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Intolerance to milk can be different. It happens with problems in the intestines. This is when milk is not digested by the body. Happens as we do. This is a red rash on the cheeks, stomach and hands. You can give the children kefir or yogurt. They also do not cause allergies. For severe cases, there are pills in the pharmacy. But these cases are very rare.
No ointments did not help. Only you need to clean cow's milk. Believe, everything will be fine. Always watch for yourself and the child. With any problem, you can find a way out. At giving you and your child. Do not be ill.

Hey. Now many children do not tolerate lactose. I think that this is related to the environment. We also eat a few useful natural products. Often the body because of this gives violations.
If your husband is intolerant of milk, it does not mean that the child will have this problem. If you still have it, you need to get used to this current. Of course, many products can not be eaten. My child had such a problem. We did not understand for a long time why he was allergic.
Have made analyzes. The doctor said he could not have cow's milk. I began to give him milk goats and yogurt. All problems are gone. Now he is 5 years old and he does not have any allergies to lactose. Milk he does not drink.

Dairy is hard on the digestive system for everybody. Some are just more sensitive than others. I haven't drank milk since I was 5 and would get sick from cheese when I was pregnant with my son. He is not allergic but we choose not to give him dairy because he gets constipated from it and he doesn't nutritionally need it. I don't consume any dairy now and don't plan on it through out this pregnancy. We don't have food allergies in our family and I don't really see them being tied to a mom having something or not having something while baby is in the womb.

This is a funny tidbit of info. With my 1st, I craved milk. Went through 3 gallons a week all by myself. My daughter from that pregnancy loves all things dairy. Could eat cheese & yogurt all day long. With baby #2, I developed lactose intolerance. Milk made me so sick & gave me horrible stomach cramps. That baby is now 2.5 months & has a cow milk protein intolerance.

People have done studies recently that show babies are less likely to have food allergies to certain things like nuts if mom eats them while she's pregnant. I don't think it means baby will definitely have an allergy if you stay away from it, but that the chances are less likely they will have an allergy if they are exposed to certain foods in the womb.

I hate milk...won't drink it at all. The only dairy I have is cheese. My son LOVES milk....he'd skip meals and just drink milk if we let him. He has no intolerance or allergy to it.

I agree with eag923 they used to say avoid peanuts but I lived off peanut butter when I was pregnant with my son and he doesn't have a nut allergy now. Back when I was born many moons ago it was common place to feed newborns cowsmilk instead of formula which is not good as all babies have issues breaking down the lactose. It might be that your mother in law thinks of that as an intolerance because they didn't know then what they know now.

No, thats an old idea on food allergies. They use to say that exposure to highly allergenic food in the womb could cause allergies, but now they say that's not true. Eat what you want. Now, some drs will recommend that you not introduce certain foods (when the baby starts solids) before a certain age, esp if you have a family history of food allergies, but there is little evidence to support that it helps. Basically, allergies are genetic. If you have a family history, that is what predisposes your children.

In addition, being lactose intolerant is not the same thing as being allergic. Allergies involve the immune system & can be life threatening. Lactose intolerance just means you have issues digesting lactose. In babies, dairy allergies are much more common than lactose intolerance (some kids have a lactose sensitivity which is something else entirely).

A friend of mine disproves an absolute correlation. She has two kids. With the first she had milk and milk products as normal. That child had really bad milk intolerances. As a result of modifying their diet for him, she basically stopped drinking milk, and the second child has no intolerance whatsoever.