Another Food Bites the Dust

It's been over a month since our last food induced reaction. Just a few more days and we would have made it January-free! We were almost there. Almost.

I decided that the next new food we tried would be cauliflower. W had done so well eating broccoli and they seemed so similar that I thought it would be a home run. Plus, I had gotten inspired by all the different ways that people were using this amazing vegetable lately. As a substitute for potatoes, a creamy sauce base and even pizza dough. Cauliflower seemed like a miracle food for a kid with wheat and dairy allergies.

Cauliflower Pizza from The Lucky Penny Blog

See, doesn't this look yummy? (Thanks Cat!)

For Tuesday's lunch I made a creamy cauliflower purée, which unfortunately only stayed in poor W's belly for a few minutes. Flu? Virus? Allergy?

W had been sick the whole of last week with a stomach bug and hadn't held down much food during this time. So when lunch went the way of Vesuvius I immediately thought he might be sick again. I called in "the Reserves" to be in standby since W couldn't go to daycare until he was 24 hours free of throwing up, switched from formula to pedialyte and only fed W the most basic of food (BRAT-esque). 

But no fever or other symptoms caused doubt to creep in. Was it an allergic reaction? 

We got the answer on Wednesday after the second serving of cauliflower when I noticed W scratching his head furiously. Yep, telltale sign número uno: cradle cap. A few minutes later and I noticed a hive on his hand. When I removed his shirt I discovered a back covered in hives.

So the silver lining is that W got a day off from daycare, even though he wasn't sick, and his Grams got to cuddle with him. Of course we still need to confirm with our allergist, but for now have another answer and the scales tip just a bit in favor of the allergies.