Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Tuesday, August 28

This past weekend, we gave her 'regular' (wheat) pasta to eat. She seemed to do pretty well with it... She did not have an immediate reaction... However she did seem a little more itchier later on.

She did scratch up her fingers (bleeding, ripped skin) over the next couple of days (sun-mon) and last night, she had a slight rash on her front and back neck areas and her eyes, forehead, and lips were red and a little swollen. She also had a slight rash behind her knee pits.

Not sure if this swelling of eyes and lips and rash is due to some reaction last night or from the pasta she ate on sat and sun night.

She also had watermelon last night.

We had her blood tested for the allergy panel last week and hopefully the results will be better this time.... When we tested her blood 2 years ago, she was allergic to everything! (wheat, soy, milk, eggs, fish, chicken, beef, pork, nuts, etc)

We're hoping for good readings for wheat, soy, and the meats...

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Thursday, August 16th

Went to Legoland all day yesterday and had a blast. Weather was hot. She did very well during the day but during dinner at Sammys she had an allergic reaction to something. Eyes became very swollen and she started to wheeze a little bit. Eyes were very itchy...
Got a little soaked at the pirates place...

came home, took a bath and she seemed to feel a little better... started to play again.

Gave her Z, put on L2

Her skin has some scratch marks on arms and back... believe this is due to chlorine exposure at pool and at legoland.... limited amount of contact put enough to irritate her skin

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Tuesday, August 14th

Saturday: went to company picnic... ate corn there ... had rash on forehead and around mouth during lunch. wiped her down and put C 2% on forehead and that made her rash subside.... played a lot in the jumper and had a good time.

Put l1 and l2 at night

Sunday: church, michaels... bought Floam and played with it... afterwards, her hand were a bit itchy... Floam sucks!

no L1 or L2

Monday: went to swimming pool... her feet/heel was itchy and she scratched it all up. wrist area a little red... rash on the back of her neck... also, rash/little bumps across her chest.

put L1 and L2 and Z before bed

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Sunday, August 5th

On Friday, CM didn't have L1 or L2 or Z. Her skin was good.


Saturday:
We went to Soup Plantation for dinner last night and we allowed CM to eat the food there.

She had the pasta (plain), baked potato, cucumber, salad, carrots, and beats. This was probably one of her biggest meals that she's eaten.

Before bed, we noticed that she was a little red on her forehead, had a little rash on her shoulders and back of her neck. She also had a red spot by her left wrist.

But, she didn't seem to be itchy and she fell asleep pretty fast.

We put L1 and L2 on the rashy areas

No Z.

Sunday:

We went to church this morning and CM was all over the pew and floor and afterwards, she looked a little red.

We went to picture people in the afternoon and took pics. She was a little red and afterwards, she had a rash on her stomach area and shoulders.

She slept about 3 hours in the afternoon and after her bath, her skin looked good and her rash seemed to have gone away.

L1 and L2, no Z on sunday

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Thursday, August 2

CM's skin has been really good all week but she's been waking up a little itchy during the past 3 days.

At the beginning of the week, she had a rash at the back of her neck (sun,mon) but that went away fairly quickly. Yesterday, she had a rash on her butt area... one large red spot... the rest of her body was really clear.

On Monday, she ate Lychees

On Tuesday she went into the pool (only got her feet wet)

On Wednesday, grandma cooked eggs and she seemed to be very itchy when sitting at the dinner table next to the eggs.

We've been putting L1 and L2 daily since the weekend.

L1 on her calves, feet, and fingers, and rash areas (neck, butt)

L2 ... same as L1 and also on neck and forehead.

She had Z last sat, sun, and monday. No Z on tues and wed

Overall, her skin has been great... we are going to try and give her more food to eat

Monday, July 30, 2007

July 30th, Monday

This past weekend we went to Legoland and the beach. At Legoland, CM played a little bit at the new Pirates water play area. At the beach, she played in the water up to waist high.

She also ate "real" pasta. She had no immediate reaction and was fine all day on Sunday.

Today, grandma gave her some leechees (imported from China).

Overall, last week her skin was dry and we started her back on L1 and L2. Her legs (shin area) was becoming scaly. After 3 days of L1 and L2, her legs are much better now.

As of today, her skin has been really clear except for a slight rash on the back of her neck area. She also took Z before bed the last couple of nights but not tonight.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Day 46, Wednesday

It's been 2 weeks since I last posted.

CM spent the last week and a half at her Grandma's house. She was there from Friday, June 30th thru Sunday, July 8th.

She did really well there. She slept through the night almost every night and her skin was good for most of the week. We gave Grandma our laundry soap, dishwash soap, and her soap to use.

