Hives

[MissMusic]

Anyone have experience with children and hives?

My kid keeps waking up from her nap with hives: face, arms, thighs, sometimes back or waist. I've changed the sheets, washed all her stuffed toys, and I can't figure it out. We use All Free & Clear with an extra rinse cycle. It ONLY happens after nap. We are baffled! Thoughts?

Benedryl seems to help but makes her sleepy.  Today she work up with them on her face and near her eyes, and it looks just awful, not to mention I'm trying to prevent her from scratching around her eyes.

The only "new" things she's eaten in the last 48 hrs has been mandarin oranges (she's had them before but didn't like them; she actually ate them yesterday for the first time).  I can't figure it out...

[paddyb]

Is she overheating perhaps?

Things people I am related to have gotten hives from: exercise, cold, and heat. I also got hives completely randomly and with no known cause a few times when I was a kid.

[MissMusic]

It could be she's over heating; she's like me and will pile the blankets on whether she needs them or not. She's not sweaty when she wakes up but maybe that doesn't matter?

[bliz1712]

Oatmeal baths can help them once they are there. But I think determining what's causing them could help too. Could it be stress for a kid yet? I know for adults they can come on with higher stress. I can't imagine a kid has stress but you never know

[MissMusic]

Hmm stress maybe...I don't think so. She's a happy kid!
She's not on meds, no fever...I just can't figure it out. I wonder if its an allergy to something she eats that just developed vs an allerfy to a new food?

Maybe she's allergic to naps.

[somethingcleverer]

What about starting a daily antihistamine like Claritin or Zyrtec to see if you can prevent the hives? They won't cause the drowsiness like Benadryl.

[MissMusic]

Jan 31, 2016 9:04:55 GMT -5 somethingcleverer said:

What about starting a daily antihistamine like Claritin or Zyrtec to see if you can prevent the hives? They won't cause the drowsiness like Benadryl.

You know what?  Regular old allergies crossed my mind!  We're having a warm snap here and all of the sudden, the hives started. DH has very bad allergies so if the pollen or other allergens are out, she could be suffering from that.  If she wakes up today with hives I'll send her to preschool on a non-drowsy med tomorrow and see if she'll have a better nap.

She's also congested with a cough today, but I think thats unrelated.

[MissMusic]

Whelps, now we've escalated to fever, hives, cough, snot, and general misery. I'm going to the doc tomorrow with her, ugh.

[aimeefarrahfowler]

Poor thing! I hope the doc has some answers. Let us know!

[xanthepants]

MissMusic,Hope she feels better soon!

[MissMusic]

We got to the doc today, and its a double ear infection with (what he thinks is) a possible diagnosed food allergy.

We are cutting out strawberries, cherries, apples, and chocolate this week. Poor kid.

[snickers4everyone]

Did he have any insights into how to help alleviate the hives? When Em had them, she was miserable. We did oatmeal baths and some half strength hydrocortisone cream, as well as a prescription allergy medication (non-drowsy) during the day/Benadryl at night.
I hope she feels better soon. Poor kid!

[traceyt07]

Poor Lillian! I hope she's feeling better soon!

[mightybee]

Poor girl! Hope you can figure out the food allergy stuff quickly.

[bantyrooster]

Poor girl!!

[justbeth]

Feb 1, 2016 20:31:17 GMT -5 snickers4everyone said:

Did he have any insights into how to help alleviate the hives? When Em had them, she was miserable. We did oatmeal baths and some half strength hydrocortisone cream, as well as a prescription allergy medication (non-drowsy) during the day/Benadryl at night.
I hope she feels better soon. Poor kid!

I get hives fairly often and ice packs usually helps mine the most. I also keep oatmeal lotion and hydrocortisone cream in the refrigerator which makes it so much more soothing. Hives are no fun!

[sarasansh]

Poor thing! I hope she feels better soon!

[MissMusic]

Feb 1, 2016 20:31:17 GMT -5 snickers4everyone said:

Did he have any insights into how to help alleviate the hives? When Em had them, she was miserable. We did oatmeal baths and some half strength hydrocortisone cream, as well as a prescription allergy medication (non-drowsy) during the day/Benadryl at night.
I hope she feels better soon. Poor kid!

Yup, thats pretty much all he said.  Cream, oatmeal baths, Benedryl. The best thing would be to find the cause of the hives and go from there, but in the meantime those are the short term fixes.

I don't know if this is coincidence, but after making a food diary we figured out that she'd had some sort of strawberry or apple every day.  We haven't given her those foods for 2 days and today we had no hives.  Maybe we got lucky and figured it out right away...we're going to give it a few more days and add the foods back in 1 at a time and see what happens.

[somethingcleverer]

Good luck MissMusic IMO I would try the apple first then strawberry. Strawberries are more allergenic than apples.

[USCgirl]

MissMusic, sorry to hear L is not feeling well. I hope it's one of the two foods, but I say strawberries is a super common food to be allergic to. Thankfully a lot of kids outgrow allergies.

How are you doing? Any updates on baby boy?

[MissMusic]

Feb 3, 2016 10:24:58 GMT -5 USCgirl said:

MissMusic , sorry to hear L is not feeling well. I hope it's one of the two foods, but I say strawberries is a super common food to be allergic to. Thankfully a lot of kids outgrow allergies.

How are you doing? Any updates on baby boy?

Hey congrats to you too! I must have missed your announcement!

I'm ok. The nausea came back in 3rd tri and I'm so done. SO DONE.  I hate to complain when getting PG is not easy for us, but one day I'd like to eat meat again.

I'm measuring small as usual but I feel huge.  I'm carrying all in front and low so my hips hurt, especially after work (its a physical, up & down, lifting job with music & kids).  No name yet--nothing has jumped out at us   We are juuust starting to get the nursery together like, this week, oops.  I feel like I've done nothing for this baby so far  

When we had the 20w u/s, Lillian looked at the screen in awe and asked "HEY, is that a TACO?!" so we've been calling it Taco. Poor, poor baby...

[USCgirl]

Feb 3, 2016 18:24:41 GMT -5 MissMusic said:

Feb 3, 2016 10:24:58 GMT -5 USCgirl said:

MissMusic , sorry to hear L is not feeling well. I hope it's one of the two foods, but I say strawberries is a super common food to be allergic to. Thankfully a lot of kids outgrow allergies.

How are you doing? Any updates on baby boy?

Hey congrats to you too! I must have missed your announcement!

I'm ok. The nausea came back in 3rd tri and I'm so done. SO DONE.  I hate to complain when getting PG is not easy for us, but one day I'd like to eat meat again.

I'm measuring small as usual but I feel huge.  I'm carrying all in front and low so my hips hurt, especially after work (its a physical, up & down, lifting job with music & kids).  No name yet--nothing has jumped out at us   We are juuust starting to get the nursery together like, this week, oops.  I feel like I've done nothing for this baby so far  

When we had the 20w u/s, Lillian looked at the screen in awe and asked "HEY, is that a TACO?!" so we've been calling it Taco. Poor, poor baby...

Thanks for the congrats and update.  Sorry you are feeling crappy.  It will be over before you know it, then a whole other set of fun things come about!  You know, sleepless nights, tons of nursing and diaper changes, etc., so enjoy your family of three for now. "Taco"...gotta love the kid for her sense of humor! Can't wait to meet your new little guy!! Keep us posted on L too.