any eczema. I will limit any dairy foods when he does start solid foods at six months old until he is at least one. And I will generally just keep an eye on any symptoms for an allergy or intolerance x

Thanks after reading your story I think I’m going to breastfeed and pump and try to avoid the whole situation until she’s a bit older and then try her on a small amount of dairy to see if she’s okay with it or not 😊 takes the worry away then x