Of course, being a bit fick, I haven't checked if all of those things I linked to are also dairy free/egg free, sorry! But the choc biscuits definitely are and the others probably are too.

Hmm. I have ishoos with tomatoes and wheat and have decided to keep DS off them until he can tell me himself if they give him tummyache.

So far he has inherited my allergy to plasters (we discovered this at 7wo) so I'm not inflicting the lifetime of stomachache on him that I had; if he tries them and is ok, then he can eat them; but if he gets any problem then he can stay off them as I do.

There are quite a lot of good wheat free breads out there now - have a look at the Free From sections in supermarkets. And tomatoes are relatively easy to avoid (except they are in lots of baby foods - however, I managed to find enough without tomato to keep DS happy) He is 19mo now btw.

Also, you might want to look at this website - lots of wheat free biscuits/rusks/cereals etc. DS particularly loves the Baby Dinkelkeks - he still has them mashed with hot water and milk and has done since I weaned him. these are a real hit now as well. I have no problem with spelt which is why I let him have it.

Good luck!

Am in exactly the same boat - have a 7 and a bit month old with suspected milk allergy. doing baby-led weaning but running out of ideas!! bought some dairy free bread and some vitalite today only to discover bread contains egg white - gah!
ds has had tomato (didn't know about allergy risk!) and loved them and was fine.Tried soya yog and was sick.
Anyway good luck to you!
bx

I really feel for you, I know how tough weaning can be with an allergic child. I think you should really push to see a paediatric allergist, I wouldn't even settle for your general paediatrician. In my experience the subject of allergies is fairly poorly understood by HV's, GP's, dermatologists and even some general paeds. In addition, the advice you read in baby books/ websites is also often based on out-dated approaches to weaning allergenic children. As a worse case scenario maybe you can arrange a private consultation. I credit my daughters consultant with not only helping her but saving my sanity. Good luck

Sheilsie I don't know what to say about wheat. There is a study that suggest the optimum time to introduce is 4-6 months news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4554661.stm but obviously they wouldn't usually have a positive skin prick test. If you are breast-fedding and plan to stop I'd try it before you stop. When you do introduce then just a tiny amount at first.

Pear, carrot, lamb, avocado, sweet potato, cauliflower, broccoli, rice rarely cause allergies in Britain. Salmon is supposed to be the safest fish to try.

Good luck

thanks fox. yeah it maybe chicken. Dermatologist really quite crap but dietician vg. Haven't been referred to a paed at the hosp. HV said is worst excema she had ever seen in 20 plus years of hv ing. It doesn't look like it did before somedays nearly clear but the itching drives her crazy anyway. As dd1 was fine with food i'm just not used to watching every bit of food that i give. No reflux as far as i know. good friend has 2 with it and can't see that dd2 is similar. She is nearly 10 mo having skin pricks at 1. Just feel awful I'm her mum and i should be able to sort things out for her but i can't..

does she have reflux by any chance? I found dd appeared to react to a lot of things she wasn't allergic to (so neither in the RAST test or the skin prick) - things like peas. One doc explained to me that her digestive system was very immature (she also had a hernia).

oh girls

it is so so hard

tbh, you know they say chicken is one of those foods that is good to give as so few allergic to it. Well dh is allergic to chicken and gets horrific eczema if he eats it - I mean really horrible, virtually untreatable.

how old is dd2? do you have a good paediatrician?

Just sick of the whole thing now really fox. She looked beautiful for 2 whole days (obviously always beautiful to me!) clear skin which was SOFT. Hands uncovered for first time in months sleeping through happy mood etc. Gave her chicken, carrots and potatoes cooked in olive oil for dinner then last night up for 3 hours, excema up on face and arms, swollen eye. Know it's def food related but finding it so hard to pin down. Sick of feeding her potato and broccoli or wheat free pasta and broccoli.. AIBU to want her to have variety??