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I'm on day 6 of my first w30 And ebf my 9 week old daughter. Prior to this I did eat eggs but not all that often, but since starting the plan I've been having 2-3 eggs a day. Over the last few days her skin has started to deteriorate and getting red, dry patches. I'm presuming she's reacting to eggs through my bm which is annoying but not surprising (I was already presuming she had CMPA as she seemed to react when I had dairy, so I'd already cut that out prior to starting the plan. My son has CMPA and also had an egg allergy bu he appears to have grown out of that now)

I just wondered if anyone had any experience of this, and if you saw an improvement going egg free?

Thanks

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This is definitely within the realm of possibility that your daughter is reacting... the best way for you to test this is to remove eggs for a week or so and see how her skin reacts... often with skin conditions we don't see improvement right away because the skin needs to heal but you can check her for new bumps and breakouts and if that seems to be diminished then you have your answer.

I would also suggest for while her skin is healing that you check out the Fatco Baby Butta cream to help the skin heal faster... you can google it, they're an amazing company and certified paleo as well. I have no baby but still use the cream because it's amazing.

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My son reacted to a huge number of foods via my BM. I eliminated the top 8 allergens from my diet and he was still ill so he was switched to a hypoallergenic formula, and monitored closely throughout weaning.

As SugarCube has said the easiest way to verify if the eggs are the cause of the skin issues is to remove them & see if symptoms improve.

A large number of kids who have CPMA also have an egg intolerance, and many also react to beef (around 2% of the population) but most grow out of it by around 5yrs of age.

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Thanks so much for the replies.

Unfortunately I'm in the uk and there don't seem to be any uk stockists of the cream your recommended (that I can see anyway!) but I found a fab cream from Lush which works on my sons skin, so might try that on her and see if it helps. I'm currently using almond oil but I know it's a case of trial and error with skin (my son had awful eczema and I think we tried 9 different creams befor finding the Lush one!)

I'd forgotten about the beef thing - I remember reading that when my son was diagnosed with CMPA. Thankfully he didn't have a problem with it but I'm certainly eating more beef than I was so it's definitely something to keep in mind.

Thank you for the replies. Fingers crossed it is the egg - babies with eczema are so exhausting I really hope we don't have to go through it all again with her!

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