First baby food

When talking to the pediatrician at V's last appointment, she said that delaying the introduction of solid foods does not prevent allergies, it just delays any reactions that might be handled better when the kids are a little older. So, we decided to go ahead and let V try solid foods because she has been showing signs of readiness for a few months now. We thought that 6 1/2 months was probably old enough for her to start on baby food. We started with carrots and she was loving it!

She kept gobbling up the bites and trying to pull the spoon away from me so she could put it into her mouth. It all seemed to be going well. That is, until I checked on her in the middle of the night. She was a little fussy, but still sleeping, so I went to pat her back a little to help her fall asleep better. My hand felt something cold and wet, so we turned on the light and saw that she was laying in throw up. We cleaned her up and changed her bedding and then put her in her swing to sleep a little. Within a few minutes, she had thrown up again. So, we cleaned up again and I decided to just let her sleep in my arms on the couch. She was acting really fussy again but was really tired. I ended up giving her a little benadryl just in case she was having a reaction to the carrots. She ended up throwing up a third time about 5 minutes after the benadryl. After that she ended up calming down and actually got to sleep again. V and I finally got to our own beds by 4:30am. We still don't know if she was having a reaction to the carrots or if we had just fed her too much, so we will be waiting a few weeks and trying again...a lot slower, though. Like one spoonful a day slower.

When I told Ethan what had happened, he told me he would be sad and glad if she had allergies too. Sad that she would have to deal with allergies, but glad that he would have an allergy buddy in the family.