living with kids with allergies group

[happyface82]

Will probably still taste good! I want cake now.

 

[Natsku]

Make a cake too! And make it better than mine and tell me how

 

[happyface82]

 

[Emma 21]

we just arranged lexis naming day x

 

[Natsku]

Took Maria to the doctor today. Her eczema is infected again so more antibiotics but otherwise he was no help at all really. But I saw her nurse in the hallway and she had a look at Maria's face and said we ought to take her to the child allergy specialist (private doctor but he's a friend of FIL's so maybe we would get the appointment free, or discounted) so I think we'll do that.

 

[happyface82]

Hope you manage to see the doctor soon!! Thank God for the nurse. :thumb up:

We gave Katerina some egg yolk today at lunch. She really liked it and didn't have an immediate reaction like last time she had egg. Lets hope she doesn't get a reaction at all! Then tomorrow morning we are off to the practitioner again, hopefully she will clear her egg white allergy! Fingers crossed! :thumb up:

On a side note, I have been giving Katerina little pieces of yellow cheese for the past week and she seems completely fine with it! I know she might not tolerate milk yet but even a bit of cheese is a huge step for us at the moment as she loves it so much!

 

[Natsku]

Thats brilliant news! Oh I wish they had a NAET practitioner here as it sounds like its really working

 

[happyface82]

That's really bad! Maybe they will soon though. I've heard that there are zoo many people training for it now!

 

[Jemma_x]

Happy if you dont mind me asking how much is it to see the naet practitioner? If you dont want to say or if you'd prefer to pm me thats fine

 

[happyface82]

Its £20 per visit! Not bad I think

 

[Jemma_x]

Thats not bad at all, i was expecting you to say around £100

 

[Arcanegirl]

^ me too!

 

[Natsku]

Thats not bad at all, was expecting it to be pricey!

 

[happyface82]

I know others in Central London are a lot more expensive but thats normal I guess! It is really cheap which is good because you need many sessions.

 

[Jemma_x]

What do they actually do at a session? I dont know if youve said and ive missed it but im really intrested

 

[Natsku]

I'm interested too!

Maria's skin is sooo much better today - you can barely tell that she has eczema if you look at her face!

 

[happyface82]

That's brilliant news Natsku!

I'll try to explain it the best I can! They basically use kinesiology to test you. And they use a surrogate when its a young toddler as they wouldn't stay still long enough.

The testing involves holding my left arm in the air whilst holding different glass vials, containing various substances, in my right hand. Then she tries to push my arm down each time the vial was changed to check for sensitivity. If you are allergic the hand drops and it drops more the more allergic you are. 1st time she tested Katerina for egg my hand literally dropped until it fell on my lying body. 2nd time she tested her it only dropped a bit! Its interesting!

Then when she does the treatment I still hold the glass with the vial in it and I lie on my back and she basically massages my spine. I'm guessing some specific pressure points? And then uses a little machine for acupressure on my hand, arms and legs. That's it. Its very quick and quite comfortable though it feels I always feel really tired afterwards and while I'm being treated for Katerina it feels like electricity is passing through me, it is so weird. I am being treated, and I hold hubbys arm and he has skin contact with Katerina. Both hubby and me hold the glass.

Hope this makes sense! :thumb up:

Our appointment today was cancelled. Her daughter has a stomach but and she didn't want to risk us going there! I guess its not a bad thing as I want to trial the egg yolk again tomorrow to make sure there are not delayed reactions! So far so good though!

 

[Natsku]

Wow interesting that it works through you. I was wondering how it would on a toddler when I read a little about it.

 

[Shiv]

Hi ladies, I have just finished reading the whole thread!

Let me introduce myself, my name is Shiv and I am mummy to Sophia (2 ys 5 months) and Cora (nearly 4 months)

I think Cora has CMPI, I have been dairy and soya free since Cora was 6 weeks old. Up to this point she had terrible smelly poo that wa pure mucous although never had blood and was nomal colour). I gave up dairy and her milk spots cleared up within 24 hours. He poo gradually got less mucousy over the next couple of weeks and she became easy to settle, infact she self settles now. I have trialled dairy a couple of weeks ago and she got very windy and stinky although her poo was no as bad.

Anyway I approached her doctor at her 6 week check with regards to the mucousy poo and she said it was normal (well Sophia never had it) and wouldn't even consider that it could be an issue with CMP. SO since then I have gone it alone.

I am now concerned that another allergy might be rearing its head. Cora has still got cradle cap but only on one side of hear head. She has had raised lymph nodes since she was 2 weeks old (well that is when I first noticed them) but when I checked today she only has a raised one on the side she has cradle cap on - coincidence?

Do any of your little ones have raised lymph nodes.

Anyway she has started being sick a bit after feeds (she is breastfed) not loads but she hasn't been sick for weeks and weeks. It is quite watery and mucousy. Her poo curently seems fine but I noticed a small patch of exzema on her face today. I really hope she isn't sensitive to something else. What do you think?

Sophia as far as I am aware has no allergies, although she does have exzema. It pretty much disappears in the summer and then gets worse in the winter (due to heating I would imagine). I got some dream cream the other day (I read about it on here!) so I am hoping that will help. It has never been that bad that we have needed steriod cream. Reading this thread has made me question whether Sophia may have issues though. For teh past 2 months her poo has been less regular and very mucousy with undigested food and very smelly - certainly not normal. But up until that point she has had nomal poo. I know allergies can appear at any point but nothing has changed in her diet so could it be realted or again just a coincidence?

Anyway I am going to make an appointment with the doctor tomorrow to discuss Cora's lymph node and potentil allergy (which I know the doctor will completely overlook) and also about Sophia's bad tummy.

Well sorry for the rambling. It has been interesting and heartbreaking in equal measures reading about your struggles with your LO's. It is good to know there have been a few stories of LO's outgrowing their issues and others of getting them figured out and under control.

i hope you have all had lovely weekends and that i can join you

 

[17thy]

Hi! I'm Brandi and my 14 month old daughter is allergic to:

Barley
Almonds
Hazelnuts

A lot of pastas and breads have barley in it so we have to watch out for like everything she can't just have little pieces of bread or bun from a restaurant, no pasta unless we know the ingredients. DH and I don't have a problem doing this, it's others that want to feed her and totally disregard what we say.

She has also had severe reactions to LUVS diapers (twice now) the first time was when she was less than 2 months old because we started cloth diapering very soon afterward. And after a year of telling MIL not to use LUVS if she was watching her, she put her in one for less than 20 minutes and LO had a terrible burn Then MIL tried to blame the horrible chemical burns on pineapple.

Anyway :wave: hello fellow mommies of babies with allergies