Finishing Day 3 of our home science experiment. After a few rashy weeks of observing Maggie deal with some sort of allergy, we've narrowed it down but are still taking a guess. She's been off dairy this week and it seems to be helping clear up the rash, or at least keep the rash attacks from returning. Back in September, we thought it was mangoes. Whatever it is, she breaks out in an itchy rash and gets puffy red eyes. We're seriously trying to figure this out after taking her to her doctor a couple times and confirming what we already knew...that it's pretty hard to figure allergies out. They come and go. Allergy tests don't always tell the true story. So, it's really up to us to figure this out and we're on the case!
Maggie has never liked drinking milk like I see some toddlers drink it. I'd say we push it much more than she actually drinks it and the little containers of whole milk that I've brought home for her never get used up fast enough. She does like cheese, butter, and yogurt though. I've been pushing full-fat dairy on her a lot lately, thinking it was a good fat source, but I feel like I've been put in my place. Was she trying to tell us something all along?
Michael feels otherwise, but I'd hate to find out that our sweet cat Lily is causing the fuss. It's a possibility, we haven't ruled it out yet, but unlikely since Maggie hasn't always reacted this way and we've had Lily around the whole time. She loves animals too, wouldn't that be so sad?
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oh geez, super stressful, but we had allergy issues with Ruby not too long ago- only she was having tummy aches and we did no dairy or gluten for awhile. we thought for sure it was dairy, but then we had someone really good energy test her and she tested out fine for dairy... and the rice milk was actually bothering her. So we just do everything in moderation and she's back on all of it. We may never know exactly what caused it and that's the frustrating thing. Truthfully, Maggie's reaction makes me think of animal allergy- cat dander. Ruby wasn't allergic to cats her first year or two, but she developed a pretty severe allergy to cats later....not dogs, not guinea pigs, just cats- any cats. Huge bummer for us! She may grow out of it....
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