What to do if your 5-month-old baby is allergic to milk

After the child is born, the mother begins to gradually adapt to her own psychological and physiological reactions after the confinement period, and becomes more and more adept at the baby's various behaviors and lifestyles. However, many mothers have to start working some time after giving birth and cannot accompany the baby every day, especially some babies who are breastfed at the beginning and will have allergies after drinking milk. So what should I do if a 5-month-old baby is allergic to milk? Let's talk about this issue below.

Allergies occur when the body's immune system overreacts to naturally harmless substances in the air, water, contact objects, or food. Food allergy is an adverse reaction caused by an inappropriate immune response to food proteins. Infant milk allergy is actually an allergy to the protein in milk, that is, it is caused by the baby's immune system overreacting to milk protein. Cow's milk allergy is the most common food allergy in a baby's first year of life! About 2.5% of babies are allergic to cow's milk.

If your baby is allergic to milk, you should adopt a dietary elimination therapy, that is, strictly avoid eating foods containing milk ingredients in the next 3-6 months. Not only can you not drink regular formula milk, you can also not eat foods containing milk, such as cream cakes, bread, salad dressing, bovine colostrum, milk candy, and milk-containing biscuits, until the results of the "exclusion-provocation test" turn negative. Therefore, when choosing food for your baby in the supermarket, you must carefully read the ingredients of the food.

Breastfeeding mothers should not drink milk. Although breastfed babies are less likely to develop allergies, they may also develop cow's milk protein allergies. If the baby has a milk allergy, the mother should avoid dairy products in her diet for 4 days. If the baby's allergy symptoms are relieved, the mother should continue to not consume dairy products and take calcium supplements if necessary to avoid calcium deficiency.

If your baby has allergic symptoms, such as rash and diarrhea, it cannot be completely determined that it is a milk allergy. It is best to go to the hospital for examination to avoid allergies caused by other conditions, find out the allergens, and receive timely treatment. For a five-month-old baby, you should pay attention to developing the baby's coordination ability, play more games with the baby, let him feel the care of his family, and teach the baby some simple words to develop the child's language ability.