How will I know if my baby has food allergy?
As a mother, we are very concerned to what our baby is eating. It is a fact that food allergies are much more common in families with a history of allergy, including asthma, hay fever, eczema and food allergies. Some food allergies are easy to see as soon as the food is eaten for the first or second time (e.g. flushed face, red and itchy rash around the mouth or tongue – can spread to the entire body, sneezing, watering of eyes, vomiting and diarrhea).
Baby Food
Delayed allergies may also be a problem for babies. When this happens, it is sometimes difficult to pinpoint a particular food that causes the problem. However, it can be distinguished by taking a look on the usual main culprits of food allergies like cow’s milk, soya , egg, nuts, wheat and shellfish.
What should I do if allergy happens?
Try to eliminate or removed the suspected foods that cause allergies from your baby’s diet. These will get better only when it is removed. In doing this, it is still better to seek guidance from a doctor with experience in handling baby with food allergies. It is never a good idea to try an elimination of diet without support from an expert as the nutrients lost in key parts of your baby’s diets are crucial to your baby’s growth and development and needs to be replaced.
So, the best thing to handle baby food allergy is not to panic and talk to your doctor.
