Hi...Greetings from Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Chennai.
I went through the history points you have provided - I understand your concern.
I was expecting that there should have been a history of cow's milk and formula feed (this too contains cow's milk protein) given to the baby. I feel that your baby is having cow's milk
protein allergy. Usually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age.
My suggestions for you -
1. If still on breast feeds - Mother should go off cow's milk protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow's milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ butter milk/ chocolates/ biscuits/ ice creams etc. Even while buying commercial food products, you need to see the ingredients and if they contain milk - do not consume them.
2. Feed your baby only exclusive rice based feeds.
But at 2.5 years it is highly unlikely that the baby is still having cow's milk protein allergy.
I wish your kid a speedy recovery. If you need any future medical consultation and suggestions, I will be glad to help. You can approach me at the following link.
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Regards – Dr. Sumanth