When Did Your Little One Outgrow Dairy Allergy?

We were good by age 2.5. He went from a blistering diaper rash within 10 hrs of milk, to now, no symptoms at all.

A close friend of mine was allergic to dairy as a baby. She outgrew it as a toddler. However, the allergy re-appeared in her early 20's and is now very severe, to the point where she carries an epi-pen and can't have food that has touched dairy. Be sure to keep the dairy allergy on his records going forward, just in case! Hopefully, he can enjoy ice cream for a long time :)

With my son, it was around 2. With myself, it's been never. I still have issues.

Make sure you don't ignore that he once had dairy issues. Mine went away for many years and came back mightily.

Yes, but I don't know exactly how old he was. Definitely he was over it by the time he started kindergarten. However, he has a variety of other allergies (environmental and animals) and mild asthma so it isn't that he is allergy-free. He just no longer has a problem with dairy.

With my son,he was about 2 1/2

I'm glad your son seems to have outgrown it. Your life will be so much easier!

My son just turned six and he still shows no sign of improvement. I have a feeling this is going to stick with him forever. :(

Grandson #2 had a very bad milk allergy. Trace amount of milk made him ill for days. My daughter (who actually did the diagnosis because the physicians were treating it as acid reflux for over a year) researched and found that by age 6 most children outgrow their milk allergy. Nate was on a total no milk or milk products until age 6 and after that he was able to eat some cheese or yogurt.

My son got much better around 18 months but around two we had to start limiting dairy again. My husband and I joke our son is a cheese addict and he was maxing out his system's capacity to handle all the dairy. We plan on trying to open the options again when he turns 3. We shall see; he may always have sensitivity and need limits. Good luck.

My son got over it by 18 months.

My first outgrew it by 12 months. My second can now tolerate small amounts - a piece of cheese, and yogurt seems ok. But he still complains that his tummy hurts if he eats a scoop of ice cream (although he doesn't puke it up), so it's clear his tolerance for dairy is still limited. He's 3.

So, like everything else, there's no predicting it IMO.

My best friend's son is 7, and still has a severe milk allergy. He gets skin tests done every time he's at the allergist, and breaks out every time.

Casein and whey protein allergy (cow's milk) are allergies that can come and go throughout one's life. The best way to remain healthy is to refrain from drinking/anything with cow's milk. For life.

My husband and I didn't discover we had casein allergy until our 40s; really explained many of our health issues. Our daughter had a milk allergy as a baby, then "grew" out of it. However, now that she is a teen, she has discovered that eating or drinking cow's milk makes her sick--which means her body isn't able to withstand the enzymes in cow's milk anymore. When she refrains from eating/drinking cow's milk, she is fine and has no issues.

So our house is now a no cow milk household. We do use goat and sheep products (some people who are allergic to cow milk, their bodies are able to metabolize the enzymes in goat and sheep products) as well as milk alternatives--which there are a lot to choose from these days.

An allergy is an allergy--no matter what type it is. The only way to remain safe and healthy is to refrain from eating the offending allergenic food.