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This group was recommended to me by a member of the WellPeople

group. I have a 12 year old who has had several ear surgeries and

some skin problems. With the birth of my 4th child last November, I

began taking all my children to a naturopath. After looking at my

oldest son, she suggested I remove dairy from his diet, that a

dairy allergy may have been at the root of all his ear problems and

also the skin problems. My 9 month old has had some ear problems

this last week and she said it looked more like an allergic ear as

opposed to an all out infection. He is still nursing and has only

been introduced to organic fruit and vegetables that I puree myself,

with the exception of the introduction of oatmeal about 2 1/2 weeks

ago. She suggested that there was the possibility of a gluten

allergy and told me to stop the oatmeal and see what happened.

I am here to find any information I can on food allergies,

especially in children, and how to deal with them. My husband and I

have cut dairy out of our diets to support our 12 year old and have

definitely noticed a difference in the way we have felt. Any

Information anyone has on shopping, cooking, even eating out, and

preparing school lunches especially, would be great to read. I will

also try going back and reading old posts on the subject if I can

find them.

Thank you,

Carli T.