is my Doc doing it right?

Our doctor saw Joy's skin rash today for the second time. She says it is exema and probably related to allergies.
But that we can't test Joy until she is old enough....
How old do babies have to be? What about the food in the meantime? I don't like the idea that I am feeding Joy something that is making her skin bad.

Yep that is right about the allergy testing. It can be done but isnt always accurate until after a year old.
Be careful introducing new foods, do one new food at a time, and nothing else new for a week or two, so that its easier to see what makes it worse.
Wheat, dairy are common allergens that cause excema. If he is bf u could try a dairy free diet and not giving her any dairy herself, but if she is on dairy formula that will be harder to do. Look at when it started etc,..like was she still fully bf, or was it when u started her on formula etc.
Avoid bananas as they can make other allegys worse, most other fruit and vege are fine. At that age is should be pretty easy to cut out other dairy and wheat or one or the other as a trial.

How long was she on the formula before the rash started? Is she bf at all? Was is she eating?

how long has she had the rash...?could be built up intolerance or allergy like we had? ours was from the formula

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Yep that's right Kellz. She's only had the rash for about 4 weeks. I would be really surprised if it was the formula. Going to check the label now

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