Rash On Baby

[missmommy]

my 10 month old has little raised bumps. they started on his face a few days ago so i thought maybe from drooling. but now his face, legs and arms are covered! he also had what we thought was a stomach bug last week, bad diarhea and projectil vomiting.

i thought maybe heat rash but its not going away. he goes to see his dr tomorrow. but i was wondering if that could be from gluten? we keep him gluten-free because im scared to see what happens if he has gluten. plus i dont want to get sick from him having it all over him then giving me wet baby kisses!

but last week a friend shared a snack that her baby was eating with him. also when he is at church he chews on the same toys all the other cracker eating babies chew on. am i being paranoid or is it a reaction??

is he to young to ask for a blood test?

[Fiddle-Faddle]

Blood tests are notoriously unreliable in babies. If your son is under one year, the AMA firmly recommends that he not be fed ANY of the major allergens, anyway.

Unless he is eatings tons of gluten, there's no point in a blood test, as they say that you have to be eating the equivalent of 4-6 pieces of bread per day for 3-4 months in order to produce enough antibodies to gluten to measure positive on the test. (That's why the tests are unreliable in small children.)

Many of us here have noticed that our children developed sudden and severe rashes as a reaction to vaccines. There does seem to be a strong link between sensitivity to vaccines and food sensitivities/allergies. We don't know if one causes the other, or if both sensitivities are on the same gene.

I was told to feed the baby nothing but breast milk until the rash cleared, so I would recommend that you at least NOT introduce any new foods until the rash clears.

Did your baby receive a flu shot just before this happened?

The flu shots DO contain thimerosal (mercury). The pharm industry/medical "experts" make a big deal out of the fact that most children's vaccines are now produced without thimerosal--but they are now including the thimerosal-containing flu shot as part of the routinely administered vaccines, so it's kind of a crock when they say that thimerosal is now "out" of children's vaccines.

Other causes of rashes (though usually on baby's back and neck, not face) can include "tagless tags" (the tags that are inked onto the clothing) on baby's onesies--some babies have had very severe reactions to whatever is in the ink.

I would suggest only giving your baby ONE vaccine at a time, and turning down those that might be unnecessary (like hepatitis B, for which most babies are NOT at risk) until later.

It could even be chicken pox. If it is, as long as it remains a classic case, consider yourself lucky that he would then not ever need the vaccine. You would also need to keep him away from pregnant women and anyone with a compromised autoimmune system--anyone on chemo or on prednisone, as they would not be able to fight the infection properly and would be at serious risk for shingles or even encephalitis (inflammation/infection of the brain)--VERY serious stuff.

Whatever it is, do NOT allow them to give your child any vaccines unless he is 100% healthy. A rash is a sign of his immune system dealing with SOMETHING. That means he is not 100% healthy until it is gone. A huge percentage of parents of kids with autism say that their child was vaccinated while sick with a mild virus, and that their pediatrician (wrongly) told them that as long as baby didn't have a raging fever, it was perfectly safe to vaccinate.

We know now that that was wrong, but many pediatricians either don't know this or won't admit it.

[pickle]

If you aren't sure what is causing the rash here is a good way to keep an tabs on possible causes:

*what baby ate before the rash started

*what you ate up to 12hrs before the rash started (I think that's how long a potential allergen an be in breastmilk, but I'm not sure, better to have too much info than less though )

*any change in detergent for baby's skin, clothes, anyone who was holding baby, perfumes, etc

Also make note for your ped whether the baby seems itchy or uncomfortable, cranky, warm, etc during the rash.

Both my nurslings were sensitive to my intake of dairy and later dd would get a rash immediately after eating dairy but had no other symptoms. DS was also very sensitive to the detergent we use (which happens to be the kind that doesn't aggravate dh's eczema, arg) so there are unfortunately lots of possible culprits out there!

Good luck! Bumpy babies are no fun!