Today at breakfast, we had a slight scare. We had taken the boys for a weekend getaway to some friends house out in the country. We gave the boys a very small piece of an egg omelet. A very basic egg, cheese, onion omelet and since the boys had eaten eggs before, we did not think anything of it.We quickly noticed that one of our boys started rubbing his face and what started out as rubbing once or twice, quickly turned into a lot of rubbing and his face turning red. After a few minutes, we removed any of the food that was on his high chair tray and washed his hands and face. It was then we could see that he was having an allergic reaction to something that he had rubbed on his face.
We did not have any benadryl cream at the house, so our friend took a benadryl pill and broke it down and made it into a liqud form and rubbed it on his hands and face. We were able to get some cream and that seamed to take care of the problem, but it was never the less a pretty tense few moments. He was able to rest and has been fine ever since. But it got me thinking about food allergies. I didn’t have them growing up and neither did my sister and my wife did not have them either.
My wife will be calling the Doctor tomorrow morning, not only to let them know, but to also see when/if we can reintroduce eggs again. In the mean time, I’ve found two articles that have been very beneficial.
When introducing new foods, it is very important to be on the look out for food allergies. Consult with your doctor and watch your child, as food allergies can be very serious. We are just fortunate to not only be with our friends that have raised 3 children of their own, but that the reaction was not that serious.
