So confused-so many questions

[StephM76]

DS had a severe allergic reaction to a mosquito bite the other week. His whole face swelled up and his eye was swollen shut.

We took him to the allergist where they drew blood for allergy testing. We got the results, and they said he came back positive for almost everything. Indoor allergies, outdoor allergies, and a large amount of food allergies. the food allergies she mentioned were wheat, soy, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts. But she also said that blood tests were not always reliable and we are scheduled for a skin test.

What I'm wondering is, what do I feed this kid? If he really is allergic to these things he has been eating most of them for so long I don't know how I will cut them out.

I also noticed he's been throwing up a lot after he eats. Could this be because of allergies?

What kind of allergy testing did your children have? Is it true that blood tests have lots of false positives?

My head is spinning. I don't know how I'm going to do this if he is allergic to all this stuff

[kjbrown92]

If he's throwing up a lot after eating, then I'd be likely to say that some (if not all) of those foods are causing problems. And if he's having them all the time, his allergy "bucket" is full, and so he's reacting to everything more (like the mosquito bite). We are dairy, soy, corn, and gluten free here (plus other foods) and we manage to eat plenty and a varied diet (we can have peanuts, though we don't eat them very often, and DS can't have almonds, but between us, one avoids eggs, chicken, cane sugar, oranges, etc. and the other avoids beef, kelp, shrimp, etc.). There's a couple of recipe threads on here to look at for ideas. At the beginning, simple meals are best. How old is he?

[StephM76]

He is 4. God, I feel so horrible since I have given him these foods for so long, but he's never had a serious reaction. And he only throws up sometimes. His father has a sensitive stomach so that is what I thought was going on, but now I feel like an idiot. I have been hurting my little boy all along

[mamafish9]

Hi father may share some of his food allergies . I've been around this forum for over a year now for my 3yo, and I'm just now opening my eyes to the fact that my 6yo may have food reactions as well (not obvious ones, but she's 35lbs). You can only move forward from here .

[kjbrown92]

I was thinking the same thing - maybe his father has food allergies/intolerances as well! It's certainly not out of the realm of possibilities. You didn't know, now you do. No sense beating yourself up about it. Move on and move forward because you know now. And the good thing is, kids can grow out of some food allergies.

[wallabi]

fwiw - I am GF and dd is dairy free, and since I am not crazy about most of the replacements for gluten foods (corn pasta, and gluten free bread and that sort of thing) I have had better luck cooking food from places that are not wheat-dependent, many of which, conveniently, are also not dairy-dependent.

Once you find a non-soy soy sauce (sounds like an oxymoron, right, but they are out there), you can cook a lot of Asian food. A lot of Japanese food would fit your restrictions (obviously skip the tofu and miso), as would things like Thai and Vietnamese rice noodles, with relatively few variations (replace peanuts with sunflowers, that kind of thing), and lots of Chinese dishes.

it`s overwhelming at the start, but once you get through the beginning, the improvements will be so, so worth it. best wishes!