Hives from Enfamil after starting amoxicillin

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hello, my dd has been taking Enfamil infant formula fine about 3

times. Once by itself and the other two times, I mixed it 1/2 and 1/2

with breast milk. We started her on amoxicillin for ear infection and

now she's reacting to Enfamil. I gave her usual 1/2 formula and 1/2

breast milk and she started having hives all over her mouth, neck,

chest and back. We stopped the 1/2 mixing and she was fine on breast

milk only for 1 week and decided to give just the formula 2oz and the

hives came back.

did amoxicillin have anything to do with this? anyone have experience

with allergies to infant formula? I'm allergic to soy so I don't want

to try soy formula for her.

thanks so much for any advice.

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Is she off the amoxicillan because hives are an allergic reaction to

that medication? It's possible she is allergic to the formula.

antibotics can do all kinds of things to the body.

Ear infections are usually yeast related or milk intolerance. My kids

did not tolerate Enfamil but they are milk protein intolerant. Is

there anyway she can stay on breast milk? We get rid of ear infections

by treating with antifungals for yeast.

My daughter tried every formula on the market and the only two she

could drink were Nutramigen and Good Start. Both are milk based but do

provide enzymes to break down those proteins. When she got older we

removed milk entirely and put her on rice milk. We gave my niece

digestive enzymes to tolerate her formula. But hives were not present,

just digestive problems. Sadly, all the commercial companies offer is

milk based or soy. There are recipes to make formula for infants who

can drink neither of these. (Weston Price Foudation). One is meat

based, the other is milk based but uses raw milk instead. The meat

based one is an option for children who are intolerant to dairy.

You can try some probiotics to help her gut, perhaps the antibiotics

have causes leaky gut, and proteins are getting through and causing an

allergic reaction. That's my best guess for why this is happening if

she is done with the antibiotics.

soy formula is not good either, it provides a steady flow of

xenoestrogens and is not good for thyroid or hormones in children.

I think with hives..it's safe to say..no more Enfamil.

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> hello, my dd has been taking Enfamil infant formula fine about 3

> times. Once by itself and the other two times, I mixed it 1/2 and 1/2

> with breast milk. We started her on amoxicillin for ear infection and

> now she's reacting to Enfamil. I gave her usual 1/2 formula and 1/2

> breast milk and she started having hives all over her mouth, neck,

> chest and back. We stopped the 1/2 mixing and she was fine on breast

> milk only for 1 week and decided to give just the formula 2oz and the

> hives came back.

>

> did amoxicillin have anything to do with this? anyone have experience

> with allergies to infant formula? I'm allergic to soy so I don't want

> to try soy formula for her.

>

> thanks so much for any advice.

>

[Guest guest]

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> hello, my dd has been taking Enfamil infant formula fine about 3

> times. Once by itself and the other two times, I mixed it 1/2 and 1/2

> with breast milk. We started her on amoxicillin for ear infection and

> now she's reacting to Enfamil. I gave her usual 1/2 formula and 1/2

> breast milk and she started having hives all over her mouth, neck,

> chest and back.

Yeast overgrowth can increase intolerances. Try increasing the yeast

protocol and see if that helps.

Dana