If your LO had eczema as an infant, did they end up having food allergies when you started solids? LO2 is almost 5 months old with moderate eczema. She's not ready to start solids yet, but it's on my mind. With LO1, we had no reason to think he'd have allergies, so I didn't worry about it at all. I'm not sure if we should be extra cautious with LO2 in case she ends up with an allergy.
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My youngest has admittedly mild ezcema but at almost two has no allergies. She is slightly sensitive to tomatoes and other acidic foods but it really only presents as dry skin on her cheeks and face and is easily managed with regular moisturising with non-ionic cream, bleach baths and steroid cream if it flares up.
I believe dairy is a fairly common trigger for ezcema so that might be something to keep an eye on (but it is often an intolerance rather than a true allergy).
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My middle has mild to moderate eczema as an infant and doesn’t have any allergies. When I asked my pediatrician about that she said she typically only worries about allergies when the eczema is pretty severe.
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My daughter has ezcema. it was fairly obvious compared to my son that didn't have it: all around her mouth (also from drooling) and hands and knees. And she's allergic to two food:eggs (outgrowing , for sure at 5. she can eat a bit of scrambled eggs and can eat baked goods no problem) and she has a peanut allergy. Be careful with introducing solids.
Do it slow... and then if any allergy/sensitivity, get a GOOD allergist. The first allergist I had was useless.
Also, it wouldn't hurt to feed your LO2 some Bamba peanut snacks and see if they have a reaction They have zero peanut allergies in Israel because everybody eat that snack even as a baby. That would be a good start.... just my IMHO. -
My ebf babies all had eczema that flared up when I ate dairy/soy (I have had four MSPI babies) but my boys all grew out of it and don’t have any true allergies!
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My oldest has mild eczema and developed two food allergies-- peaches and avocado.
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My husband has eczema and never had an allergy. He does have a milk intolerance but not until he was 30.
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My oldest had/has eczema and no food allergies. He did have a skin reaction to hummus, but grew out of it.
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I agree with @bakingdoodle, especially on trying Bamba now (after talking to your doctor about the safety and amount).
My oldest had moderate eczema as a baby that became more severe the more he grew (and still varies and can flare up depending on the season). @ 12 months he tried peanut butter and had immediate hives. He's 7 now; still allergic to nuts. I always wonder if early introduction would have helped. W/ his little sister and brother we took them to the allergist around 4-5 months to skin test for allergies and then introduced all of the common allergens ASAP.
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@Art Mom: Are we married to the same person? DH is exactly the same
Eczema and allergies can go together but not always. I very severe food allergies and have never had any kind of eczema.
My best advice is to please be careful with introducing foods, including Bamba. There's still no conclusive research that early introduction prevents allergies for everyone.
@bakingdoodle: @charlotte: My first anaphylactic reaction was before I was 6 mos old; the first time my mom gave me peanut butter on a spoon - scary stuff! (She also EBF and ate peanut butter constantly while pregnant and nursing.).
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@Rocker2014: Such a scary story! (and glad you are ok!)
I have edited my post to say after talking to the doctor. For the majority, but not all, of pediatric patients the benefits of early introduction are worthwhile and can prevent life long food allergies. A piece of Bamba also contains significantly less peanut protein than a spoonful of peanut butter. -
@charlotte: Thanks for clarifying - I didn't mean that you needed to change anything or were wrong, just that it isn't the same for everyone. I'm all for anything that decreases allergy rates!!
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@Rocker2014: all good! I appreciate your reminder that there can be severe reactions even for babies in some cases. Allergies can really be so unpredictable. We just had to give an epi pen last month after 5 years of not needing it.
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Just a slight milk intolerance, but she's grown out of that...and still has eczema. No other food allergies.
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I didn't know about bamba. I brought my daughter to the allergist and she tested for a whole panel (including rice, pork and etc) which ended up costing me 1K.
I learned my daughter was allergic to peanuts (at 1year old?) through a skin test and never gave her peanuts EVER. So now her new allergist says that we should have tried back then and now all we can do is wait another year to have another blood test to see if it went down, as she is now too old to try without more data.... Severe reactions can happen at all time and I don't bring the epipen all the time -
My niece had eczema starting from when she was young. It got really bad as she got older. Finally took her off dairy and gluten and she's been great! In my experience, some food allergies definitely present themselves through the skin but they aren't usually the kind that require an epipen. But I'm not a medical professional so don't take that as medical advice.
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My son had eczema and has a number of allergies - tree nut, sesame, soy, egg, chickpea, lentil, sunflower, pumpkin and poppy seed, lima bean, quinoa... probably I'm missing something. He had an anaphylactic reaction to hummus when introduced. He also had a skin reaction to peanuts when introduced. It looked nasty but he outgrew that allergy and eats peanut butter now. It was a bit upsetting but like everything with parenting you learn to deal with it. I would say his eczema was moderate to severe. It still flairs a bit, but seems mostly linked to his seasonal allergies.
Our allergist told us that if our younger child had eczema, with the family history we should have her tested before introducing any of the allergens, whereas if she didn't have eczema it was unlikely she'd have food allergies. Statistically, most kids that develop food allergies have eczema as infants (not necessarily later), but the other way around isn't true, plenty of kids with eczema don't develop food allergies. They refer to eczema-allergies (food + seasonal) - asthma as the iron triangle and unfortunately for us we have had all of them, but not everyone does. I think caution when introducing foods is a good idea though. When my younger is old enough for solids, I will do the skin test first, introduce one ingredient at a time, and never give a new food right before putting them to sleep, so that I'm right there to treat a reaction if it happens.
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