Eggs - help!

[WinnieK]

Have read lots of conflicting advice about eggs for baby but decided to go ahead and give 7m DS a tiny bit of scrambled egg at lunch today. He came out in a nettle rash on his chin and was itching his neck and chin when I put him down for his nap just now. He's now asleep but should I be worried? And does this mean no eggs for the foreseeable future? Any advice please?

I'd leave it for a bit. He might well have an allergy but children often grow out of them. If the rash doesn't settle down I should see the GP.

Sorry that was really ambiguous, I meant leave the eggs for a bit rather than the rash. Sometimes hives just go away quickly and sometimes they require treatment eg. Antihistamine (don't know if you can get it for babies).

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Thanks @pointlessfan. In fact after a few hours his face swelled up & he got massive hive on head so off to hospital with us. he's fine now but no more eggs for us. Was quite frightening

We had exactly the same thing. GP sent ds for a blood test to check because some vaccines etc can contain egg white. The test came back pos so he has had no egg since. They recommend testing again at age 3 as most grow out of it by then.

Really lasareena? They never mentioned blood test, I will ask for one for my LO. Let's hope they both grow out of it. The face swelling was not nice

DS1 had similar the first time he had some scrambled egg. He could tolerate baked eggs in cakes etc though and grew out of it between 2 and 3.

Very encouraging Hollie. Thank you. That's what they said in the hospital. Funny, the latest US advice on foot of recent study is that it's better to give eggs rather than avoid in the hope of dodging allergy issues. Not in our case obviously