Can any UK mums give advice on the milk ladder?
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@Emma-louise thank you!! I thought it was 6 step but I've seen a couple of different 6 step ones from different nhs trusts with slightly different order and I'm confused 😭 I think it might be one rather than both that causes more reaction as she can eat some flavour crisps but not others. But I also accidentally had baby brain whilst pregnant and when in Spain gave her a lactose free yogurt which she didn't react to, and would assume she'd still react to the proteins if it's CMPA and not lactose intolerance but she was fine. And yogurt is further up the ladder than the crisps that she reacted to. I'm just so confused and it's a 4 month wait to get a oeads apppintment for a referral to dietician currently here. Honestly I just feel at a loss, and it frustrates me as I'm usually pretty on it with things but navigating this is is really hard :(
I 100% feel you! I was sent one from my dietician but they really confused me and was told before not to start until around 15months then now being told to ask paeds on Tuesday but I feel you with wait times it took us 9 months to get a paediatrician appointment and allergy testing for my girl I've seen people say sometimes a 1 off is okay and baby can tolerate that but doesn't make sense as you know lactose is different Obviously depending on little ones symptoms because my partner is lactose intolerant and has different symptoms to our girl who has cmpa Some babies do only react to 1 protien though so it's possible that's how she can eat certain things and not others We wasn't trialled on both protiens through milk because my drs didn't like her eyes swelling up so did nutramigen and then neocate
@Emma-louise with our 3 year old we weren't trialled on anything as they misdiagnosed as reflux until she transitioned onto cows milk at 12 months old. It was awful, they told me to wean her on double cream and full fat yogurt as she had poor weight gain due to "reflux". I'll never forgive them/myself for that, my poor baby must have been in so much pain she was constantly sick every day it was awful. Eventually I fed her with cows milk in the GP and she threw up everywhere and I got lucky the GP had children who were cmpa and referred us immediately. Then I got a phone call about 8 months later and have had nothing since. With our youngest baby I knew straight away so just cut dairy out of my diet and expressed milk for him which is draining 😂 and we are still waiting for his appointment. So somehow, 3 years down the line, we've been muddling through but haven't actually had any real support 😭 We are the same as you, by the time we see dietician it will be 9 months. We've not been offered allergy tests,
... but he definitely reacts to more than cows milk!
I think the 6 step ladder is more used in the UK the imap one I don't think it matters what protien baby reacted to as that's why the items need both in although some formulas would of contained either or protien Sorry I can't be a huge help we haven't done the ladders yet