Today I am just frustrated. We took Livie in for allergy testing on Monday. We had a really nice doctor who took a couple of hours to thoroughly check her out. His answer was that she has no allergies.
NO ALLERGIES?
She breaks out every time we try to feed her. She gets cold-like symptoms. Now she even has itchy red eyes from only two days of being back on foods! I am so frustrated.
The doctor said that her immune system is just over-reacting to the food that it takes in and is acting like she is allergic to the food even though she really is not. He said she should grow out of it by the time she is a year or a year and a half old. That means that she could be having pseudo-allergic reactions for another 6 to 12 months, and I am just supposed to be okay with that.
Last night she was up several times in the middle of the night. By 2:30, the third time I had gotten up with her, she was inconsolable. She did not want a bottle. She did not want her binky. She just wanted to be held and comforted. She simply did not feel well. I gave her some Tylenol and held her for a while. Finally, we just took her to bed with us. I feel so sorry for her. This is not something I can fix.
I have two options. I can just stop feeding her anything but her bottle, which I do not want to do. She will not be able to eat any food with a spoon that way, and she really wants to. The other option is give it to her a couple days on food and a couple days off. The couple days on will produce the allergic reaction which will induce us to stop any feedings except a bottle. The couple days off will include oral antihistamines, Benadryl, and Tylenol to make her feel better. Eating should not be this hard for someone who is not actually allergic to anything.
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I would get a second opinion!!! If a child's immune system is kicking in doesn't that mean something is not right??? Have you tried an organic diet? I know of so many people, too many to count, who have "food" allergies but when they eat an organic version they're fine. If you need any tips on "cheap" organic/natural eating let me know. I have quite a few up my sleeve.:)
ReplyDeleteKristine
Hi! I stumbled across your blog and noticed the food allergy issue. I just wanted to share that my oldest son (now 24 yrs) had horrible food allergies when he was a baby. He was never officially tested in those days but he was a mess with most foods. He could only tolerate peas, lamb and mashed potatoes made with water. That's it. No cereals at all. No other vegetables. No fruit. That's all I fed him for months( along with breastfeeding)and vitamins. I gave his over reactive system a rest and sometime in the second year slowly tried one thing at a time. Real slow.
ReplyDeleteHe did end up with a true severe allergy to wasp stings in his elementary years and to this day he still cannot eat sweet potatoes(still gets the itchy rash). He also had some eczema in his toddler years which I figured out was a reaction to cow's milk. Took him off that FOR A FEW YEARS-lol and as he approached the age of 4 he could tolerate it.
Now he's all grown and quite healthy.
Just wanted to share my experience in case it helps.
have you checked non-food allergies? the plastic/rubber/metal on utensils? has your doctor looked into respiratory issues or maybe a feeding/swallowing evaluation?
ReplyDeleteyou are right. eating shouldn't be this hard.