Did yout baby ever get food allergies from Baby foods?

Question

I started letting my daughter eat baby foods. (bananas, apples, carrots jar) and rice cereal. She started getting a rash on her butt and under her stomach. She has a runny nose for 2 days. Those are signs of food allergies. But it could also be because she has a diaper rash. And the runny nose could be from getting cold at night. I asked the Dr. and he said it looks like a diaper rash. But i want to be certain its not food allergies. Do any of you mothers have any helpful tips?

Answer 1

chances are its diaper rash...if it were a food allergy it would not be limited to the bottom and stomach area, it would be all over the body.

Answer 2

My daughter was actually allergic to the banana baby food. She would get a rash on her face. Then later on I had given her some cranberry applesauce, and she got the worst rash on her bottom, it was horrible. It turned out she was allergic to any kind of berries, or it's possible it was the red food coloring used (this also happened with strawberry applesauce when she was 2). I don't think the runny nose is caused by food allergies, that can be caused from a cold or even teething. But it's possible the rash is from that. When I told the nurse at my Dr.'s office about my daughter getting a rash from eating banana baby food, she told me that that is actually pretty common even though that's one of the first baby foods they recommend for baby's. So I just stopped giving it to her. The apples and rice cereal should be okay, I really bet it's the bananas. My daughter is 6 now and she can eat both bananas and berries, her system just wasn't ready for them when she was a baby and toddler.

Answer 3

Yes my son did, and still has a problem with allergies now. I would not suggest the allergy test until she is older, for the reason they won't give my son the test. He may eat something today that he has ate all his life and have a reaction to it, so if they do the test it really won't be accurate, it will tell us what we already know. As young as your daughter is this could be the same scenario. I would suggest you keep a chart of the foods she is eating and only introduce one new food at a time for at least one week at a time.
The rash could be an allergic reaction to a juice she is drinking since it is in the diaper area, or just a reaction to the acid in the juice, like orange juice.
For the diaper rash, I would wash her bottom with a warm wet bath cloth only, do not use baby wipes she could also be allergic to them. If you are a stay at home Mom, let me suggest what my pediatrician told me that really helps with diaper rash...When you put the baby down for a nap do not put a diaper on her, just lay a changing pad under her, the fresh air helps to encourage healing and not having any clothing on prevents less urine and bm from being soaked into the skin.

You may want to cut out all foods except cereal for 1 week, then add bananas for 1 week, if all is well add 1 more food, continue to do this until you are sure of what she can or can not have.
I think I would also leave off the juice, give water and milk only for 1 week, when adding the juice to her diet, dilute it for awhile, like 1/2 juice and 1/2 water.
Good Luck, Sweety

Answer 4

At six months of age, she should only just be starting solids. You do not have to introduce a lot of different ones right away. This will not make her a "better" eater. My oldest daughter is such an unfussy eater, people are shocked. At 2, she would gobble down red cabbage and at age 3, ate pizza with anchovies. I started her on solids at 7 1/2 months and only one food a week. She was on a strict anti-allergen diet and did really well. I can make pretty much anything and she'll eat it. I did the same with her sister with similar success. It's so nice to have an unfussy eaters!!! Strawberries are big allergens so don't feed them to her until she's at least 18 months old. Also, she's far too young for apple juice. It's basically pure sugar water and will fill up her tummy instead of the milk she needs. Unless you're returning to work, you don't need to make her drink from a bottle or give her formula. Waste of time! Simply feed her before and after leaving her with a sitter. She can go 2-3 hours now. I put my two daughers in p/t daycare at 7 months each and neither ever had bottles or formula. Hope that helps!

Answer 5

Hello, I'm going through the same with my 6mth old daughter. I started her on baby foods (mix of organic jars/homemade organic purees) and baby rice about 5 weeks ago. She's had a mild rash on her tummy and bottom off an on every since - I wasn't worried as it was so mild and seemed to come and go, especially as she started teething at the same tim - lots of chewing and drool from mouth and nose. I assumed it was daiper rash or a reaction to baby wipes, until the rash started to get worse last week (I'd introduced a second meal of baby rice at breakfast) spreading to her legs and face. The Dr, confirmed it wasn't daiper rash but a food allergy. I'm slowly going through each food she's had (both jars & homemade, one fruit or veg one day at a time, noting her reactions, and I've cut out baby rice completely. One week on and I'm beginning to think she's allergic to baby rice as we've not had any recurrence. Hope this helps and good luck!

Answer 6

Any food can give a person allergies. it dosent matter if its baby food or not. My son began to have allergies at 8 weeks old. I would keep a journal of what she eats and what happens, only introduce 1 food at a time. then give it a day or two before a new one. If you notice something, don't give and see what happens. then introduce it again and see if the symptoms come back. Obviously if a reaction is really bad you wouldn't want to do that. Then if you do notice something you can take it to your doctor. If you still think maybe there is something after you do this and your doctor wont listen go to a allergist or get a second opinion from another Pediatrician

Answer 7

Sounds like you might be a first time mom. I worried about every little thing when I had mine. It sounds like your baby just has an old diaper rash of which "Desitin" works wonders! And babies are so easy to catch colds and just little sniffles here and there. I think it's wonderful of you to be so concerned so keep on being the good mommy you are and try not to worry to much about the "little" things. I think if it were allergies to foods that the rash would be on other parts of her body. Especially on her face. I'll be sure and keep you in my prayers honey and have a great time watch'in her grow up because they grow too fast and she'll be grown before you know it! It happened to me...LoL! @-}-}------

Answer 8

Why don't you give her fresh food instead of jars? It's so easy and so much cheaper to buy lots of fruit or veg, cooked it all up, puree and freeze in ice cube trays. Then you would know that she is getting all natural. When introducing new foods, only give her a new one every three days, then if she gets a reaction to one, you will know which one it is!
The rash could be associated with teething, she could have nanny rash, runny nose, dribblying alot too.

Answer 9

I'm not a mother, but my little sister was allergic to half the foods on the planet, and I grabbed the other half, it seems.

If you go to an allergist, they can perform a lovely test that discovers a huge number of allergies.

I would suggest doing what Mom did. Even after the tests, she made up a notebook and detailed everything that we came into contact with, along with any symptoms that we experienced in the day. After months and years of correlating data, she was fairly sure what we were allergic to.

Answer 10

There are always some sort of preservatives in canned and jar foods. Check that they are 100% fruit, containing NO preservatives. if there is even one in there I would suggest you start mashing your own banana, stewing your own apples and giving her FRESH foods.