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I know that babies can get a red spotty rash on their face from teething, along with nappy rash. But I don't know if it is also a reaction from an allergy....sorry not much help

I'd stop foods until he gets better and try.again with the same foods to see if there.is a reaction

Quoting J&T+3:" I know that babies can get a red spotty rash on their face from teething, along with nappy rash. But I don't know if it is also a reaction from an allergy....sorry not much help"

I read on a Dr. Sears website about starting solids, and allergic reactions to watch out for, and those (along with others) were listed.

What i would do is stop the food for now or go back to something you gave him before all of those issues started until he's feeling better. The red bumpy rash on his face is most likely teething related. Diarrhea can also be from the teething or it could be the cold. The rash on his bum is no doubt from the diarrhea. (desitin the original stuff every diaper change should fix that real quick)

I would just eliminate everything you can for this week that's new or weird for right now and restart in a couple of days.

Quoting Andi+Andy=Marley+1:" I'd stop foods until he gets better and try.again with the same foods to see if there.is a reaction"

That's our plan, but knowing my luck his damn teeth will start being bastards again and we still won't be 100% sure...lol Smurf, this is stressful!

Don't stress about the solids, just wait like everyone is saying. Even if he keeps teething, don't stress. Food before one is for fun. He's fine just getting boob or formula.

I hope he feels better soon!

I know delaying solids til 6m or later is supposed to reduce the risk of allergies, but by how much? DS is 7 months...I feel horrible, because we've been having a hard time getting him to actually want to eat solids, so we've been trying a few different things...so if it is an allergy, I have no idea what it could be   I have it narrowed down to bananas, magoes, yogurt, or corn...that's the only "new" thing he's had in the last few days.

Quoting Ms.Eagles:" I know delaying solids til 6m or later is supposed to reduce the risk of allergies, but by how much? ... [snip!] ... be   I have it narrowed down to bananas, magoes, yogurt, or corn...that's the only "new" thing he's had in the last few days."

Ok so typically how you introduce solids is one type of vegi for a week. That means if you pick green beans for example, you know it's green beans that are the issue. Mango is very acidic and you don't want to give them that this young anyway. Because it's acidic, it can cause a slight rash around their mouth/face/anywhere it touched. The same thing can happen with strawberries. Corn isn't a vegi. It's empty calories. Yogurt could be the issue if your son has any sort of sensetivity to dairy products.

Here's a list of what's ok to start them on. http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/stage1_homemade_baby_food_recipes.htm

Quoting Summerfrost:" Ok so typically how you introduce solids is one type of vegi for a week. That means if you pick green ... [snip!] ... Here's a list of what's ok to start them on. http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/stage1_homemade_baby_food_recipes.htm"

SO just bought him a bunch of various packages of baby food for 6m+, so that's what we've been feeding him. Our grocery store doesn't have a lot to choose from, so we figured it was alright to give him the banana/mango/yogurt since it said 6m on it   I feel terrible now

Quoting Ms.Eagles:" SO just bought him a bunch of various packages of baby food for 6m+, so that's what we've been feeding ... [snip!] ... to choose from, so we figured it was alright to give him the banana/mango/yogurt since it said 6m on it   I feel terrible now"

Babies don't come with hand books. We can't know everything.   I am surprised that your pedi didn't go over this with you. My pedi still gives me the talk when my kids have their 3 and 6 month check ups and I'm on my 3rd baby. lol

The beginning food doesn't need to be a huge selection. Almost every store has peas,greenbeans, and carrots. You don't want to do any mixed stuff for right now. My pedi does let me introduce yogurt around the 8 month mark, but he recommends something like YoBaby which is basically a whole fat yogurt that has safe stuff for babies and the good bacteria which the packaged stuff doesn't have.

If the stage 1 food is too watery, sometimes I'll add some rice cereal to it to thicken it up a bit. Sometimes babies have issues trying to figure out how to slurp that stuff off of a spoon. You can also do cheerios now. The thing about cheerios -- you put them on their tray. The idea is to get them to figure out how to get them to their mouth. When they can do that, they are ready to eat them. It's a good first finger food.

Peas are almost never a hit. lol I've only had one kid that would eat them at all.

Here's a run down of how i normally introduce food.

Week 1 - give them 1 meal a day of the same vegi. I normally start with the green stuff because i just do. After that week is over, I start a new vegi. Wait a week, then go to a 3rd vegi.

When i've run out vegis to try, I move on to the fruit.

Second month approx.- 2 meals per day, 1 vegi which i know he's ok with, possibly a mixed vegi. 1 new fruit per week.

By the time you go through all of the fruit, they might or might not be able to do the whole cheerio thing. If they can, they can do finger food. If not, I do food with texture and chunks. Be prepared for some gagging at first. It's normal. Don't give them anything bigger than a pea. No hotdogs or anything like that. Stick with fruit vegis and possibly some soft meat like salmon or turkey lunch meat.

The canned meats are horrible. I've never had a baby that would eat them.

Quoting Summerfrost:" Babies don't come with hand books. We can't know everything.   I am surprised that your pedi didn't ... [snip!] ... some soft meat like salmon or turkey lunch meat. The canned meats are horrible. I've never had a baby that would eat them."

Thanks for the tip!

DS doesn't have a pedi. We just have a medi clinic that has various nurses on staff and a random doctor that comes up once a week...but it's REALLY hard to get in to see him/her. Luckily, I've never had to attempt to make an appointment yet. One nurse who gave DS his needles did say that we should be doing veggies first...but DS would not eat them, so we just tried this fruitty mixture to see what he would do, and he LOVED it...I've read that it doesn't matter what order you start solids (veggies first) and because babies are used to sweet anyway from the breastmilk, they're more willing to try fruits first, and veggies later. Why do they make 6m baby food with ingredients that aren't good for a baby of that age yet??? Stupid Heinz...

Quoting Ms.Eagles:" Thanks for the tip! DS doesn't have a pedi. We just have a medi clinic that has various nurses on ... [snip!] ... veggies later. Why do they make 6m baby food with ingredients that aren't good for a baby of that age yet??? Stupid Heinz..."

The theory is that the vegis are less appealing so start with something they might or might not eat later because they don't know how good the other stuff is. lol .. Basically give them the stuff that has the most nutrition and the least amount of sugar /shrug. Does it work? I don't know. I have a herd of toddlers who refuse most vegis, except broccoli occationally and raw vegis they can dunk in stuff (sometimes).

Quoting Summerfrost:" The theory is that the vegis are less appealing so start with something they might or might not eat ... [snip!] ... have a herd of toddlers who refuse most vegis, except broccoli occationally and raw vegis they can dunk in stuff (sometimes). "

Meh, I'm 27 years old, and I still refuse most veggies other than broccoli on occassion and raw veggies I can dunk in stuff  
I just think it would be easier to introduce fruits first, since they're tastier, and work up to the veggies...but I'm new to this and don't really have a clue where to start. But I will definitely try what you suggested.