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This week we're working on apple. When our son was very young, he broke out in hives one day. He had been eating apple baby food for the first time, so I stopped feeding it to him. When we later got skin prick testing done, he tested negative to apple, but the spot with the testing got extremely red and spread into a big rash. The tester assured us this did not count as an allergy, as the reaction has to be raised up to be a positive reaction, but of course, I, Crazy Allergy Mama, just stopped giving him apple.
Although it seems like a simple food to avoid, it actually has been quite a pain, because apple juice is used as an ingredient in so many pre-packaged gluten-free products, like cookies, waffles, cereal bars, etc. Last week we asked to test for apple again, and the skin prick test once again came back negative. We're awaiting blood test results this week, but I've gone ahead and started giving him Enjoy Life No-Oats Oatmeal Cookies
(which contain apple juice). So far so good. He seems to love them. He opens up the box, pulls out the plastic tray, takes a nibble of a cookie, puts it back, grabs another cookie, takes a nibble... Not behavior I would have anticipated myself celebrating, but I'm just happy to see him eating. I'm working my way up to giving him a Caramel Apple Bar and some apple juice (I'll try steamed, diced apples, but I'm guessing he won't eat those).
(which contain apple juice). So far so good. He seems to love them. He opens up the box, pulls out the plastic tray, takes a nibble of a cookie, puts it back, grabs another cookie, takes a nibble... Not behavior I would have anticipated myself celebrating, but I'm just happy to see him eating. I'm working my way up to giving him a Caramel Apple Bar and some apple juice (I'll try steamed, diced apples, but I'm guessing he won't eat those). I know, I'm ridiculously paranoid. What can I say? That's why I'm here. I'm Lynn and I am a Crazy Allergy Mama. But admitting it is the first step, right?
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Yay for Kev! Yummy apples! Glad to hear that we have achieved success!
ReplyDeleteTell K that Bertrand is very proud of him. ;)
I follow your other blog - and funny my son has similar allergies. He also has nuts/peanuts and sesame. He is also allergic to egg, but really only is a scrambled egg is given to him. He is fine with cooked eggs in cakes or cookies. I carry an epi-pen around with me. We have only had the skin test done - we have not had the blood test. I wanted to wait until the summer when he is 3 to get tested again. I have read that many food allergies are outgrown and I'm hoping for some positive news. Love this new blog!
ReplyDeleteSimone, wouldn't be so great if they outgrow their allergies?! I have high hopes for outgrowing wheat and milk. We will try egg baked in eventually, but the allergist seemed to think his reaction was too severe to try it yet. We're supposed to come up with a game plan pnce he gets the blood test results back. She said to call on Friday, but I'm already itching to call today (Wednesday).
ReplyDeleteSigh. Allergies.
ReplyDeleteMine had a dairy allergy as a baby-- which he grew out of thank HEAVENS.
Has eczema (actually both of mine do).
Some seasonal allergies (though not as bad as my older one).
And a "maybe" on peanuts.
Introducing a new food a week is a good idea. Your allergy struggles are a LOT worse than ours, but maybe I should start doing this to overcome the pickiness in my house. ;)
Britt, when I started this blog, I imagined making this a monday feature that people participated in, with a link feature. I just got a little paranoid that I'd be rushing people to try foods that their kids might react to... just being silly worrying about it I'm sure. But I'd love to have you join us with your picky eater. Just comment and let us know what new food you're trying each week and how it's going. :)
ReplyDeleteIf nothing else it'll make me think about a menu, right?
ReplyDeleteWe've had several potential allergies scares, but thankfully his skin test was negative. (Except for the peanut one, which was inconclusive.)
My friend's little one had an big eczema spot on her back for WEEKS after her skin test for cashews (and a bunch of other stuff.... cashew and pistachio were the worst) and that was after they only let it go like 10 minutes. I'll have to tell her about this blog.
I often think the reason my peanut- and nut-allergic son only had a couple of reactions was because he was such a picky eater. If he'd been more adventurous, he'd have encountered nuts more often. Now that he's ten, he's broadened his tastes quite a bit, but he still likes food that's simple and un-mixed, like grilled meat and raw veggies. I like your idea of introducing a new food every week, but my son is still going to be a lot slower to adopt new foods. I heard somewhere that it often takes kids 20 times of trying a strange food before they actually begin to like it. You'll have to let us know how fast your child takes to these new tastes! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
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