Question about solids and hives

"Pologirl" wrote in message
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Joy,

Re eating solids, from your description it sounds like Grant vomited
simply as an extension of his gag reflex, not due to a food intolerance
or allergy. Can you try him on something a little more solid, like
Cheerios or flakes? He might be stimulated to chew. Or give him a big
wedge of fruit and let him suck and chew on it. But supervise
carefully to prevent a major choke. Mushy, semi-liquid "solids" might
encourage him to try swallowing as if it were breastmilk.

Hi, Pologirl,
I agree, I think it had more to do with the gag refles. I did buy one of
those mesh thingies, but I haven't tried it yet. I've decided until we see
his regular doctor, I'm not trying anything new. Thanks for the
suggestions-I'll be sure to try them. I did try a cheerio one day, and he
just spit it back out. Quite offended, really.

Re not pooping, it is alarming when a normally regular baby becomes
irregular, but if when he does poop it is normal (ie, not hard pellets
and not soiling), then there is nothing wrong.

I do think I panicked a bit! He's not pooping right, though, still. He
poops, but I'm a bit concerned as he isn't seeming to have large amounts
despite just being on breastmilk now.

Re the hives, by their distribution (bare arms, bare legs, and face)
they are almost certainly due to direct skin contact with something in
his environment, not in his food nor in his clothes. Murphy's Oil Soap
probably isn't the culprit; I react to a lot of cleaning solutions but
that product is one I can use. There is one exception to not in his
food: if his diet (or yours) includes something that causes
photosensitization, then the hives could be due to food *plus* the UV
component of direct sunlight.

This week, he has a bit around his mouth but nowhere else (which makes me
think food again). I'm tempted to scrub my floor again and see if he breaks
out. I sat him in the grass today, and no hives. Your photosensitivity
idea is a good one, I'll have to think about what I've been eating.

Thanks for your help!!


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Joy

Rose 1-99
Iris 2-01
Spencer 3-03
Grant 9-05 www.caringbridge.org/visit/grantphilip

"PattyMomVA" wrote in message
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"Anne Rogers" wrote and I snipped:
as for the solids, my understanding is that is roughly until 12 months
that breastmilk is totally sufficient except possibly for iron where it
seems that some, but by no means all babies exclusively fed breastmilk
to
12 months have low iron, there is one way to find that out, a blood
test.

I 2nd what Anne has written here. My DS was a chubby guy, about 26 lbs at
10 months, so equivalent to Grant. He just wasn't interested in solids
until 10 1/2 months, but he was very healthy on breastmilk alone. The one
exception was a slightly low blood count; when he did begin solids, we
went
for foods with a good iron content.

Hi, Patty!

That's good to hear. I think I'm just going to leave him be for the time
being and not try any foods.

Unlike what you've done so far and what some other posters have suggested,
I'd be very careful about introducing solids due to possible allergy.
Offer
a new food only every 3 or 4 days, and make sure to avoid potentially
allergenic foods. Cheerios, for example, are great as a first table food
and have a good quantity of iron, but they also have wheat which you may
want to avoid for a while. I think there are oat-ios available without
wheat.

I did do the new food intro for two days, except for the prunes and the
cheerio. Once he wasn't pooping I gave him the prunes to hopefully get him
to go. I'm holding off, though, on food until we see the doctor in July.
I'm just too nervous! I will look for the oatios, too.


the other side to the coin is the learning to consume solids and my
instinct here is that you need to be talking to his doctors and some
kind
of specialist in infant feeding and special needs.

Yep, I think so, too. I was basically told to try and see, well, I tried
and saw. I feel like a first time parent again in so many ways. Questions,
questions!

We had a poster here years ago (sorry, can't remember her name...) who had
a
child with oral issues. They went to a special feeding clinic at the
University of Virginia to help her DD learn to eat. I think she was about
4
yo at the time. I'm not saying you need something like that, but there
may
be info on the web about how to feed a child with some physical issues who
gags on solids. Something like a list of recommendations.

Angela, maybe? I remember her, I think. I should do a google on gag
reflex/oral issues. Why not? I google everything else. I did put in a
call to see a pediatrician at the specialty healthcare hospital Grant goes
to, so it's just a matter of 2-4 more calls and a couple of months before
the appointment is set up. LOL I'm exaggerating a bit, but it seems these
things take forever! Well, really, I'm not exaggerating all too much but
paperwork, papertrails, referrals, all that fun stuff, take time.

Good luck, Joy!

thank you, Patty! I appreciate it.


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Joy

Rose 1-99
Iris 2-01
Spencer 3-03
Grant 9-05 www.caringbridge.org/visit/grantphilip