He had an allergic reaction!

I gave Jett baby custard for the first time late this morning. He didn't like it one bit, so I only fed him a few mouthfuls before deciding not to give him anymore. Within 20 mins his chin went bright red with little white dots on it. He has excema on his cheeks anyway, but not on his chin. He started scratching ferociously, especially his neck & backs of his knees (where his excema is anyway). Then half his bottom lip went white & swollen. I rang Heathline & they said unless he gets temp, or starts slurring then he'll be fine. It lasted about 40 mins, before the redness went away on his chin, and about half an hour later his lip went back to normal.

It freaked me out though, and now I'm going to have to be really cautious with giving him dairy, or anyone trying to feed him dairy!!

Oh really Kim? Did she react similar to how Jett did? Is she breastfed or bottle and if bottle, is it goats milk or soy you use?

I noticed Jett got a couple of hive like spots on his arm and neck. I kept a close eye on his body & stripped his clothes off to see if any more spots appeared, but the worst was his chin, and neck.

That's horrible Samara had trouble breathing! That's my biggest fear! How long did that last, and did you need to take her to the Dr?

25% of babies with a dairy allergy have a soy allergy too.

Be really careful with all premade baby stuff over 6 months,you will be amazed at what has dairy in it!

I'm hoping Jett's not going to be that bad with this allergy. I haven't stopped having dairy and b/feed him. I have tried him on formula before & besides the fact he didn't want a bar of it, he didn't react to it. I can see I will have to be very careful with trying him on foods now. My older 2 have had NO problem in the allergy department, so this is all new to me!

Thats scary Italiah, and I'm shocked that Healthline didn't tell you to take him to the doctor immediately! Allergic reactions can be potentially really serious, especially if there is any swelling of the lips/mouth/tongue.
I definitely recommend seeing your doc to talk about where to from here, unfortunately its possible that Jett may have other allergies, and it's important to get a referral to a dietician so you can talk about ways to keep Jett's diet balanced when he's dairy free.

Sorry if I sound a bit preachy, I was just so clueless when Maya first started having reactions, the first two I didn't even recognise as allergic reactions, I thought it was her woolly jumper rubbing on her face, it wasn't till the dietican from the Nutricia Advisory Service was giving me advice on getting Maya to take a bottle and I mentioned the hives and she was like "whoa, stop, no more formula!"

My Maya had cows milk protein allergy, plus soya, egg and peanut allergy and had outgrown them all by 3 1/2. The gremlins are allergic to peanuts and have outgrown cows milk protein intolerance. They were never exposed to dairy till after 10 mths coz of the family history.

It happened in the weekend so my husband was home luckily and he held and tried to comfort Samara while I phoned healthline to see if we should take her straight to the Dr. She asked me a few questions and in that time her breathing got better so we didn't end up going to the Dr.

I know - I couldn't believe she was asking questions when it was pretty obvious that Samara was in destress and I was crying!