Hi, I'm pretty new to MDC, and generally a lurker. I've got a question for the more seasoned parents of allergic kids. My DD, 3 mos old, developed severe eczema everywhere but her diaper area, and colic in her first month. After eliminating dairy, eggs, wheat, corn, citrus, soy, all nuts, and most fish (except my EFAs), and taking probiotics and biotin, dd's colic finally went away and her eczema was only in very small, mild patches inside her elbows and on her tummy. Even her cradle cap was mostly gone. I was sooo happy and she has become such a smiley baby!
I've been slowly adding foods back to see what her allergens really are. For the first introduction, I had some salmon (which I didn't expect to be a trigger because I take EFAs with no problem), and two days later she gets a little on her face, then by day five she is covered in eczema and miserable again as if I hadn't been on this darned diet at all for the last two months!
I am so disheartened, and I'm wondering if it was really the fish. The same week I had salmon, I also ran out of Aveeno in her bath (which I've been doing every bath since it started) so she had regular bath water for four days, AND the weather here skyrocketed from a mild 70s to a painful 97 degrees with a heat index of 102, 80% humidity, red air quality. (I live in Wash DC). We've mostly stayed in because of air quality, but we did have to go out in the heat (in a sling no less, sweating on each other) a few times.
How long does it typically take from my eating something, to it getting into DD through BM, to having a flare up? Can one serving produce such a huge reaction several days later?
Is is possible the flare up had nothing to do with the fish (since it's been generally ok before), and rather the extreme change in weather?
What is a typical reaction time and severity from eating a trigger and then breastfeeding, and how long will it take to clear out if I avoid the trigger?
Waaah, we were doing so well....
I've been slowly adding foods back to see what her allergens really are. For the first introduction, I had some salmon (which I didn't expect to be a trigger because I take EFAs with no problem), and two days later she gets a little on her face, then by day five she is covered in eczema and miserable again as if I hadn't been on this darned diet at all for the last two months!
I am so disheartened, and I'm wondering if it was really the fish. The same week I had salmon, I also ran out of Aveeno in her bath (which I've been doing every bath since it started) so she had regular bath water for four days, AND the weather here skyrocketed from a mild 70s to a painful 97 degrees with a heat index of 102, 80% humidity, red air quality. (I live in Wash DC). We've mostly stayed in because of air quality, but we did have to go out in the heat (in a sling no less, sweating on each other) a few times.
How long does it typically take from my eating something, to it getting into DD through BM, to having a flare up? Can one serving produce such a huge reaction several days later?
Is is possible the flare up had nothing to do with the fish (since it's been generally ok before), and rather the extreme change in weather?
What is a typical reaction time and severity from eating a trigger and then breastfeeding, and how long will it take to clear out if I avoid the trigger?
Waaah, we were doing so well....
The heat definitely brings it on severely! It should be pretty noticeable if you eat something that she is sensitive to. We nurse and if I accidentally get something that was not labeled correctly or otherwise, we know within a few hours. I don't have anything other to offer for the heat. Just try to keep her lightly dressed in cotton and we are trying quick baths every other day to see if that helps.
