I'm trying to work out if my dd was suffering from a sick bug or an allergic reaction to something she had eaten. If the latter I would want to avoid the offending foodstuff in future.
What do you think? - here is what happened:
Yesterday, fine all day - happy temperament. Ate a normal tea. Only thing she ate out of the ordinary was some birthday cake that she had been given. It was some shop bought 'Thomas the tank engine' type cake with lots of thick, vibrant colour gloopey blue icing.
About 1.5 hours after tea at 19.00 was a bit sick, followed by violently sick at 20.00 and violently sick at 20.20. Pretty much cleared her stomach contents that time so when sick again at 23.00 ish it was saliva and mucus. She seemed really poorly.
This morning avoided given her brekkie, but gave her water (which she kept down) and later milk which she kept down. She seemed really perky and normal so I've given her lunch...she didn't eat much of it (but that can be normal for her)....and overall she seems - touch wood - to be fully recovered.
She has not had a runny bum or temperature....but she does have a heavy cold and runny nose at the moment. I can't decide whether it was a bug or not (if it was, it was shortlived)...there has been one going around her Day Nursery but that was almost a fortnight ago.
Do you think it might have been the food colouring in the cake icing that did it? The reason I am concerned is that if it was and she reacted that badly to it, perhaps it could be worse next time (anaphalactic shock? - yes I know I am neurotic)
Any thoughts?