Stages & Milestones: Child, Claritin

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Allergy Testing for 15 Month Old

My 15 month old son has allergies. Nothing severe. He has had some eczema in the past but that has been under control for months now. We use vanicream once per day and that is it. Really nothing to speak of. He lay on the cats once and turned red and itchy so I am assuming he may have a cat allergy but of course nothing notable since and he is around the cats all the time. He had the RAST blood test done at 1 year and he tested a 1 for wheat and milk and a 2 for eggs and peanuts. He drinks goats milk and has recently been introduced to cows...

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In Hospital with Mastitis- Do I Wean?

This is my 3rd day in the hospital for a severe mastitis infection. The first two days, I kept my 5-month-old with me so she could nurse. But my milk dried up temporarily from fever and dehydration. We tried to give her formula at the hospital because she hadn't eaten in hours, and she refused to take it. She has never had formula. Finally, last night, my husband took her home so he could give her some breastmilk from the freezer. Sad lonely night here at the hospital! My first time away from her. I have a history of repeated...