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How do i approach a parent and tell them i suspect.........

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Kidstrak · 11/12/2006 22:57

That their baby has an allergy to cats?!!!, the baby is 14m i have had him for 6m, when the baby came to me i was told of the excema that covered the skin mostly in the joints, i was told not to use cream on him as they done this at home, (although the creams are in his bag and say 3times daily and he is with me for 8hrs at a time) he scratches his body all the time and i have offered to put the cream on him, but parents say not to bother even though it weeps under his legs. He always is sleepy during the day as he doesn't sleep well during the night, up several times.

Anyway over last few months he has a constanly runny nose and a rattling chest like asthma some days more wheezing than others, but parents say he hasn't got asthma just a cold, but this so called cold has lasted far too long for my liking, poor little thing scratches his eyes also when they water.

Last week i noticed wart like spots on his bottom and said to his parents when they picked him up, they took him to the doctors who said it was a virus he had, and it would prob go away on its own, However earlier this evening i googled his syptoms and pet allergy came up, Cats! They have 2 cats! and the site also states about wart like spots which are a type of Herpes that happens when bacteria get into the excema!

Am i jumping the gun or does this little one have an allergy!!!!!

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FairyTaleOfNewYork · 11/12/2006 23:26

the poor baby sounds like he has infected eczema. what are you allowed to do as a childminder? can you ask the parents for an emoillant cream to apply during the day. if he gets itchy also try cool flannels on the sore bits. this worked for dd1 a treat.

the two other creams sound like fucidin/fucibet? they are strong antibiotic creams.

Kidstrak · 11/12/2006 23:23

there are 5 different creams, one is a hydracortazone(sp) you know the one i mean the strong steroid one (my ds had this for his skin condition) 2 tubes that look similar with 2 colour bands round the ends one has black and red the other has red and yellow and emuvate(sp) cream

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maryhadaharpsichordyeahlord · 11/12/2006 23:23

well my sister has a cat allergy (and a dog/horse allergy) and the symptoms can continue for some hours afterwards

Kidstrak · 11/12/2006 23:20

can anyone else search for me on the net to check different syptoms, so as i'm not just jumping the gun

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FairyTaleOfNewYork · 11/12/2006 23:20

the baby has weeping eczema and they are telling you not to put cream on? i;d be mroe worried about that than the possible cat allergy right now. and if he is wheezing as well he needs to be allergy tested and asthma ruled out. what cream is in the bag?

Kidstrak · 11/12/2006 23:18

No i don't have cats, but i'm just linking all these syptoms i suppose, even if its not an allergy, i'm now going to have to address the warts on his bottom as herpes virus and suggest its because of the excema being infected, I would of thought the doctor would have thought of that though! i'm not going to be able to sleep tonight now worrying about how to casually mention it, i did this 2 weeks ago when he had thrush then again with the warts and they listenend fine and took him to the doctors, they are gonna think i'm a pest and looking for faults

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Hattie05 · 11/12/2006 23:17

I agree with CMac that the sneezing and wheezing would be relieved whilst in your home (assuming its cat free).

I have allergy to cats and many other things and have such symptoms, but once away from the culprit i'm breatheasy again.

maryhadaharpsichordyeahlord · 11/12/2006 23:12

I would lie (in the nicest possible way)
I would say something like: I was thinking about (the baby) and it reminded me of my (nephew/friend's baby/other mindee) who has a pet allergy and it got much better after they removed the (dog/cat/whatever) from the house. and I woiuld say, has your GP ever suggested that? and then say, well it was just a thought, I don't mean to intrude...

CMac · 11/12/2006 23:10

Do you have cats? I'm no expert but know a couple of adults who have cat allergies and when they come to my house (i have cats) they really suffer but symptoms subside as soon as they leave my house. So if you DONT have cats and the wheezing etc continues while the child is with you then it might be unlikely...
Then again, i'm really no expert and it certainly would do no harm to casually mention it to the parents.

Kidstrak · 11/12/2006 23:05

please anyone, this little one is coming in the morning!

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