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...The American Academy of Pediatrics recently published a study titled “Allergic Reactions to Foods in Preschool-Aged Children in a Prospective Obse r vational Food Allergy Study”. Since this is a topic near and dear to most of your hearts, I wanted to summarize their findings in today’s post. The authors studied 512 infants and preschool-aged children with likely egg or milk allergies to learn more about the frequency and circumstances of food related allergic...

...Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Zoe stayed at the hospital for a week as doctors performed numerous tests including, blood work, cultures, CT scans and x-rays. She was also treated with antibiotics. By process of elimination, the doctors finally diagnosed Zoe with a severe milk protein allergy and told Amanda that her reaction was 1 in a million. To treat the milk protein allergy, at four weeks old Zoe was put on...

...As a newborn baby girl, Abbigail endured sleepless nights as she fussed and squirmed in search of relief. At 10 weeks old she only weighed 8 pounds and struggled to gain weight. No matter what position her father put her in, she was uncomfortable and in pain. Her constant vomiting, gassiness and weight loss was fueled by her food allergies and gastroesophageal reflux; a condition in which food leaks backwards from the stomach into...

...the AAP journal, Pediatrics – you can find a summary of the results here. What the researchers found was that over 40% of the parents surveyed introduced solid foods before 4 months, earlier than the AAP and CPS recommend! Parents gave many reasons for introducing solids, including wanting to give something in addition to formula or breast milk. It’s important to note that infant formulas like Neocate Infant are nutritionally complete, and can meet an...

...continuing to search for a diagnosis. Here is a video of our journey, which started on April 30, 2008. During Feeding Tube Awareness Week, please take the time to share your story, or Allie’s, and help spread positive awareness of enteral feeding. Let’s inform everyone of this wonderful life-saving medical intervention that is helping so many children at this very moment. For more information on feeding tubes, please check the incredible Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation....

...pediatrician Karisse was switched to a soy-based formula, but her ailments continued. Nutritional Management and Outcome When Karisse didn’t improve on the soy-based formula her pediatrician suggested she see an allergist who administered a skin test. The results revealed that she was allergic to milk and soy. The doctor suggested a formula change, this time to a hydrolysate formula composed of partially broken down proteins. Finally, after the hydrolysate formula failed to alleviate her symtpoms,...