What About Breastfeeding?

Breast milk is the best milk for infants. It’s the first choice of the World Health Organization (WHO) and health care professionals around the world.

Unfortunately, some children can have an allergic reaction to dairy and soy proteins passed along in their mother’s breast milk. Even so, the good news is that under the recommendation of your physician, you may be able to continue breastfeeding with a food elimination diet.

In a common elimination diet, the breastfeeding mom removes all dairy and soy proteins from her diet. It’s important for you and your baby to get the nutrition you need, so you should only try an elimination diet under the supervision of your doctor or dietitian.

If you try an elimination diet and your baby still displays food allergy symptoms while being exclusively breastfed, or if you are not able to get enough nutrition yourself, your doctor may recommend an amino acid  formula for your baby.

That’s where Neocate comes in. Neocate is proven nutrition based on nonallergenic amino acids, the building blocks of protein. Your child’s body is able to easily digest these simple proteins to grow and thrive. In comparison, milk- and soy-based formulas, even when broken down (hydrolyzed), still contain partial protein chains that sensitive children can react to.