The child has yet another allergy. Sigh.
I’ve been considering weaning since I’m losing so much weight from nursing and Fussy Buns is nearly 1 year old. Since she’s allergic to cow’s milk, our doctor suggested we give her goat’s milk because many milk allergic people can tolerate it. I wasn’t sure this was a good idea given our family history with dairy. My husband can’t tolerate cow’s or goat’s milk and although I had never had goat’s milk before, my IgG/IgA allergy test showed I was highly allergic to both. However, I decided to give it a try.
Within minutes of drinking a tiny bit, Fussy Buns developed hives all over her face, predominately around her lips and chin. The hives cleared up after a few hours. I tried giving her a small amount of goat’s milk three separate times and each time she developed hives immediately. This seemed to make her quite uncomfortable, and she also developed a diaper rash. A day later, she seems to have recovered.
I feel bad for putting her through all that, but I’m glad to know about it. If a tiny bit affected her that quickly, I wonder what an entire glass of goat’s milk would do. She doesn’t really need milk anyway, but I thought it might be nice to have it as option.
I guess we’ll be leaving rice milk and some sort of allergen free “cookies” for Santa.
Fussy Buns 