A severe milk allergy left a baby screaming in agony as eczema covered 98 per cent of his body, his mother has revealed. Charlotte Smallwood, 25, from Romford in Essex, claimed doctors refused to diagnose a cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) and instead offered her son Arthur treatments for colic and acid reflux. It took seven months after Arthur's birth in April 2020 for specialists to see Mrs Smallwood so he could be diagnosed and given a treatment that worked. From the day after his birth Arthur started to experience symptoms as his face became patchy and swollen, but doctors reportedly dismissed it as baby acne and swelling due to being born by cesarean.