The Wicklow Project

Living the covid quarantine life. These two tiny humans are the best company when trying to get work done 🙄😫

EGG ALLERGY - just as I was expecting, Everly had a reaction to egg when introduced a couple of weeks ago. Her first exposure to egg yolk went well, but when I introduced whole egg the next day, she broke out in hives 😫. Having dealt with Emma’s reactions in the past, I knew what to look out for so we monitored her at home to see if her reaction would worsen, but thankfully the hives went away within a couple of hours.

With Emma, although she tested positive to an egg allergy, we were still able to give her egg yolk with a gradual introduction to egg white. After two years, she outgrew her egg allergy so I’m hoping this would be the same for Everly🤞

The allergy life may get easier due to experience, but it’s still hard nonetheless 😔

We’ve been a bit quiet over here as my time has been happily monopolized by this wild child. We began introducing solids through baby led weaning last month and can happily report that Everly has been exposed to peanut butter 4x (on toast) with no reaction!! And the great thing is that we can do this in Emma’s presence as a result of her progress in her oral immunotherapy treatment 🙌 I’m still working up the courage to introduce dairy and egg due to her intolerance from exposure through breastmilk but I may give it a go in the next week or so.

What was your approach to introducing foods to your LOs if the older sibling has food allergies?