8 Month Old with Lots of Food Intolerances

My son got diarrhea with sweet potatoes and extremely painful gas with beans. He's 14 months and the beans was very recent, while I haven't tried sweet potatoes since probably 9 months. I think they grow out of a lot of intolerances when they're around 2 or so. He's also had diarrhea with soy and bad constipation with dairy. just keep experimenting. I usually stick with fruit and mild veggies: peas and squash and carrots, he can also chew now and has bread with jam and whole bananas. Good luck!

This is interesting, sweet potatoes are one of the lowest allergy foods there is, virtually no one is allergic to them. A plain baked sweet potato, mashed or sliced is wonderful food! Check out the book, IF You Love Me Don't Feed Me Junk, she offers a lot of good suggestions. Do keep away from eggs and dairy until they are at least 2. That will reduce the chance of developing a reaction to those.

I don't believe beans sit on anyones stomachs well. It is a very gassy food, as is cabbage, brocolli and so forth. Stick with milder things.
My daughter had a lot of tummy issues until I put her on Nutramigen formula. It is predigested and with their digestive tracts so new and underdeveloped certain foods can trigger gas. I would give her mylicon after meals or before to help relieve the gas.
Kids don't all of a sudden get a bad reaction unless the food is bad, so if she handled sweet potatoes well before I would wonder why all of a sudden it was a problem. Try laying less on the fruits as they are super sweet and try the veggies, peas, green beans and more startchy foods.

Keep a food journal for a few weeks, when you fed her, what if any reaction and so on.
Take that to the Dr with you if you are concerned after that point.
Try Nutramigen, it is a little more but much easier to digest and my daughter really thrived on it. She never had any sensitivities to solid foods but we went through a rough patch with formulas and breast milk.
Good luck.

My oldest was sensitive and had to stay on formula until he was 15 months old. He would eat the food and then get sick to his stomach. I had that problem for so long that it seemed normal. When my youngest was ten months, he ate anything put in front of him. He never had a problem

I would ask the ped or doc what to do and if she's not getting enough nutrition from food, put her on formula. She is too young for milk. Good luck!!!

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I have two suggestions for you. First, I would call the doctor with questions--they are usually happy to answer questions, and it saves you a co-pay as well as having to drag two kiddos into the doctor. And then, you do have a 9 month check up coming up soon--and the doc could do an exam then, if he didn't feel one was necessary right away.

Second, I have had my daughter on a probiotic since she was born. I think it really helps with intestinal issues. I give her one made by Jarrow that is specifically for infants and young children. You can get it at Vitamin Cottage/Whole Foods etc... I would start mixing a little bit of that in with her foods--the ones that she eats well--and then start adding foods after a few days with the probiotics. They put good bacteria into her intestine, and help her digestive system to function as well as possible. I would add them to your son's foods as well.

Also a great food that is tolerated pretty well by most babies is avocado and bananas. Just take a ripe avocado, mash a little up, and feed it to her. Do the same with banana. Avocado was the only food my daughter ate besides breast milk until she was almost 8 months.

Good luck!

When my DD, who is now 4, was just starting solids, she reacted badly to all citrus, apples, berries, and dairy based formulas. When I say "reacted badly" I mean she had bleeding sores throughout her diaper area and screamed hysterically after a bowel movement. We ended up having to put her on soy based formulas and taking her to solely eating meats, cereal and veggies, no fruit. She did eventually grow out of it and now eats everything happily.

I have another friend whose daughter started to have a lot of the same problems and she put her daughter on probiotics. That helped her daughter out a lot and while she does have some problems when a new food is initially introduced, it never lasts long and she doesn't have problems with the new food after a few days.

Talk to your pediatrician and see if something like that would work for your daughter.

My daughter and my son both had/have similiar issues... and now they have food allergies. I would suggest avoiding the foods that might be irritating your child and possibly see an allergist; although, it wasn't until after the age of two my son showed any.

well, I don't have twins... but since they are fraternal, what you basically have is two separate kids... just because they are twins, doesn't mean they'll be the same.. whether its eating, walking, talking, etc. I realize it is inconvenient to not feed them the same thing, your daughter may just need to slow down on introducing new foods. each kid is different and has different tolerences. they're only 8 mos, I'd back off on introducing new foods (or do it slower) and let your daughter set the pace.