allergic reactiom

as you know i found floaty bits in the formula(which incidently the follow on and the gold plus arent approved here) so tried him on normal Karicare...and he had an allergic reaction.. :( so now have to put him back on stuff with floaties in it...:( because he was fine with that..off to test him on 20 mls of the gold again or else off to the after hours:( help!

crap Josh is normally on Karicare Birth but have just brought the thickened one as the plunket lady said to get the hungry baby one for him which i couldnt find so hopefully this is the right one.  Man i hope he doesnt react!!  I thought it would be different brands that would do that.  Hey at least Karicare has lots of different special allergy formulas might have to keep trying them to find a good one.  Hope its not too serious.

wrxchic wrote: I thought they did still sell it?  It was just cos of one ingrediant that hadn't been tested in nz but has been approved in numerous other countries (the ingrediant that encourages better sleep according to my midwife) or was that something else?

Yeah that is exactly right, has been approved in the EU and plenty of other places. Karicare were going to take legal action over it because it was an unwarranted attack on them.

I'll post before i read replies..went to after hours..he reacted while there as well to the same formula hes always had:( so had to get special stuff...and my mother said 'see i told you formula wasnt the easy option..' i could have freaking killed her.. and DH i cant lift him or see as he has hurt his eyes and his hand:( and now hes hungry and no sterilised bottles:( and while we were there a kid with vomiting and a headache was next door and a girl with chickenpox....i hope he hasnt got those cause i took him to doc...on the plus side the doc th ere was the other doc at my normal practice.. anyway just waiting for steriliser then will see what happens with the s26 soy one:(

He won't get chickenpox coz he still has immunity from you and your breastmilk over the past few weeks (assuming you've had it!)

What sort of reaction did he have? Classic allergic reactions (hives/anaphalaxis etc) can happen even after earlier exposure where there's been no reaction. My Maya had formula at 3 weeks old when I was in hospital with mastitis and was fine, then had nothing till 5 mths and had a severe reaction to a bottle of formula then.

Oh man, what the hell were Plunket thinking?????? If he came up in a rash and had breathing problems DO NOT try him on any other cows milk based formulas, period. I can't believe they thought the brand would make a difference! That makes me sooooo mad

Soy is OK as a short term solution but current practises in NZ don't recommend soy as a complete food for infants under 12 months, esp kids with cows milk protein allergy as there is a higher incidence of soy allergy in kids with CMPA.

Sorry, I don't want to sound bossy, but I have spent so much time unravelling allergies with my own kids that it has become a passion and it makes me mad that so many health professionals are so poorly educated - it puts our kids at risk.

My best advice is to see your GP on Mon and ask for an urgent referral to a paed - by urgent I mean they need to see you within the week, you will probably need to put him on Neocate which is a prescription only formula for kids with CMPA but he'll need to be assessed by a paed first. If they can't see you that soon, turn up at the ED at the hospital and refuse to leave till they do see you and do a full evaluation. They'll be able to sort the prescription and funding etc.

In the meantime, stick with the soy, but as I said, long term it's not recommended.

Sorry, I know you didn't ask for my advice, and feel free to ignore it, but trust me after spending time with 2 of my kids in hospital with allergy related issues and 5 years of dealing with allergies I know what I'm talking about!

yeah i guess cause normally gold would be the one babies react to i guess.. and hehad been fine on it so she thought best of two evils i guess.and DH wanted to try him again on the karitane one he reacted to but i remembered about your post about not trying them twice so we didnt..(thanks)

Simon(my doc who i see if Tony isnt there) was the one on at the after hours and he said try this one(well the lactose one..which i assume is the same one? couldnt see a lactose one there and this lactose free?) and then tell Tony when i see him.but i will be ringing monday first thing (I'm allergic ..well intolerant to soy which i didnt know till i was 25)

lol i do appreciate it...:) yeah im avoiding all Karicare! so soy ok till monday when i see Tony?

Hugs Kawww! I know you must be freaking out chick, but I'm sure Ethan will be fine once you've seen the paed. I'll txt you on Monday probably once I get money on my phone to see how you guys are.

Just an aside, does Neocate work out the same cost wise as normal formula seeing as you can get it on prescription Emma? Not that Jack's allergic or anything, I'm just being nosey

this one says no cows milk protein and no lactose? hmmm hope he will be ok..he hasnt had any spots to this one.. the other one wasnt there:(

so i dont need to hunt down the other one?or shall i trawl the countdowns till i find one?:)

it says ' no cows milk protein actually..sorry.