What does this sound like to guys? **EDIT-- to ask a question!**
My youngest daughter is almost 13 months old. She has had a runny nose and a cough for almost 10 weeks. When we went in for her 12 month check up I talked to her doctor about it she said to try Zyrtec for 2 weeks to see if was seasonal allergies (I actually was chalking it up to te constant weather ups and downs we have been having and her teething) So we tried the Zyrtec for 2 weeks and nothing. So we went to the doctors she had a double ear infection. They gave us antibotics for 10 days. The doc said se should start feeling better by the end of the week but she could still have the runny nose through the beginning of the week. We she still has the runny nose so I did an experiment with her Wednesday through today. I gave her no milk at all (besides breastmilk). No runny nose, no cough at all yesterday. I told her teachers at daycare to go ahead and give her milk. When I picked her up I asked how her nose had been today and they said it was pretty runny. So I ask you what does that sound like to you mommy doctors.
Oh we are going back to the doctors on tuesday for an ear recheck and I plan to ask her doctor about this then.
Ok, is there such thing as a milk sensitivity? If so do you think that could be it?
Could be allergy, or coincidence. Does she have any other signs of dairy allergy- rash, hives, eczema, stomach ordigestive issues, excessive gas or super green bms? It does not sound like dairy allergy right off to me, because with a dairy allergy it is the proteins the child is allergic to, and those take a few weeks of full elimination to clear the system. Is there anything she normally eats with her milk? Any animals or people she normally sees that she didn't see that day?
Quoting preacherskid:Could be allergy, or coincidence. Does she have any other signs of dairy allergy- rash, hives, eczema, stomach ordigestive issues, excessive gas or super green bms? It does not sound like dairy allergy right off to me, because with a dairy allergy it is the proteins the child is allergic to, and those take a few weeks of full elimination to clear the system. Is there anything she normally eats with her milk? Any animals or people she normally sees that she didn't see that day?
I would say after trying the Zyrtec, if that didn't work, and if there are no other signs of allergy, a dairy allergy is unlikely; not impossible but unlikely. With my dd's dairy allergy an anti histamine will lessen or eliminate the symptoms of a reaction. It could be the weather, I know it really messes up my sinuses when the weather suddenly shifts like it has been,
If your diet isn't dairy free, it's not likely to be a dairy allergy because she would still be getting the proteins from you and in most kids it takes closer to 2 weeks of being dairy free to show symptom relief.
She's 13 months? She could be getting her 1 year molars. And as we all know, teething can cause many symptoms, including a runny nose and a cough that is caused by the drainage from said runny nose.
Also, milk helps produce more mucous. So again, the reason why the snotty nose and cough was reduced the day she was not drinking any milk.
How long did you wait to announce your pregnancy?
- momma2b2008
on Dec. 7, 2012 at 9:47 PM