Kamie,

Anytime you have a food you suspect of causing an allergic reaction, the first thing you want to do is remove all traces of that food from the diet for 4 - 6 weeks to see if there is improvement.

If there is no improvement and you have been rigid about the food, the food wasn't the cause of the problem.

If there was improvement, you want to "test" the theory to make sure that food was the culprit and not a fluky coincidence.

The only time you wouldn't want to do this would be if the "test" aka trial could cause a life threatening type of reaction.

The way you would perform the trial would be to provide the suspect food "an 8 ounce glass of milk" 3 times a day for 4 days in a row. Don't introduce any other milk product foods during that time, just the milk.

If there is no reaction after 4 days, milk was not the issue. If, however, the reaction returns within the 4 days, you know milk was the issue.

In my case, I didn't make it through the first day without experiencing a reaction when I did my milk trial.

Food trials are a bit on the same philosophy as how we introduce new foods to a young child. You go slow and introduce one at a time for 4 days before going to the next food.

that is the exact problem my 22mo daughter is having. It is all through g-tube but is staying undigested. When I tell the Dr. this he says that because she does great with breast milk or formula that it can't be her being allergic to the pediasure. She is covered in mucus and throws up can't take bolus feedings with the ped but formula she she clears up and is well and developes. We have been going through this for over 6mo were at times she was so sick i thought she was going to die. I have only connected this in the last 2 weeks although i told the dr. i thought this was a posability over 6mo ago. do you have any ideas i know someone her age needs more noutritionally than formula. can you tell me what was finally done for you. sorry about the rambling i am so excited to see my daughter well and need to know how to get the dr. to believe this IS the problem. I haven't seen her smile or laugh in so long till now and i just want it to keep going.
PLEASE give me any info you can we see him on friday

Been awhile since I've heard directions given in reference to the Big Chicken. Hee! Oh, and it's really nice to know there's a Whole Foods in Atlanta! My in-laws are in Kennesaw. Not sure when we'll be heading back that way.

Kamie, when we did Tom's dairy trial, I didn't know all that Bec just told you. I took Tom off dairy for 8 weeks (he had withdrawal seizures at 2 weeks, so I thought it was a failure at first). On a Saturday (and Claire's birthday), I fed him skim milk and doughnuts (most doughnuts have milk) for breakfast. He was soooo hyper, but we blamed the doughnuts. I did give him regular milk at each meal. Sunday, we were too busy getting things ready for Claire's party, so I really don't know how he was. Monday, he went to spec ed preschool. When I picked him up, the first words out of the teacher's mouth were, "What did you give him?" He couldn't sit still for them, he was knocking puzzles and toys on the floor, he was out of control for his normal behavior. To be honest, it took me a minute or two to figure out that we had given him milk over the weekend (and some for breakfast that day). It took 3 days for him to calm back down.

The last time that I know he had a small amount of milk (a bite or two of a rice crispy treat, so not a lot), I didn't notice any reaction. Whether *he* noticed a buzz or not, I don't know. But, going dairy free made the most difference in his seizure control and I have no intention of messing around with milk.

There are a TON of whole foods in Atlanta. I just wish we could get one in Newnan. Le sigh. Eventually.

My child ifs two years of age and has no milk allergies. The doctor recommended that I give her half a bottle of pedia sure after her meal because she's a very picky eater. That first night she coughed all night long like she was choking. Coughing and crying because she was restless because of the choking cough. She had just started daycare do my first mind was a snotty nose kid had gotten my Angel sick! Boy was I wrong!!!!! It's the pedia sure she started vomiting from the excessive choking cough. Every single night when she laid down after she ate and took her bath.....another sleepless night for the both of us. I was use to changing a wet paper in the middle of the night but geesh! Vomit too! Her doctor said that it wasn't the pedia sure, that she had a virus. I took her off it and tried hand feeding her myself. So independent, she refused me feeding her. But at the beginning of this month I wanted to try giving it to her again because she isnt eating well. She did the same thing cough and thew up!!!!! Her taste buds are New do I know they enjoy the taste, so it can't be that. I drank a bottle tonight so I could see how it makes me feel and I'm sick too the stomach right now! Something isn't right about pedia sure.

Hello.

Welcome to the NeuroTalk Support Groups.
I just wanted to let you know that you've posted on a thread that was started September of 2006 and the last post was from 2008.

This Child Neuro forum isn't particularly busy these days but from memory there were some other posts/threads regarding pediasure and in some of the other forums here as well.

You could try looking for more posts using the search feature.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/search.php

Welcome wykeisha minor.