DS is 11 months old. He really really really really loves cherry tomatoes and squeaks wildly until he has slices on his tray to eat. A couple of times we've noticed he has a slightly raised red patch of skin on his chin while eating. We wash it and it dies down within an hour, no lasting marks. I've realised today the link that this is from when he's had raw tomatoes to eat. It doesn't happen when he has cooked tomatoes, which is why it's taken time to figure out the cause. I thought before it was raw strawberries (again, no impact of they're heated up before he eats them in something), so it could be a general nightshade plant issue.
I can't understand from advice online if this means it's safe to feed him cooked tomatoes and strawberries or if I should stop giving him cooked and raw (or even keep giving it but just wipe his chin quickly with a warm cloth after)? It looks like real tomato allergies are very rare, so if I stop giving him tomatoes then how long I should wait before trying again? DH and I eat them nearly every day and he really loves them, so he'd find it hard to not get any on his tray if he sees us eating them.
Neither me nor DH have allergies, but I used to get a rash from eating too many strawberries as a child. It didn't seem to do much harm as I eat them now with no issues.