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[lukesmum]

Hi everyone:) . I have just joined when I found this site looking for dairy free easter egg ideas. I am not allergic but my four year old son is allergic to dairy, egg and nuts. I also have a two year old daughter who showed signs of milk allergy as a baby (she got a rash when I rubbed it on her skin) but I perservered with breastfeeding for 18 months and it seemed to do the trick as her tests for allergies at 18 months came back negative. Because she never had dairy we tend to give the same food as her brother although I do give her cows milk because she doesn't like Soya.

Looking forward to chatting with you and learning more ...

[Pam]

Hi Lukesmum - do you have a name of your own or shall we just call you Lukesmum? Welcome to the site anyway. If you need to know anything, just ask.

My 5 year old is milk intolerant so we've been dairy free for most of that time but her older brothers don't like soya milk so I usually end up cooking two lots of food.

Easter Eggs (I've partially replied to this on your other message).

Kinnerton Bart Simpson or Bang on the Door £1.99 at Woolworths (make sure you get the dairy free ones as the milk choclate ones have similar packaging). They also do a bigger Egg which is possibly for sale in Sainsburys (probably marketed under the Safer Chocolate Company name in a black packaging with coloured free from spots).

Green & Black do Plain chocolate and Maya Gold easter eggs at about £2.99 (don't get the praline one though as they contain milk) there may also be a risk of nut contamination as they do nut lines too.

Stamp Collection Easter Bunny - Sainsburys and Tesco at £3.49. See the article on the home page of this site for info.

[Mac]

Hi Lukesmum, I also have no allergy myself, I joined due to my sons milk allergy, I am breastfeeding but I don't eat any dairy produce so that my breastmilk is completely dairy free, The allergy was discovered when I noticed that all my sons dirty nappies were blood streaked, I gave up dairy on the advice of the paediatrician and he has been fine since, he is now 8 months old and still breastfed, weaning has been a challenge to say the least! I have found so much help and advice on this site, as not eating dairy affected my life and diet in a major way also.

[matt]

welcome to the site hope we can help.

any specific questions ask away or check the threads to see if already covered.
join in with the rambling chat threads. don't just have to need help to tkae part.

then there's always the arcades...i mangae to resist but there are others who know who they are.:lol2:

[lukesmum]

Thanks for the welcomes ! I do have a name ;) it's Michelle, so please feel free to use it !

Interesting re the butterfat - do you know what it is ? I had assumed that it has no milk proteins in because Luke never reacts to it (in Terry's Drak Chocolate Oranges) and he does have a pretty severe milk allergy - has an Epipen etc, so much more than just intolerance. The After Eight egg I was referring to was the Easter Egg ie the plain choc egg with box of the chocolates. So I'm fairly sure that it is OK simply because Luke has been OK with it. I wonder are there different types of milk allergies reacting to different parts of the protein ?

Mac - well done on the breastfeeding and avoiding dairy - I wasn't advised to do this when I was feeding Luke (but probably should have been). I fed him for 9 months and then he went off my milk completely but then I was pregnant again, but during this time he had excema, green dirty nappies and was very grizzly. I never associated this will milk in my diet, but it probably was - makes sense.

[Pam]

Odd about Luke not reacting to butterfat, I've just always been told to avoid butterfat because it comes from milk (butter is made from milk, therefore anything to do with butter contains milk) maybe it is refined so much to get the fat that there is nothing left of the milk. Being ok with butterfat certainly opens up your chocolate options (co-op fairtrade dark choc is on offer at the moment at 79p for 100g).

[matt]

as pam says interesting that he can have butterfat?

who diagnosed problem? what are symptoms again? don't knock it, it opens up loads of potential stuff....