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I don’t have any personal experience but I do remember my coworker telling me that her kids have to switch between allergy meds (Zyrtec and Allegra I believe) each year. She said over time the body gets used to one so they have to switch to the other, and back and forth.

I’m so sorry. Allergies were ruining my daughter’s life starting around that age, at least during tree season which is her worst allergy. We live in tx where it’s almost always allergy season for something ... I’d definitely start watching pollen counts in your area and you may get an idea of the triggers that are worst for you. We have several easter photos where it looks like she had black puffy eyes!

For sure, look at a steroid nasal spray in addition to the antihistamine. Our allergist recommends Flonase sensimist if they are fussy about spray. Also agree that changing antihistamines is worth a try. For the eyes the allergist gave us two potential things for it. One was otc antihistamine eye drops - more for the redness/itchy side. For puffiness he gave us desonide (or something close to that) which is an Rx gel. I’m trying to think if I missed anything ...

Definitely, when you can plan to see an allergist and possibly ent. Your son sounds like a good candidate for shots or other immunotherapy in terms of severity. Allergists seem to approach it differently but I’d ask now to get the picture. I don’t have experience on tonsils/adenoids but worth asking due to the mouth breathing.

For my daughter, shots were absolutely life changing. They wouldn’t start shots until the kid is old enough to be trusted to verbally express if they felt a reaction, since that can be dangerous even if uncommon. For her we agreed on 4.5. You have to do allergy testing first (skin testing for us) so they know what to give you. We had a bit of a rough start - I chased her around the shot room a few times! And I’ve seen older kids screaming and fighting about it. But I don’t think there’s anything else that could have improved her life so much. We started in summer and the next spring was SO much better. For kids 3-5 years is usually recommended (we had to do a buildup going more, but once you get to the maintenance dose it’s every 4 weeks for us). My daughter is 8.5 now and quitting after May and she’s excited for that.

Sorry for the novel, let me know if you have questions. It’s hard when they are so little. We even found, especially looking back, that it affected her behavior and even her progress with speech. And it would magically improve around the end of the spring. So if you’re seeing any of that, just know that it’s normal because they’re exhausted. Hugs

I don't know anything about kid allergies but my husband did allergy shots on and off ages 26-31 and they helped immensely, so just adding to what @bhbee: said above.

Also, I know I posted about allergies once about 1.5 years ago (??) and got lots of good tips, if you search for it you might find it.

have you done allergy testing? my friend's daughter was having similar allergy stuff and they finally did some allergy testing and discovered she was mildly allergic to their dog.

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