Dairy Ladder for Milk Reintroduction with Meg Mason

#34: If you had to cut dairy and/or soy foods out of your diet when breastfeeding for your baby, did you know you may very well be able to slowly add them back? For intolerances or non-severe allergies, a milk ladder may be appropriate for the reintroduction of dairy foods for babies and their breastfeeding mothers. In this episode Katie talks to Meg Mason, mom of Camila who has numerous food allergies and a cow’s milk protein intolerance. Meg recently completed a milk ladder to reintroduce her daughter to milk protein as part of baby-led weaning. She shares the ups and downs of this approach plus new milk ladder appropriate recipes she created without added sugar that are appropriate for baby-led weaning. Please note the information in this podcast episode is not intended to replace that of your primary care practitioner. The milk ladder should only be followed by infants and children who have a mild to moderate cow’s milk allergy known as non-IgE mediated milk allergy (or a cow’s milk protein intolerance). It is not appropriate for infants or children with a milk allergy that results in severe or immediate type allergic responses known as IgE mediated milk allergies. Listen to this episode to learn: Her daughter experiencing blood and mucus in her stool at 7 weeks and Meg’s course to remove soy and dairy from breastfeeding diet and how that helped Introducing solid foods to Camila using baby-led weaning plus their eventual diagnosis of a number of food allergies and cow’s milk protein intolerance Their reintroduction of dairy foods using the milk ladder and how that has helped alleviate Camila’s symptoms even though mom can now not tolerate dairy. Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/34 Links from this episode: View the updated version of the dairy ladder here written by Carina Venter from episodes 124 / Using an Egg Ladder for Babies with Egg Allergy with Carina Venter, PhD, RD and episode 84 / Why You DON'T Need to Wait 3-5 Days Between New Foods with Carina Venter, PhD, RD Meg Mason on Instagram @lifeinamason_jar  and her family blog that includes some highlights of food allergy discovery here. The dairy ladder that Meg used and many other parents also use, from the UK’s Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is here. Meg created a free download for you with recipes she made that work for the dairy ladder but that don’t have added sugar and you can grab that here. Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program  Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices