The first food allergy has appeared - PUMPKIN. Interesting huh? I thought so. Other gourds have been fine; but there's something about the pumpkin. If anyone has any leads on this subject, I would love the references.
In the beginning we thought it was teething and day care too thought "oh yes, Tatum is teething." She was waking every two to three hours in the night and was fussy during the day. I began using Humphrey's Teething Pellets at the blog advice of my LA friend corsakti (great blog, check it out). It had to be teething, it just had to be.
After two nights of crazy waking, I noticed on the third evening that Tatum had a rash on her body - red spots all over the abdomen, and spots on her face. I laid off the pumpkin only in attempt to provide her what she loved during this teething time - peas, sweet potatoes and peaches.
It wasn't for until the next day that the word "allergy" popped into my head. I referenced my baby food cookbook and sure enough the symptoms were not teething at all.
Tatum is nearly nine months old and not a tooth in site. Andrew reminded me that for the last three months I've stated "oh, she must be teething" at least two dozen times. I'm sure I will know when it truly is teething time - nevertheless we're laying off the pumpkin. Perhaps we'll turn the leftovers into a soup for us!
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