ALLERGY BABYCAREHOW TO WEAN: IF YOUR BABY REACTS | Healthpharmasite. Health and medical information

ALLERGY BABYCARE\HOW TO WEAN: IF YOUR BABY REACTS

If your baby has reacted to a food during the day of testing it, (first or second time around), do not repeat it. Try and get through the day without giving another new test food – it may not be easy to work out which food the baby is reacting to, and will confuse the results.

If your baby is first weaning and reacts to a number of foods that you try, keep trying different foods on a four-day rotation until you find four foods that suit. Try not to give foods more frequently than once every four days – a food-sensitive baby may start to react to foods that he or she tolerated well if they are eaten too frequently. Ask a doctor for advice as you go on, particularly if you start running out of foods to try and you have a very hungry baby shouting for food. Ask for specialist help if you need it – some health visitors and GPs are very experienced and helpful with highly sensitive babies.

If your baby appears to start to react to foods for unexplained reasons, one of the causes may be cross-reaction between related foods. If you have a very sensitive baby, read FOOD AND DRINK and CROSS-REACTION before planning a weaning programme.

If your baby is on an established diet and is only testing single foods at the first meal of the day, you may get confusing results if he or she is reacting to foods in the normal diet, eaten during the rest of the day. The only way to sort this out may be to go to a full rotation diet. Consult a specialist doctor and.