Foods to Avoid When You Suspect Your Child has an Allergy

My little Keona has had bouts of cough and colds and sometimes, she has some rashes on her skin. When we had her checked by her pediatrician, he told us that the rashes on her skin is an allergy and her intermittent colds can be an allergy as well because it comes and go and comes again.

So if you suspect your child has an allergy, here are some foods to avoid:

• Nuts- all kinds of nuts - peanuts, cashew nuts, etc.
• Seafoods like shrimp, crabs, squid
• Coca cola soft drink (it has a nut, according to the doctor, I only knew it now)
• Chocolate (it belongs to the family of nuts, cacao)
• Chicken and other poultry products like eggs
  

Aside from the foods that you have to avoid, environment and the stuff that your baby use can be a contributing factor for your baby's allergy as well. When your baby is suffering from an allergy, you have to roll out all possible causes that potentially the culprit of the allergy. Here are some additional tips that worthy to be observed if your child has an allergy...

• Change bedding and mattress that your baby use as often as possible to avoid dust from accumulating.
• Always clean your room especially where your baby is staying, including windows and every nook that may be collecting dusts.
• Use a mild soap for your baby. Babies who are very prone to allergy can have it even when using baby soaps and shampoos that are hypoallergenic and claims to be very mild. My little girl's pediatrician recommends using Cetaphil gentle cleanse because it is non-soap base and non-comedogenic.
• use the mildest soap possible when doing the laundry of your child's clothes, nappies and every cloth he/she uses including bed sheets. Our pediatrician recommends us to using Perla white soap.
• Stuffed toys of your child may be cuddly but they can also be the home of so many dust so it's better to entirely get rid of them.
• If you have pets like cats and dogs, their fur can be a trigger for your kid's allergy, so avoid having your pets in contact with your child.
  

That's all for now folks, have a great day.

Hubby is having an Allergy

When we had a check-up yesterday with hubby's eyes, it was found out that he's not having sore eyes but an allergy.  There's a component of the medicine he took yesterday that made his eyes red, itchy and bulging. So he'll just take antihistamine tablet.

My OB-gyne's clinic is located in the same hospital and when I saw my doctor, she made a big smile, I just said Hi and Hello and told her I will have a pap smear next time. But she said we'll do the test and I just agreed.  Anyways, I have long been planning to undergo such test. The result will be on Friday. So, I'll just wait for it.

Check up for Hubby's eyes

My hubby's eyes has been itchy and its red.  So we are gonna go to an E-N-T doctor to have it checked.  We don't know if it's sore eyes or just an allergic reaction to a medicine he took for muscle pain because he's having a stiff neck.  Hope everything will just be okay.

Too Yummy to Resist

When Keona saw the house helper opening the fridge yesterday, she right away ran towards her and looked what was inside. When she saw the box containing the chocolate rebel bars she right away got one sliced and popped it on her mouth.

I was not able to do anything to protest her but just looked the way how she ate the chocolate with gusto. The result? She's scratching here and there because her allergy is back. At least, I now know that it's really an allergy so it will not be mistaken as skin disease like what I used to think it is.

Pediatrician Visit due to Rashes

We visited doc Mike yesterday because Keona has rashes. It's been about 2 weeks already that she has it and I have been putting self medication on it. I have observed it does not improve and instead spread on her body so before we'll gonna go back to work, we decided to have her checked by her pediatrician.

My instinct were indeed true. She is indeed a food allergy like me. So Doc Mike prohibited her from eating chicken, egg, chocolate, shrimp, crab,and all kinds of nuts. We eat a lot of this especially during the Christmas season. We have a stock of chocolates also as well as peanuts and now I'm keeping all of them so she'll not eat them.

Doctor Mike prescribed antihistamine medicines- allerkid, one times a day before bedtime-2.5 ml. and iterax 3x/day 2.5 ml.


After the check up and shedding so many tears (she cries a lot every time we go to Doc Mike's clinic), we brought her to children's play area in the mall. There were very few people so we like it very much. Not much crowd and we can just hop from one ride to another anytime we want.

I need antihistamines...

I have a beautiful morning with a hot dog and an egg omelet for breakfast. Geez, I miss eating egg for I haven't had it for quite a long time now. But alas! My breathing is kinda hot, feeling like having an asthma and I know this is an allergic reaction to eating that yummy egg omelet. Sigh. I know I need to take my antihistamines if this gets worse. I get allergic reactions to poultry foods like chicken and egg, seafoods that are really my favorite like shrimp, crabs and squid when my resistance is low.

Keona Received Some Goodies

My little girl received some goodies from her Tito Seigfred and Tita Lady. It is composed of 1 bottle of 200ml Zwitzal hypo-allergenic baby cologne and 2 bottles of 200ml Circus hypo-allergenic lotion. Thanks a lot Tito and Tita. You take good care of yourselves guys:).