Effects Of Dairy And Soy

[cam'smom]

Hi

I have been keeping my little one on a gluten, dairy and soy free diet for the last 7 months and he has been doing so much better. We cut out dairy and gluten as we weren't sure what was causing his tummy problems. Anyway, cutting them both out seemed to make a huge difference so we continued.

I tried reintroducing soy products a while back and at first it seemed fine, then after about two weeks his tummy started reacting again. And so I stopped the soy. It took about 2 weeks, but his tummy returned to normal.

Then i decided to see if he could handle dairy. I gave him cheese for a week, and all looked good, then i gave him gluten-free yoghurt and within 2 days he was reacting again. I stopped the dairy but now, 4 days later his tummy is still reacting badly. Does this make sense to anyone? I don't understand how he at first seemed fine on both soy and dairy and then a week into both of them he started reacting. And, why is it taking so long to clear up?

anyone know?

[ShayFL]

Everyone heals at their own speed. For many it can take over a year for full recovery. It requires patience (not my forte...LOL), but it does pay off.

Also, there might be a threshold for those foods. Where 1 piece of cheese a few times a week is fine, but cheese and/or yogurt everyday is too much for his body to handle.

That tends to happen. We challenge a food and dont have a problem, so we start eating it everyday and/or a lot of it. Then we get symptoms again.

I would say keep at it for a good year and then try again and see.