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Suggest Ways To Manage Allergy To Cow's Milk In A Child
Question: my 9 month old son is having cow milk allergy and he is also not eating solid food and close his mouth. his waight is 7.7kg since last month. what should i do to increase his waight?
further he is also not taking long sleep in the night and wakes up after every 1.5hour. what should i do to increase his night sleep?
further he is also not taking long sleep in the night and wakes up after every 1.5hour. what should i do to increase his night sleep?
Brief Answer:
Suggestions on cow's milk protein allergy
Detailed Answer:
Hi...I went through the history points you have provided -
Unusually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age.
My suggestions for you -
1. Mother should go off cow's milk protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow's milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ butter milk/ chocolates/ biscuits/ ice creams etc. Even while buying commercial food products, you need to see the ingredients and if they contain milk - do not consume them.
2. Continue breast feeding.
3. I take this opportunity to tell you certain scientific facts and relieve your distress -
A. An active is a well kid even if she/ he is not eating well.
B. Development of a kid is as important as or I would say even more important than growth alone.
C. As the kids grow their interest in food decreases and interest in play activities increases so that they eat small quantity and run away to play. As parents we need to be more patient and feed than less quantity but more aliquots per day.
Regarding night sleep, try feeding semisolid food before making the kid sleep, so that the night sleep would be undisturbed.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Suggestions on cow's milk protein allergy
Detailed Answer:
Hi...I went through the history points you have provided -
Unusually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age.
My suggestions for you -
1. Mother should go off cow's milk protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow's milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ butter milk/ chocolates/ biscuits/ ice creams etc. Even while buying commercial food products, you need to see the ingredients and if they contain milk - do not consume them.
2. Continue breast feeding.
3. I take this opportunity to tell you certain scientific facts and relieve your distress -
A. An active is a well kid even if she/ he is not eating well.
B. Development of a kid is as important as or I would say even more important than growth alone.
C. As the kids grow their interest in food decreases and interest in play activities increases so that they eat small quantity and run away to play. As parents we need to be more patient and feed than less quantity but more aliquots per day.
Regarding night sleep, try feeding semisolid food before making the kid sleep, so that the night sleep would be undisturbed.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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