Baby is allergic/reacting to most solid food?

[pixelelf]

my baby had the same reaction when he first started on solids. sweet potatoes, yam, melons and a whole list goes on. yet the pd wasnt worried. he said as long as he was not swollen or had respiratory problems, these rashes will come and go. there were rashes all over his face and body that came and went. i was frustrated as well as worried. we gave him the same food after he turned 1 year old and he was alright, except he refused to eat them most of the time. looking back, im wondering if it was because we did not buy organic and if it was the pesticide level in the vegetables? im don't know. but am glad it's passed and he's already 2 years old. even though there's no more rash "allergy" he still has "allergy" to food. he still says NO!

 

[carang]

i NEVER bought organic and neither of my kids had rashes... don't think that has much to do with it. (you do realise, that when organic, it usually means they use poop to fertilise the crops, right?)

saying, "no!" is a 2 yr old's main job in life, i think....(at least it was for my 2 kids! LOL!)

 

[Workingmom1975]

Hi Pixelelf,

I actually fed my baby only organic food so pesticide shouldn't be a problem. So how did you handle the situation? Which solid food did you feed you baby before he turned one? Thanks!

 

[pixelelf]

i tested one food at a time. as he grew older like 8mths, i combined 1 food that he was alright with, with another new food for 3 days. and see if he had an reaction. if he had, i'd stop feeding that new food and try again 2 months later. actually the reaction is almost immediate. rashes started to form within 2 hours of ingestion.

he ate:
brocoli
peas
carrots
spinach
pumpkin
bananas
pears
plums
cabbage
tofu
eggplant
cherries
cheerios
toast with any of his ok-ed fruit puree
pasta
rice
porridge
he refused all meat and fish proteins so we only made stock and cooked the above list.


he had rashes reaction to:
all melons
sweet potatoes
yam
potatoes
yogurt
avocado
papaya
apples (can you believe that?!?)
tomato

 

[City Jammer]

My little girl suffers from food allergies too (since I have those myself). She's been treated by Dr. Lynn Lim at the OT&P clinic in Central and so did I. She's completely cleared her egg allergy and now being treated for soy. You can call OT&P clinic at 2121-1402 to make an appointment.