Angela makes a good point about the nurses giving newborns bottles
in the hospital without the parents permission.  My daughter did
not latch on properly right after she was born and had meconium in
her stomach.  When they brought her upstairs to clean her up, they pumped
her stomach and then tube fed her milk formula.  My husband and I had no idea
about this until after it happened.

That night I told them to bottle feed her because I was so tired but I
said I wanted her to get soy.  I found out the next morning they
had given her lactose free formula.

If you don't want your baby to get formula make it clear to anyone before
they take your baby from you.

--Tammy

>
> First bottle (I didn't know about the one in the nursery) at 4 months.
>
> >6) When and how did the person's dairy allergy first show up?
>
> After this first bottle. Anaphilactic shock - hives around mouth and all over
> the body, and blood pressure drop, he "fell asleep" and I couldn't wake him
> up :-(
>
> >7) If the person is your child, what would you have done differently while
> pregnant, nursing, or during the first two years of life, if anything?
>
> I would have made sure to breastfeed longer, but specially that nobody gave
>  him a bottle during the first few days. This is a major risk here as the
babies
>
> are sometimes put in nurseries at nights and the well intended nurses gave
them
> bottles to keep them quiet. Also, I gave him the first bottle shortly after he
> had the first shots and I have heard afterwards that this sometimes brings
> allergies.
>