March 24, 2009

Who Knew?

Nicholas has been coughing the last two weeks. No other signs of illness. Just a bit of coughing.

At last week's 6 month appointment I mentioned it to the doctor.

Did you know that coughing can be a sign of food allergy in a baby? Neither did I!

After a bit of experimentation we realized he was likely reacting to apples. We removed apples from the rotation and the cough has gone away.

So now we wait a month and try apples again. If Nicholas still has a reaction we try again after he is a year old.

By the way, I have also never heard of anyone being allergic to apples!