Rice Cereal Allergy

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TayTay

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Baby is now 6 months, but at 4 months, her baby clinic recommended starting her on rice cereal. At first everything was great and she liked it, but after a week or so, she developed really rosy cheeks. Took her to the dr and it turned out she was allergic.

At the beginning of June, we decided to try again. This time, she got a less of a rash, but it was still visible, so decided to stop again. Baby clinic suggested making congee (with some lean pork just to add flavour to the congee). BB reacted again.

This weekend, we gave her a break, but found she was getting frustrated with just milk. Pureed some pear instead. Seems like she's getting a rash (but not sure if it's from the congee experience).

Really frustrated and heartbroken to see BB all red and rosy, and no solid food seems to be right for her.

Am I doing something wrong? Has anyone else experienced rice cereal allergy? Should I try organic rice cereal? HELP PLS!
 
My boy turned into racoon eyes after having rice cereal. We ended up giving him baby oatmeal cereal by gerber to try and he was ok with that. You might also try applesauce & sweet potato (yam) or squash and see how baby reacts to those, generally if baby has allergies stay away from "seeded" stuff like kiwi, strawberries, oranges, and banana (that one surprised me), my baby was allergic to bananas until he was 18 months old. Good luck.
 
Thank you so much for your advice. It's so good to hear (although sad too) that I'm not the only one.

I will definitely give oatmeal a try once her rash has gone down.

Fingers crossed!
 
one of my books suggests NOT starting with fruit, as the baby will become accustomed to the sweetness of it and may then refuse the veggies.

my nearly 5 month old started with oatmeal. then i tried carrots, sweet potato, peas. now he also gets a little bit of peaches at the end of the meal. he absolutely LOVES his food. i haven't come across anything that he doesn't like yet. neither has he had a reactiont o any food. keeping my fingers crossed that he won't.

good luck!
 
You may wish to get rid of the allergy with naturopath treatment.

If you are interested, pm me and I can pass the doctor's contact details to you.

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My baby started having rashes since birth. His cheeks are the worst. He's 7mths now. We finally did a skin allergy test after he had a major outbreak after eating an eggyolk. His face was swollen, his ears like 2 big tomatoes...
Now we know he's allergic to not only egg, but also rice, fish, oat, apple, peanuts, pork... We've been feeding him Organix Rice Cereal since 5.5months, no wonder his rashes didn't improve with steroids!
I'm now looking for wheat cereal, but can't seem to find any. Please help. I'm researching on Quinoa, Millet, Kamut, and Amaranth... please advise. I bought a pack of millet, and cooked it like just like congee. The texture was coarse, and baby didn't like it very much. I may try potato soon.
Thanks!
 
Hi bebe, just thought I would let you know what's happened since in the hope that it might help you. After several attempts to get her eating congee or cereal, but the same thing happening with her cheeks (very red and rosy), I took her to see another paediatrician. He told me that it's very rare for babies to have rice cereal allergy and that I should put her on back on it. He examined her skin and said that she was in fact suffering from eczema. I then questioned him as to why it always coincided with her eating cereal.... well anyway, he was adamant that it wasn't a food allergy. So I listened to him and started again, but this time baby didn't seem to react. I then took her to another doctor for a 3rd opinion, and he came to the same conclusion that she was suffering from eczema. So anyway, to cut a long story short, I slowly gave her new foods, but tried to keep everything as simple as possible. She's now 8 1/2 months on cereal with vegetables, and congee with blended meat, and so far so good. She's still reacting a little to pear, but I'm glad she's eating. My feeling is that she started eating cereal a little too young - she started at 4 months. Read in so many sites and books afterwards that it's okay to solely breastfeed or formula feed until 6 months. Maybe the eczema would have come about anyway if I had started after 6 months, but I believe that she would have been more ready. Been told by the baby clinic that since she started eating a little later, I should only give her egg yolk at 9 mths. Really don't if this info helps, but hope it does!
 
Hi TayTay, thanks for sharing. I stopped feeding my baby rice cereal, and sure enough, his face cleared up. He's also got a large stubborn patch behind his thighs, that cleared up completely too. The paediatrician's diagnosis was atopic eczema, due to food allergy. I read that 5% of babies suffers from food allergy. If your baby doesn't belong to this group, it doesn't really matter when you start on solids. My friend's baby (same age- 8months now) started about 5 months. He takes everything without problems, all meats, vege, fruits, etc. Did your baby do a skin test? I'm glad we did the test. It gives me a peace of mind knowing what I can and can't give. I don't have to apply cortisteroids on him anymore. It was really scary when he had his major outbreak after taking an eggyolk. He face swelled up so bad, and he was expressionless... I'm giving him millet and quinoa porridge. Quinoa's texture is smoother and tastier and he likes it better than millet. Definitely don't start with eggs on your baby yet...
 
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Hi TayTay,
I am working in university. Our labs are working on what cause rice allergy and improving rice nutrition, production and probably reducing allergy in rice. Could you let me whether your baby is still having rice allergy? We can provide free blood test for her to examinine what protein in the rice is causing allergy, which can provide some
help in solving the rice allergy. Please contact me.
Thanks
Ken


TayTay said:
Baby is now 6 months, but at 4 months, her baby clinic recommended starting her on rice cereal. At first everything was great and she liked it, but after a week or so, she developed really rosy cheeks. Took her to the dr and it turned out she was allergic.

At the beginning of June, we decided to try again. This time, she got a less of a rash, but it was still visible, so decided to stop again. Baby clinic suggested making congee (with some lean pork just to add flavour to the congee). BB reacted again.

This weekend, we gave her a break, but found she was getting frustrated with just milk. Pureed some pear instead. Seems like she's getting a rash (but not sure if it's from the congee experience).

Really frustrated and heartbroken to see BB all red and rosy, and no solid food seems to be right for her.

Am I doing something wrong? Has anyone else experienced rice cereal allergy? Should I try organic rice cereal? HELP PLS!
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Hi how severe the skin allergy will be like if there is an allergic reaction to rice? I just started my boy on rice cereal, and he has a bit of skin rashes on his cheek but not that serious. I think it may be due to other things rather than the food as I think food allergic reaction should be quite dramatic and obvious. Can any give me some advices?
Thanks
 
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