At The Baby's 9 month check-up, we got The Baby's and Little Monster's food allergies tested. Hers for eggs and his for dairy.
We were so excited to get the call - Little Monster's egg allergy is GONE. GONE!!! She can eat anything with eggs! This was AMAZING! We had done really great at cutting out eggs and I'm so happy we experienced it because I think I've learned a few ways for the whole family to eat a little better. But not worrying about anaphylactic shock is amazing! We don't have to carry around Benadryl and Epi pens anymore! Yippee!
The Baby's test came back good too - he has a VERY mild dairy allergy. So mild, the told me to not give him straight up milk and cheese, but not to worry about limiting it from his diet. We'd also discuss trying whole milk at his 1 year appointment. So, the other day, I gave him some stuff that had milk as an ingredient and wouldn't you know it, he broke out in hives immediately around his mouth.
At our follow-up visit with our pediatrician from The Baby's ER visit, I asked her about it. She said that was strange because it is really so mild, but we are just cutting out all milk for the next 3 months and after his birthday we will try the milk stuff again.
So, even though we do have a food allergy lingering around, it's so minimal that we don't need to worry about Epi pens. And since he still only eats a handful of things (mostly fruits and veggies anyway), it's not a big deal to keep that from his diet.
I'm so excited that we don't have to worry about it anymore... after we found out about Little Monster's non-allergy, we took her for a milkshake, homemade cookies, donuts, pancakes and actual eggs the following weekend. She's gonna gain about 50 pounds now. ;) Oh, well, she could probably use it!
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