>I find it interesting that many people have "tried" different variations of
>milk protein with their allergic children.  I'm petrified to even bring a
>milk product into the house.  Is your pediatrician/allergist advising you
>to do this kind of "test"?  I do not have a lot of confidence in skin/blood
>tests by themself - I believe too that clinical experience is necessary to
>"confirm" the allergy, however, knowing what happened to our kids once is
>enough to NOT let me "test" any milk derivative.  Any comments?
>
>Marie

>> My son can also now handle some whey or milk in baked goods, etc. whereas
>> he couldn't as a baby.  He is going on 6.  He also used to get hives
>> everywhere on his body as a baby when he ate dairy and now just on his
>> eyes.
>>
>> If he has one tiny taste of cheese in something he does get hives on his
>> eyes.  So I'm not sure about the milk vs. cheese issue but this is our
>> experience.
>>
>> Rachele Shaw
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To answer this question of giving my son dairy--NO! We never "give" it to
him.  Our experiences are all based on accidents that do come up.  They are
rare and far and few between but they do happen.

Even though we know from accidents that a small amount of milk baked into
something causes no reaction we never give it to him, especially since he
still gets hives on a spot where you put milk on his skin.

I was just trying to point out that in his case that although the small
amount of milk taken internally seems to cause no reaction a small bite of
a cheese cracker (he got hold of over a year ago) did cause a reaction.

Rachele Shaw
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