Food Allergies? OH NO!
I hope B doesn't have to live her life in a bubble...
I am allergic to several things. The worst of those things is grass, hay, etc. Ryan is not allergic to anything (he claims to have a peanut allergy, but in all honesty, he just doesn’t like them). When I was pregnant, Ryan said, “I hope our baby isn’t allergic to everything the way you are.” Thanks, sweetheart!
Despite my allergies, I don’t have any food allergies. I have always felt sorry for people that have food allergies. What a horrible thing to have to check ingredients on labels and avoid certain foods like the plague.
Well surprise, surprise… a certain daughter of ours is showing signs of a food allergy.
There are two parts to this story. Part 1… When we switched her to formula about a month and a half ago, she started spitting up a lot more. Being a first time mom and pretty much clueless, I thought it was somewhat normal for her to spit up. When it got worse, I switched her bottles and thought that helped. Maybe it did help or maybe it was wishful thinking, but, a few days after switching she was right back to spitting up all the time.
Part 2… We started solid foods about a month ago. Rice cereal and oatmeal were the first foods we tried. After Braylin got used to those we started mixing stage 1 baby food in with oatmeal. First stop, bananas. As I fed her the banana/ oatmeal combo, I noticed a red splotchy spot on the side of her head. I thought she scratched herself and kept feeding her. It wasn’t long and the red spots had spread all over her face. I quickly threw away the food and watched her like a hawk (phone in hand ready to call 911). The red spots went away after about thirty minutes.
Once I knew I didn’t need to call 911, I called the pediatrician and made an appointment.
Check out my next post to see what the doctor had to say…
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