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More Ella on the piano (YouTube).

11 Comments

  1. On February 19th, 2007 at 5:24 pm Julia said:

    my daughter has a milk and oat allergy as well. Don’t know about the peanuts yet since we haven’t tried it. her reaction to milk is different than hers to oat however. she vomits after having anything with oats. what does your daughter experience if you don’t mind me asking?
    Julia

  2. On February 19th, 2007 at 8:48 pm Adam Darowski said:

    Hi Julia. Thanks for visiting. Since Ella’s oat allergy is pretty mild, it was mostly external‚Äîburning, itchy skin, redness, etc. However, she had a little bit of oats lately to see if she was getting over it… it seemed to coincide with some pretty bad bellyaches and diarrhea, so it looks like this is still a problem.

  3. On April 10th, 2007 at 8:49 pm Rosie said:

    Hi Adam.

    I’m sure you’re getting tired of hearing this, but my 9 month old son also has an oat allergy. Any info would be greatly appreciated since I haven’t been able to find any, and I’ve been told that we cannot get him tested until 3 years old!
    My son had terrible rashy skin for the first few months of his life until we decided to switch from the Aveeno bath products to J&J – thought it was a miracle, until we fed him his first bowl of Oatmeal baby cereal and he broke out in a rash on his face (all the same places that he had rashes from the soap). No other symptoms though…his breathing was OK. They have told us not to give him any Oats at all until after age 3 though – were you told the same thing?

    Thanks for your time.
    Rosie

  4. On April 11th, 2007 at 6:35 am Adam Darowski said:

    Hi Rosie… thanks for stopping by.

    I’m surprised he can’t get tested until three years old. Ella was tested by an allergist at just under a year old. In fact, her follow up appointment (to see if she still has her oat, milk, and peanut allergies) is coming up soon, and she’s just now 2 1/2 (at the end of this month.

    So, I’d push the issue a bit about getting a test, perhaps a second opinion if it came to that. I’m no expert, but it sounds similar to how we found out about Ella’s allergies.

  5. On June 7th, 2007 at 12:49 pm Jincy said:

    Hi! My daughter is 4 months old and we had her allergy tested just a couple weeks ago. We have a strong family history for milk and soy, so we tested to know what she was allergic to before starting solids. Our allergist told us that they could test for food allergies at any time, but for all other allergens they like to wait until the child is at least 3 years old. Anyhow…she tested positive for dairy and oats. Oats was quite a shock. Her pediatrician questioned a gluten allergy, but there was no reaction to wheat. We haven’t attempted any cereal other than rice, so far, so I don’t know what type of reaction she would have. I’ve searched for info about Oat allergy, but it seems there isn’t much out there. Is this a rare allergy?? Other than oatmeal are there any foods to watch out for? I know that dairy seems to be in everything. We learned that with our son, now 3 1/2 and finally out grown the dairy allergy. I just want to be prepared before we start introducing other foods.

    Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!!
    Jincy

  6. On June 13th, 2007 at 7:19 pm Adam Darowski said:

    Hi Jincy…

    Got a few things to look out for…

    • Wheat breads and multi-grain breads still often contain oats.
    • Cereals are huge… hard to imagine a kid not being able to eat Cheerios.
    • Even things you may not expect like pancake mixes can contain oat flower
    • Very unexpected: Lotions and bubble bath often contain oat extract
    • Ella’s Hypoallergenic bubble bath had oats, go figure

    Hope this helps!

  7. On June 14th, 2007 at 10:47 am Jincy said:

    Thanks for your help. Will the label say “oat flour” or do they use some other confusing jargon?

  8. On November 16th, 2007 at 11:09 pm Ashley said:

    My 6 month old has an oat allergy as well. We just found out about a product called Perky O’s that are like Cheerios but no oat or wheat!

  9. On December 22nd, 2007 at 8:39 pm Meredith said:

    My 17mo old Charlotte has been getting hives and at first I thought it was the amoxicillin she was on due to an ear infection but we are past that and it seems to keep occurring daily. No big reactions but it dawned on me that maybe she was having a food allergy and tonight when I bathed her (aveeno) after a whole day of no wheat products and no hives I might add….bingo she broke out again. Obviously she needs to be tested. I was glad to come across your blog. My question is this….do children normally outgrow oat allergies the way they do wheat (usually by age 5)? And should I go to a specialist for testing?
    Thanks for your insight!

  10. On December 23rd, 2007 at 11:42 pm Adam Darowski said:

    Hi Meredith:

    My daughter, now three, has actually outgrown her oat allergy. Of course, that doesn’t always happen ( her milk one has only gotten worse and her peanut one is still mild).

    Your pediatrician should be able to recommend an allergist. I would make surento explain why you want oats tested… It is not part of their normal checks.

    Good luck!

  11. On March 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 am Ivy Anastasiadis said:

    I was so glad to see this site (after much searching) as my son also has an allergy to oatmeal (oats). I tried feeding him oatmeal cereal twice (at 5 months and then a few weeks later to confirm). he developed red blochy face, dry and rough. At 6 months his skin seemed so dry that a put Aveeno on him (big mistake- what was I thinking?) not even thinking about the oatmeal in the product. His stomach and face looked terrible, his face had what looked like was blisters. Uhg, I felt terrible.