Milk Sensitivity?

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I know I dont post on this board very often but I surely do keep up on all the

new progress everyone has been making! I am so thankful to know that there are

others out there that face some of the same obstacles... so thank you all....

I'd like to apporach the topic of milk sensitivity...

My oldest son is 3, with mild apraxia and my youngest is 15 mos with severe

chronic constipation. The thought originated with Owen, the younges. Being a

nutrition major our class was focusing on food allergies and sensitivitys. In

almost any literature available sensitivities are associated with diarrahea. We

have certainly never had a problem in that department. Lets just say the

opposite runs (or doesnt 'run') in the family. Doing some research I found that

just in the last couple years there have been studys done that link constipation

with milk protien/ caesin.

Lets just say Owen gets his genes from me... being very hesitant to take such a

young toddler off of milk, I volunteered to try going milk-free first. It only

took 3 days for things to start running smoothly for the first time since I was

born! Then it was Owen's turn... We use almond milk as a replacement because

it's fortified - but it doesnt contain complete protien, so getting used to

having to plan and portion meals was a tad bumpy but it went great. He went from

having to take miralax 2 X a day to none at all AND no straining what-so-ever!

Things have been going smoothly (except for the day after we had icecream) for

about 2 weeks now!

This is my line of thought - and this is just in retrospect...

Gage also struggled with constipation early on, not nearly as bad but still

suppository city. And come to think about it, his speach has improved

drastically in the last 6 months right around the time he graduate from carrying

around a milk sippy all day to monitored cup and straw. Plus he started

requesting juice which really cut down on milk intake. At that point he was just

getting his 16 oz a day and not much more. (its amazing how much my kids like

ultra-diluted juice!) So could he be suffering negative effects of milk protien

sensitivity?

According to some research i've done it can cause a wide range of sympotms

including headache, nasal stuffyness, depression, anxiety, ADD/ADHD-like,

Autistic-like symptoms, sleep interruption, poor sleep habits, diarrahea,

failure to gain weight, and most recently the constipation.

Heck, early on i had accepted that Gage might very well be autistic. He refused

to make eye contact, he didnt and had no interest in talking, and priamarily

preferred to be alone. His first speech therapist agreed that further testing

may be necessary.

Maybe it's all a fluke. Like i said, at the time i didnt pay attention to his

milk intake and the influence on his behavior. But I have taken him off of milk

for the last 2 weeks as well and have seen positive changes in his

focus/concentration and listening skills.

Mainly I wanted to share my story, but i aslo wonder if anyone else can

relate...