With today’s main focus being Malina’s reaction to dairy, I decided to repeat foods she had already tried without incident along side the yogurt.

The reaction she had on Thursday appeared several hour later and went away by the same evening. My personal hope was the reaction was from something besides the food, since we are a dairy family and she loved her yogurt. In case it was a skin irritation to the acids in yogurt, I was careful to not let it stay on her face for too long and helped her keep herself a little more clean. We were also more thorough in cleanup, making sure to wash her face and neck with soap when she was done.

So on to today’s foods, Malina had smashed blueberries, breaded avocado, and plain Greek yogurt.

It was an easy breakfast. I just cut up the avocado and rolled it in bread cry. Defrosted blueberries and smashed them up. Then served up the yogurt again.

She went for the avocado first. Picking it up with some difficulty, as I will have to play around with how I cut it, she got it to her mouth eventually and ate a few small bites. She did not seem to mind the crunchy texture or the squishy insides as she enjoyed it.

She had some difficulty with the blueberries again. Malina and most babies don’t develop the pincer grasp until closer to 8-10 months and as a result it’s more difficult to eat small foods like blueberries. Exposer to them though helps her practice and develop the ability. She was successful in picking up the blueberries, she just wasn’t able to put them in her mouth. I let her mess with them for a bit before moving on to the yogurt.

Malina was equipped with her spoon and very quickly started eating the yogurt. At least she still liked it.

Despite my best efforts, Malina was more messy with the yogurt today and less helpful in keeping herself clean. She even managed to get yogurt in her hair and on her ear. Spoons. I tell you they make more messes than anything. Still, she enjoyed the yogurt and had a good time.

When she was done, after about four spoons of yogurt, we went to clean up Malina and check for any rash. Initial checks proved inconclusive as nothing was found and we began our day of waiting and watching.

Even when things are stressful and worrying it’s important to remember that you are doing great and you’ve got this!

-Erica

P.S. – I forgot to come back and upload this post last night. We spent all day at home and kept watch of Malina. She never got a rash and was fine all day. We decided to proceed with the dairy allergen introduction for this next week and going back to our meal plan.