Update - Allergist

[sstwinklinglites]

I can't find the thread where we were talking about this, but we had our appt. this past Wed.

So the allergist seems confident that DS does not have food allergies, and wants us to continue giving him all the foods. He did start DS on Zyrtec twice daily, to see if that would help with the little hive looking spots he gets - maybe he has some other kind of allergy, we didn't want to do any kind of skin testing - and it has seemed to help tremendously. He also referred us to the dermatologist, just to make sure there isn't something more serious happening here, and we'll be back in three months for a follow - up.

We also talked about the new study indicating children should be given all the foods before they hit one, to decrease the chance of an allergic reaction, including peanut butter. The only no - no is still honey.

So there you have it; all seems well, and give your kiddos all.the.foods. I know I want all the foods.

[mom2boxers]

That's good new they don't think its food related. Hopefully the Zyrtec will help.

I need to give LO peanut butter but I haven't figured out how to do it yet. I mostly just have it on bread and that would be too sticky for him.

[sstwinklinglites]

Mar 7, 2015 13:10:02 GMT -5 mom2boxers said:

That's good new they don't think its food related. Hopefully the Zyrtec will help.

I need to give LO peanut butter but I haven't figured out how to do it yet. I mostly just have it on bread and that would be too sticky for him.

DS loves toast, so I'll probably just put some on toast. Or dip fruit in it and let him have it. He makes a mess no matter what the food is, so I'll let him have at it.

[becole]

We did peanut butter just on pieces of crackers. Just a tiny bit to test for allergies.

[bazingaa]

That is good news! Hopefully you'll see improvement with the meds!

We introduced peanut butter mashed in with banana. Need to start expanding his food choices though. We're stuck in a rut lately.

[JoBub]

I dipped some Cheerios in PB. It was tedious, but MIL was like "let's do it right now" and that's all I could come up with. I was nervous, but no reaction so far. PB and banana is a good idea.

sstwinklinglites will you be giving him squash again? Or other things that he previously had trouble with? I would be nervous! But I talked to our pedi about this (I noticed my DS eczema cleared up when we switched to formula and I was afraid that indicated that there was something he was allergic to) and she said that many babies who have reactions/sensitivity to things outgrow it between 6-9 months. It just happened to be the same time we stopped BF. So she said the same thing- give him all the food. Hopefully your little man will have outgrown some of his issues as well!

[sstwinklinglites]

JoBub - Yes, we will be including all things I had removed from his diet. Hopefully whatever has been giving him issues clears up with the Zyrtec. Almost all the pink spots (except the ones on his butt), have cleared up, and no new ones have made an appearance, so this is good.