... for Jett.  I took him to a naturopath today to get some idea what exactly he's allergic too and to try & control his eczema.  First suggestion is to try single foods again i.e. pumpkin one day, kumera the next and do this for  four days, then maybe try pumpkin again on the fourth day etc, for a month.  He's to have gluten free bread, no dairy or wheat (as this is the most common allergy we'll try elimating these first).  He's to have a probiotic, and fish oil as well.  Not allowed to use any of the creams prescribed from the Dr even the aqueous cream, she looked at the label and it's derived from petrol!!  I thought it was pretty much natural!

I also have to take the probiotic and fish oil since I'm BF him, and need to keep my foods simple too.  This will be soo hard for both of us.  I know I will have to control my diet, but trying to get Jett to eat plain foods again might be a battle.

We're to try this for a month, and see if we can introduce wheat & dairy back into this diet.  It's going to be a loooong month!

The naturopath said he was too young for muscle testing?  She said she normally does do that.

But we found out the hard way yesterday what else he's allergic too after I'd given him a poached egg for breakfast (he'd had egg before, so didn't think anything of giving it to him), but about 1.5 hrs later he had a bad reaction - swelling in the face and eczema flaring up.  We spent the day in hospital for observation.  It was a hidieous experience!!