As they start new baby foods, parents often know that they should wait two or 3 days in between each new food. Waiting a few days allows you to easily recognize which foods might be causing whatever food allergy or intolerance symptoms.
On the another hand, if you started 2 or 3 new foods on the same day and your baby had a problem, it would be difficult to know which baby food was to blame.
Baby Food Allergy Symptoms
Even when they know that they should wait to start new baby foods, parents aren't always surely what signs or symptoms they are viewing for. How do you know if your baby is having a nutrient allergy or intolerance after starting a new baby food?
Most of the time, baby food allergy symptoms will be just what you would expect from a allergic reaction to a nutrient in any one else, including:
- diarrhea
- skin rash, including hives
- vomiting
- wheezing
- stomach cramps
Simply not liking the taste of something is commonly not a sign of an allergy though. Your baby may not like some foods or may have to get used to the taste or texture of some baby nutrients. For those baby foods that your baby doesn't seem to like right away, you may have to try several times before your baby will eat them regularly.
If you remember that your baby has a true allergy or intolerance to a certain food, you should commonly stop giving it to your kid and should move on to something else. Often, you can sample the food again in 2 or 3 months, specially if it was a mild reaction to see if your baby eventually tolerates the food. Talk to your pediatrician before giving a food to your child if it was a more serious reaction, such as one that included wheezing, or if your child has a reaction over multiple efforts on trying the food.
