Food Allergy!! HELP!

Alice - posted on 04/13/2011

Get the bottles and compare the ingredients. See what is in all three. What type of salad are you putting it on. Many kids are allergic to spinach.

JUDY - posted on 04/11/2011

@Sara my intentions were not to say that you were being negligent i just stated that because my son suffers from many food allergies and some people would actually read your story and decide to take it upon themselves to do it with out the supervision of medical dr's. there was no intent to disrespect your parenting ways just a stated fact that it should not be done without the proper super vision....you must also understand that not everyone interprets thing the same way and what some one writes (with out a lil detailed info) can be misunderstood and taken the wrong way... like i said my sons allergies started from days after he was born so i do understand how difficult it is..trust me..SORRY if felt offended in any way..

Cherie - posted on 04/11/2011

You can have an allergy test done by a naturopathic doctor.....both my son and I were tested. It'll test for many different things (soy, gluten, dairy, egg etc). Hope this helps!

Christina - posted on 04/11/2011

I disagrees with Melissa, sorry I had a little one that had a rash for months. He was on a formula call Neocate...suppose to be the best for babies that are having a problem with soy or milk based formula. Ok so this is how our battle went...He was put on the Neocate because he was throwing up what seemed like the whole bottle after feeds and was starting to have a problem maintaining his weight. next step was the Neocate...still threw up almost the whole bottle, however the doctors still kept him on it because he was gaining weight nicely...at about 4 months he started getting rashly and started to wheeze a lot...was told he had ashma. At 6 months I tried a different formula and he wasn't throwing up as much. but the rash and wheezing continued...I kept asking the peditrian what was causing this...he said it was probably because he was premature and would talk a little long to get it straightened out. when our little guy was 81/2-9 months old he started taking moore table food then jarred baby food...at theis time we were noticing like these boil things on his thights and upper arms and the wheeze was way worse. Finally the doctor did the allergy testing...not to painful for the baby they did one simple blood draw on him. found out he had major allergies going on...Milk, soy, wheat, oats, peaches, nut and eggs...I had to take him off all foods and just give him aliement formula...he was so unhappy with not eating...but slowly the rash and wheezing went away, we went to a dietian (sorry was of my time and money) told me she didn't know what he could eat...so I did research talked to another mom who's child have lots of food allergies and this is what we came up with...3 fruits that most people aren't allergic too are apples, bananas and pears...so we would start one food at a time and only used that one for 3 days. If he did ok on that then we would go onto a new one...then we started adding in veggie...still one at a time and if he broke out no new foods for 3 days they take that long to leave their systems. He will be four this summer and is now able to eat some of the foods that we had problems with.

Sarah - posted on 04/10/2011

@Judy~ I have NEVER put my son at risk. He was carefully supervised by both his pediatrician and his allergist, not to mention myself and my husband and his teachers from preschool on. We consulted with nearly everyone possible and family history weighed heavily in the decision process. He had multiple tests beginning at 2 months, then an extensive battery at 3 years and again at 6. Please do not assume that I didn't do my homework and was just willy-nilly feeding his peanuts and carelessly endangering his life. My post was neither for or against; I didn't think a lengthly report on the tests my son has been through were warranted or appropriate. I believe that parents who go to lengths to try to find out information from all quarters, both medically and from other mothers, clearly have their child's best interest in mind. I signed up for this site less than 5 hours ago and already I am getting blasted for being a suspected negligent parent. Please do not jump to conclusions when the entire story is not known to you, a complete stranger.

JUDY - posted on 04/10/2011

my son has suffered from food allergiies since birth.(milk,soy eggs,peanuts,wheat) after figuring out that his bad eczema was coming from his formula his pediatrician recommended that i have him tested (a simple blood test) for other thing like peanuts,and soy,wheat yo know the basics...he turned out to be allergic...the only thing it seemed he wasn't allergic to was seafood.... well any way when it come to our children we must out weigh the good and the bad. wouldnt you feel much better if you took him to pan allegist and had them test for the basic thing like some of the ingrideint that was in the salad dressings she ate and a few of other thing she happened to eat that day. @sara fredrick--- peanut allegies are very serious and dangerous i would never give my son not even a little bit of peanut or anything made in a place that manufactures peanut unless done in ahospital setting supervised my a doctor even though you childs peanut allergies have improved giving your child just a little dose of peanut could have killed him....all it takes is some blood /or skin test (my son had the skin test last year at age 2 and it did not bother him)far outweighs the riskl of an allergic reaction especially when it can become life threatening.....

Melissa - posted on 04/10/2011

my cousin has had a dairy and latex allergy since he was a baby, however, they have still said that he has the latex one, but the dairy one has slowly gone away, he can now have dairy, however because he couldn't have it as a infant he does not favor having cheese, yogurt, or milk, even ice cream he doesn't really like ice cream or ice cream cake and he's 7 years old- what child doesn't like ice cream! However, he doesn't like ice cream. My aunt has a nut allergy and she cannot even be around nuts because of how severe it is. I think it depends on the allergy and how strong the allergy it is to the food and possibly the reaction they had to the food. I had hives and swelling and i couldn't breath from my penicillin allergy so they would never give me penicillin again to see if I have out grown my allergy to penicillin it wouldn't be worth the risk! If it was a reaction of just a rash, maybe it would be worth introducing the food at a gradual tolerance!

Sarah - posted on 04/10/2011

My son was super allergic to peanuts the first time he was tested (a 5 out of 6) and for 3 years we fed him small doses of peanuts every now and then. He was tested just last week, and he's down to a 3! But it took years. We just found out he's also allergic to corn and soy, and he has been getting a steady diet with both of those ingredients, so I'm up in the air about whether strict avoidance or gradual tolerance is best... Good luck!

Elizabeth - posted on 04/10/2011

I know this is a world wide forum for moms so I am curious to hear what doctors in countries other than the U.S. and Canada are advising parents to do when your child exhibits signs of allergy to a food.

The reason I am curious...I grew up in the states and my pediatrician as a child was from Argentina..and my mom is originally from Brazil. I know that in both of those countries the recommendation when there is an allergy ..isn't to cut the food out completely ..it is to give it in small doses so you can build an immunity to it.

This worked for my brother and sisters and myself in relation to strawberries and milk.

What's your take?

Sarah - posted on 04/10/2011

Corn and soy!

Sarah - posted on 04/10/2011

Corn and soy!

HeleneS122 - posted on 04/08/2011

Check for garlic.

Melissa - posted on 04/07/2011

If it's just a rash that it causes he won't do testing because it's just a rash, because the testing is too painful. If it's just a rash an otc med should help like benedryl if she has something in it. Look at the labels and find the common ingredients in it and let your child care provider know she's had a reaction and the doctor will not test for allergies to it- but these are the common ingredients. That way they know to check labels before giving her products with those ingredients in it. You can also provide them with benedryl/ aveeno oatmeal cream to help her with the rash she gets. If the child care provider needs a perscription for allergy meds, your doctor may have to write a perscription for benedryl- even if it's the OTC form of it!

Kelly - posted on 04/05/2011

SOY! ! ! !

Bec - posted on 04/05/2011

depending on the dressings... if you read the lable on the back it should have ingredients listed... from here you can eliminate some from her diet...
Good luck...