Last month, Abbie tried cottage cheese for the first time. Of course, she wasn't thrilled with the taste (who is, really?), so I had the brilliant idea of mixing it with applesauce. THIS she liked. In fact, she downed probably three tablespoons of the mix. That was around 2pm.
Around 4pm she started to get fussy, so I decided to nurse her and put her down for a nap. I nursed her...and then all the milk came back up! A few minutes later, more! A few minutes later, even more! She kept throwing up for about an hour, at which point she started becoming frighteningly lethargic and losing her color. So Matt and I rushed her to the doctor, who said, to our surprise, that it looked like food poisoning to him. Scary! But I had had some cottage cheese too, and nothing happened to me. The whole thing was rather strange.
So yesterday afternoon I decided to try some normal, shredded mozzarella cheese with Abbie. Who knows! A month had passed, so she might be up for the challenge.
She probably ate about three shreds of cheese, and wasn't too happy about it. Oh well--I tried. After lunch we went shopping and she had no complaints. However, around 5pm, half-way through nursing she started to cry. Not the normal "I'm tired" cry--this was the "Mommy, my tummy hurts" cry. So I knew it was just a matter of time before the throwing up would begin. Sure enough, about 15 minutes later it happened. Thankfully, this time wasn't as bad and she bounced right back after about two hours of being sick.
All this to say, we apparently have a lactose intolerant kid on our hands. At least for now; I've heard kids can grow out of such allergies. But when? Nausea and vomiting are pretty severe reactions for having eaten such a little bit of dairy! I don't really want to risk it again anytime soon. anyone have any thoughts? Advice? Commiserations?
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Hi katherine! My name is stacey aspenberg I'm a friend of Matt's from youth group! I just happened to look on your page today and read about the cheese thing, I babysit for alittle boy who is now 2 and 1/2 and his parents did tried the same things with cottage cheese they actually tried yougurt and such with him also, (the doctor told them too) and the same symptoms occured, so they kept tryin everonce and a while, anyways to make a long story short the doc, orginally diagnosed him wiht being lactose intolerant, but after he turned a year they took him to an allergist and it turns our he is allergic to all dairy! Not that this is going to be abbey by anymeans, but keep your eye on her just incase!I have a 3 year old and an8 1/2 month old and our doctor told us to stay away from dairy products till after a year! so who knows! Just thought I would share!! Let me know your thoughts, God Bless!
In christ
stacey
Awwwww poor Abbey! :(
:( Hopefully she'll out grow it-cheese is SO good!
<3
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