Sometime between mid-day Jan 1 and the morning of Jan 2 my dd broke out with mild hives. She had a pretty good sized patch on her right buttock/hip, light bumps on her hands, and some on her knees.
I first noticed it Sunday morning. Dh said she was rubbing her hands on his scruffy face during the night. She didn't seem overly uncomfortable so I've just let it ride it's course. But, it's now over a week later and she still has some light rashy spots and it still itches her.
She had hives once before at 9 months but those were all over her body and I'm convinced it was a teething reaction. This time does not appear to be the same thing other than both are hives.
Dd has no allergies that we know of. Dh and I have very few (dh none and me only some past contact skin reactions to things like laundry soap). So we've been trying to guess if this is some sort of food allergy or something else. She ate fish on Jan 1 -- she has eaten it once before with no trouble but FIL is allergic to fish and others in dh's family have allergies to other foods and things. She wore a new outfit on the 1st but I washed it before and in soap that I had been using for several weeks prior. Then I thought maybe she had some virus but she hasn't run a fever or had any other symptoms of illness.
Any thoughts from folks who have more experience with allergies and rashes? I'm stumped and curious but don't really want to run to the doc.
I first noticed it Sunday morning. Dh said she was rubbing her hands on his scruffy face during the night. She didn't seem overly uncomfortable so I've just let it ride it's course. But, it's now over a week later and she still has some light rashy spots and it still itches her.
She had hives once before at 9 months but those were all over her body and I'm convinced it was a teething reaction. This time does not appear to be the same thing other than both are hives.
Dd has no allergies that we know of. Dh and I have very few (dh none and me only some past contact skin reactions to things like laundry soap). So we've been trying to guess if this is some sort of food allergy or something else. She ate fish on Jan 1 -- she has eaten it once before with no trouble but FIL is allergic to fish and others in dh's family have allergies to other foods and things. She wore a new outfit on the 1st but I washed it before and in soap that I had been using for several weeks prior. Then I thought maybe she had some virus but she hasn't run a fever or had any other symptoms of illness.
Any thoughts from folks who have more experience with allergies and rashes? I'm stumped and curious but don't really want to run to the doc.
