So we had the diagnosis of an egg allergy long before the time that W's started on solid food. Fast forward to 6 months of age and we gave him his first food, bananas.
At first there was no reaction. He loved bananas, but slowly we saw his cradle cap (which we thought we had under control) come back. I had my suspicions and so when I started feeding him apples next, we stopped the bananas.
The third food we tried was avocado. He didn't seem to like it too much, but I kept trying, spooning it into his mouth. He threw it up. And by that I don't mean he spit up or gagged because he didn't like it. It was full on Linda Blair in baby form. We abandoned the avocado and went back to bananas only to see the same results with the bananas but on a larger scale and with hives to boot!
Back to apples.
For around 2 months we would try one food a week with several attempts resulting in throwing up or hives. Each time...back to apples.
Our NO list now included eggs, bananas, avocado, kiwi, potatoes, carrots, sweet potatoes and lamb. We found a wonderful allergist who took my call every Friday morning to discuss what food to try next and we found success and a YES list that eventually got longer than just apples.
The journey of one family to take control over food allergies and answer the question, "What Does He Eat?"
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