Milestone: New Food - Egg White
Date: 22 March 2008 - Saturday
Racia is 1 years, 2 weeks and 4 days old today
Mummy started giving Racia hard boiled egg yolk in December last year when Racia was about 10 months old. Since Racia has now turned 1, Mummy thinks that its time she introduced egg white to Racia. Egg whites is not recommended to give to babies before the age of 1 to minimize the possibility of developing an allergy to eggs.
On Wednesday this week, Mummy prepared a hard boiled egg for Racia. Mummy took about 1/2 teaspoon quantity of hard boiled egg white and gave it to Racia during lunch. Racia could see Racia munching and chewing away when she was given a small piece of the white.
That night, when mummy was giving Racia her nightly bath, mummy found rashes all over Racia's back. It seems like her body was reacting to the whites that she has taken earlier that day. In fact, Racia seems to be very prone to rashes whenever a new food item is introduced to her diet.
Today, Mummy gave Racia egg whites again. Becase of her rash reaction on Wednesday, mummy reduced the quantity of egg whites given today, to 1/4 teaspoon (half of the amount introduced the last time). As usually, Racia was munching away. During the nightly bath, Mummy was glad to find out that Racia did not develop any rash this round.
Next, Mummy will increase the white quantity back to half a teaspoon and to reconfirm that Racia has no allergic reaction to egg whites.
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