The Horrible Rash

 First of all, I just wanted to send a huge thank you to all of the supportive comments and phone calls I got after my last post on breast feeding. It was an amazing help to have such an outpouring of love and support, so thank you to everyone for that!!  I took some photos to chronicle the horrible rash that Oliver got on his face to remind me of why I am not complaining about a dairy-free, soy-free, egg-free, wheat-free existence. THIS is the rash that freaked me out and had me calling the pediatrician. I literally google searched "can infants go into anaphylatic shock from breast milk". I was super worried, which was interesting because I noticed that I don't tend to freak that bad with the second baby. =)


So Oliver's rash got to this point....This was last Tuesday morning.

 THIS was by Tuesday evening. Yeah, I FREAKED out. His poor eyes and lips were so swollen. My poor poor little man! Had to put mittens on his hands to keep him from scratching the hell out of his itchy little face.

This photo was two days ago, Saturday. The rash was starting to clear up but a bit scabby from where the bumps were a little bit oozy. =( His skin still felt really rough.

 

This is today, Monday. His face is finally looking better. It's a bit dry and scaly but thanks to several message boards on BabyCenter (Food Allergies, Babies with Eczema, Elimination Diet)  we discovered the cream CeraVe for eczema and it's been working wonders on his delicate little cheeks. 

 

I hope I NEVER have to see that scary rash again! So when I try to remind myself why the hell I'm subjecting myself to the "Air Diet", well, that face is not something I want to see again. We had decided to do formula while I pump to help Oliver's face clear up. That lasted for three whole bottle feedings! He took SOOOO long to drink the bottle and then by the time I pumped and cleaned up, I MAYBE got 30 min sleep before the whole process started again. Sleep deprived AND hungry were not an option so we went back to breastfeeding and have thankfully seen a major improvement already. He's back to my sweet, happy go lucky little man!