Living with CMPA

Living with CMPA can be a challenge, but there are options for every family.

Here you’ll find allergy-friendly recipes, practical tips and important information to help you when you start weaning and reintroducing dairy.

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CMPA stories

Watch stories from other families affected by CMPA.

Adriana + Andre, UK.

Meet André, who presented cow's milk allergy symptoms while she was breastfeeding him.

Wandrille + Clemence, France.

Meet baby Wandrille, who was diagnosed at 3 months old with Cow's Milk Protein Allergy (CMPA) after suffering from reflux.

Robin + Katrien, Belgium.

Robin began showing symptoms of cow’s milk protein allergy at just 1 month old.

Anne + Kate, Italy.

Kate talks about her baby Anna, who was constipated at 4 months and later diagnosed with cows’ milk allergy.

What other families are asking?

Read answers to commonly asked questions from parents on the CMPA journey.

Yes, it’s actually the most common food allergy in the first year of life. 7 out of every 100 babies are diagnosed with CMPA.

No. There is currently no research to indicate that CMPA is caused by genetics.

Babies and children experience CMPA when their immune system mistakes the proteins found in cow’s milk as a harmful. This then causes an allergic reaction, creating one or more of CMPA’s symptoms.

CMPA can make life a bit more complicated, both for children who are diagnosed and their parents. But millions of children grow up with CMPA, and everyone’s solutions are different. With the right medical support and an imaginative approach to mealtimes, you can find a balance that works for you and your family.

There are two types of immune reaction that cause CMPA symptoms: immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated or a non-IgE-mediated. In some instances children experience a combination of the two. If an allergic reaction happens straight away within just a few minutes or hours of ingesting cow’s milk protein, it is probably an IgE-mediated. Delayed reactions that take 48 hours or longer are more likely to be non-IgE-mediated.

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TASTY ALLERGY-FRIENDLY RECIPES

With the help of leading dietitians, we’ve collected a range of allergy-friendly recipes to help you prepare milk-free meals for your little one. As they grow, and you grow in confidence, you can begin adapting your family meals to make them suitable for CMPA – so everyone can enjoy mealtimes together.

Recipe of Oatmeal Porridge

Oatmeal Porridge
Recipe of Banana Bread

Banana Bread
Recipe of Sweet Potato Cakes

Sweet Potato Cakes
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PRACTICAL TIPS
FOR LIVING WITH CMPA

Get access to helpful information such as food preparation in nurseries / kindergartens, and learning how to prepare the right formula for your child.

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OUR GUIDE
TO WEANING

Children with CMPA should start weaning as normal at the same age as their peers, although care should be taken to ensure their diet is still diary-free. Here’s our guide to getting it right.

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WHEN TO
INTRODUCE DAIRY?

Learn how to introduce diary both for IgE and non-IgE-mediated allergies, and how the milk ladder works, here.