Her first allergic reaction :o(

I guess we already knew that the twins have inherited Maya's allergies given that they couldn't tolerate breastmilk and have exczema, but now it's a sure thing, Mercedes had her first allergic reaction yesterday

They were both lying on the floor and when I went to pick Mercedes up her mouth was covered in hives. I'm not entirely sure what caused it, she had wriggled right up and was sucking Sienna's head so I guess it could be the stuff I put on them for their exczema (contains wheatgerm) but I doubt it coz otherwise it would make their exczema worse right? So more likely it is a lesson to me to wsh my hands more thoroughly when I am making up bottles and to have a peanut free house as I had some rocky road with peanuts in it, then washed my hands and dried them then madeup their bottles.Maybe there were still traces of peanut oil on my hands?

Either way, it wasn't very nice! My poor bubby! They are seeing the allergy paed on 13 Feb so hopefully she will have some ideas and answers for us.

poor bubbie! I hope it's not an "everyday" kinda trigger and something you guys can manage and avoid

Breastfeeding didn't work for us Even when I was dairy free and egg free the girls were a screaming mess and sick all the time. Switched to Neocate and all of a sudden these smiley happy babies emerged from under all the screaming.

They can't cope with much in teh way of lotions and potions but I have found this Aussie brand that they do cope with that is all essential oils and natural stuff and theys eem to be OK with Huggies Extra sesitive wipes.

Hugs honey! I hope you find out soon what is causing it and that it's easily managable (if there is such thing!)

Oh no so young! Hope you find out what it is- I read an article that said that only certain antiseptic soaps will get rid of allergen traces so it could well still be the peanut.
We are completely peanut free at home but obviously most other places we go aren't- the article also said that dish detergent doesn't get rid of the traces so when my Mum was being all pedantic and washing everything after her peanut butter toast it still wasn't getting rid of it!

Hope the Specialist has some answers for you...

poor girl, poor mummy. Countdown to the allergy spec apt now.

awww poor mercedes hope everything goes well at your paed appt emma why is it that paed appt dates always take forever to get here!!

LOL at Lachlan tasting the cat!

Yep, counting down now, altho to be honest at this stage they are too young to have accurate testing done (they tested Mercedes at 3 weeks but up until 12 mths results aren't that accurate). It will be good to throw some ideas around tho, and have a chat about starting solids and what's the best way to handle it to minimise the risk. She's a great specialist, was Maya's specialist when she was younger so I have complete faith in her.