What to do if your baby is allergic to milk

Babies need sufficient nutrition as they grow, and the first choice for parents is to drink milk. Milk can indeed supplement the nutrients needed by children, but many children are very intolerant of milk because some ingredients in milk can cause allergies in some children, and the child’s own physique is not suitable for milk feeding. So, what should we do if our baby is allergic to milk?

Avoid foods containing 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 cow's 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.

Choosing deeply hydrolyzed protein formula for formula feeding can effectively prevent baby milk allergy. If the baby is allergic to milk and the mother does not have enough milk or has no milk, the preferred alternative is an extensively hydrolyzed formula milk with processed protein, such as Nestle's Alesun. Aiershu is made through a special process by cutting the large-molecule milk protein in milk that causes allergies into small fragments that can be directly absorbed and utilized by the human body without inducing abnormal immune response. Therefore, it can be used to treat babies with milk allergies. Deeply hydrolyzed formula milk is generally taken for 3-6 months. Because cow's milk protein allergy often disappears after 6-12 months, your doctor may recommend trying your baby again on regular cow's milk formula during this time. If the baby reacts during the closely monitored provocation test, it is recommended to continue the dietary elimination therapy with Ales; if no reaction is observed, the child can be switched to moderately hydrolyzed formula (such as SuperNer).

What should you do if your baby is allergic to milk? I believe everyone has already understood the above-mentioned related content. We must cut off the root cause of the baby's allergic reaction to milk. Only as parents can we truly find out the child's allergens or which components in milk the child is allergic to.