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A bit overwhelmed by this... where to go from here?
« on: August 27, 2007, 01:26:32 am »
In the last week my dd (10 mo.) has developed a rash around her mouth.  It comes and goes, sometimes more severe, seemingly after meals.  My guess is that it must be a food allergy (or intolerance).  She has always had some mild eczema on her stomach, but never even really enough to warrant treatment of any kind other than a bit of cream.  It doesn't seem to bother her... more like a few dry patches.  She rarely spit up when younger, but in the last month or two has started to spit up/vomit occasionally (every 2-3 days?) about 1/2 hr to 2 hrs after bf-ing.  (Pardon the info, but it doesn't smell like sweet baby spit-up, but more like acidic vomit).  She does not usually have firm stools.  I'm not sure if that's normal for a 10 m.o. - can't remember those days w/ my now-three-year-old.  I've never had allergies and my son hasn't either.  I did ask the ped. about the possibility of allergies when I took her in for the tummy dry patches, and she dismissed the idea.  Would MSPI develop this late?     

So now I have no clue how to proceed.  From the bit of reading I've done online, I understand it could be an intolerance to milk/soy protein but may also be other things (e.g., tomato, fruit, bread, etc.) in her diet and possibly through bf-ing.  Is the first step a trip to the pediatrician?  An allergy specialist?  Another specialist?  Or is it wise to first try eliminating certain foods from her diet?  Would I then also eliminate foods from my diet since she's nursing 4x/day?  Which foods?

Thanks for any guidance or suggestions.  The whole thing is a bit intimidating to me at this point.