https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 07:49:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916700 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:10:19 +0000 Mama Bird 1916700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: oh no! I hope he grows out of it eventually, cinnamon is in so many things!</p> <p>@Mrs. D: that's so nice of you!</p> <p>Ugh. So this happened again today, and there wasn't a spice in sight. The poor kid got hives on both cheeks and on his hands, and his fingers actually swelled up. The only things he had both times are apple and boiled egg... and he barely even ate the egg today, just held it for a few minutes and took one bite. He's never had reactions to those before. I'm stumped :( It didn't seem to bother him any, but I know allergies can get worse the more you're exposed to an allergen... if this keeps happening, he'll be going to the doctor for allergy testing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916400 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:23:17 +0000 Mrs. D 1916400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of the teachers at my first job had a LONG list of allergies, including tons of spices. We used a lot of Garlic that year so she wouldn't feel left out, not that she asked us too, we just wanted her to be able to come to potlucks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916323 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:59:31 +0000 hilsy85 1916323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has a cinnamon allergy/sensitivity--if it touches his face, he gets red blotches. HOwever, it doesn't affect anything else, so his pedi said he's fine to have it. I just try not to let the spice touch his face too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916149 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 07:47:44 +0000 Mama Bird 1916149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: @anonysquire: @cheesetomywhine: @mrs. bird: so it could be the cinnamon, I guess! I feel like he's had it before in apple pie, but I'll watch him extra carefully the next time he has any! Hopefully he'll grow out of this :)</p> <p>@erinpye: yikes! I'll keep an eye out for the paprika too. There definitely wasn't any dye in the soups, but that's good to know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916141 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 07:19:18 +0000 mrs. bird 1916141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could be! I can eat cinnamon, but I can't have it on my skin or in my toothpaste. Once in college I bought cinnamon toms of main toothpaste and my mouth blew up like a pufferfish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916135 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 07:13:37 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1916135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My oldest used to have contact reaction/allergy to cinnamon. It went away as she got older. Her pedi wasn't concerned as it disappeared quickly and lo wasn't bothered by it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916109 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 03:26:30 +0000 erinpye 1916109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom reacts to paprika, so yeah- it can happen. Also, sometimes food dyes cause reactions in kids- especially red dye. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916104 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:47:46 +0000 anonysquire 1916104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!! Zuma had a pumpkin bundt with cinnamon and has had pumpkin before with no results but the cinnamon caused a red rash all over her cheeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916048 Sat, 25 Oct 2014 22:28:22 +0000 jhd 1916048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am sensitive to cinnamon so it's definitely possible! It popped up on an allergy test I had years ago and I seem to be more and more sensitive to it. Drives me crazy to smell it everywhere at holiday time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spice-allergy#post-1916042 Sat, 25 Oct 2014 22:10:46 +0000 Mama Bird 1916042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is there such a thing? DS had pumpkin soup twice recently. Both times he got a rash on his face afterward. He's had other squash-type things before, so I think he might be reacting to cinnamon or allspice or something, not the pumpkin itself.</p> <p>On the upside, he's over all that pickiness and he's actually eating veggies that he used to hate. Yay! But now I feel bad that I must have fed him something that makes him break out. </p>