Toward the end of the week, CM started to become more itchy. She has a light rash around her neck and shoulder area on Saturday July 7th. Then on July 8th, she had a rash on the back of her neck area. Also, her legs were becoming a little more rashy and she was also getting red blotches on her butt area.

We started to put L1 and L2 again whereas before we were transitioning her off of L1 and only using L2.

Theories of her breakout:
Food she ate: Leechees, watermelon, white mooer soup, bananna, her allergy free cookies
Food smells she was exposed to: Fish and eggs
Clothing: her clothes were washed in the washer and drier that came into contact with detergent


Overall, her skin is still relatively good. Last night I put on L1 and L2 and this is helping to heal her eczema.


She was itchy on her lower back and she scratched it up a bit.

She fell asleep fast last night w/o Z and no fussing... she's still sleeping now.

She is now capable of sleeping through the night.

We need to figure out her food allergies and keep her skin clear and soft.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Day 32, Wednesday

Slept through the night but woke up occasionally due to coughing and nightmares.

arm and leg skin feels very soft.

Day 31, Tuesday

4:00am woke up due to cough... Pretty rough nite because of cough... was a little itchy
could sleep well after that until morning.

At night, her stomach rash was a little worse. had a little rash (due to scratching?) on her shoulders and lower back. also around her diaper area (thigh, butt)

gave her bath; used Cetaphil soap

put L1 and L2 before bed

Monday, June 25, 2007

Day 30, Monday

Slept through the night! :-)

Starting to get a little rash on her tummy and around her thighs.

Not sure if this is an outbreak because of the TJ chips she ate on sunday.

Was itchy before bed, gave her Z

Cough and runny nose

Put L1 and L2 morning and night.

No bath today

Fell asleep pretty fast.

Day 29, Sunday

went to Babies R us. got into everything.

ate Trader Joe's organic blue potato chips.

went to Chevy's for dinner

9pm complained that she was itchy around her tummy and back

gave her Z

put on L1 and L2 morning and night.

10:30 pm fell asleep fast

Day 28, Saturday

2:30am woke up and fell back asleep

7:30am woke up.

went to Relay 4 Life event for a couple of hours.

2:30pm fell asleep in car and slept to 4:00pm

Put on L1 and L2 in morning

starting to cough and runny nose

11:30pm threw up; complained of stomach ache

went back to sleep and slept til morning

Friday, June 22, 2007

Day 27, Friday

4:30 am - woke up, had milk and went back to sleep.

4:45pm went to YMCA pool. Did not go into pool, but walked on the wet concrete and also went inside to the indoor pool where it was quite chlorine smelly.

took bath

put L1 and L2

fell asleep fast in bed.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Day 26, Thursday

7:45am Slept through the night! :-)

Eyes not swollen anymore.

Hands and arms looked smooth and clear.

A little itchy around neck shoulders and hair before going to bed.

No Z,

L1 and L2 before bed.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Day 25, Wednesday

7:00am Slept thru the entire night! :-)

7pm CM was itchy on her lower back.

10pm CM itchy on back and eyes.

Gave her Z before bed.

Put on L1 and L2 morning and before bed.

Hands and feet looked a little red but were not rashy.

Eyes a little swollen/red.

Possible allergic reaction to food?

Went to YMCA 6-7pm

Washed bedsheets and pillowcases. No blankets this time.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Day 24, Tuesday

1:30am woke up and was really itchy on hands and neck area. Seemed like she was having a nightmare about her brother hitting her. Was fussy for about 45 minutes. Finally we got her milk and she eventually fell asleep.

6:00am woke up and was not fussy at all. Got her milk and then she played until 7:30am when she finally fell back asleep again.


put L1 and L2 before bed.

10:30am fell asleep w/o fussiness

Day 23, Monday

woke up around 4:30am but fell back asleep

7:30am woke up and had milk and went back to sleep

Took a bath w/o soap but opened whole bottle of aquanil and dumped into her bath!

No Z

L1 and L2 before bedtime

skin is really clearing up and her dry little fingers and toes are starting to heal up nicely.
no rash, just a few dry spots here and there.

Monday, June 18, 2007

Day 22, Sunday

woke up at 4:45 am, had milk and went back to sleep until morning.

No Z, T, C all day

put L2 morning, L1 and L2 night

Took bath today and washed hair with the Cetaphil bar soap
After bath, lathered with Aquaphor

skin was really nice again today

weather was nice too.

Fell asleep fast.

Day 21, Saturday

No Z, No C, no T

put on L2 in the morning and L1 and L2 at night.

CM went to mall

Had dinner at P&O

Overall, skin was really good today.

Weather was excellent, mid 70's and not dry

Friday, June 15, 2007

Day 20, Friday

Slept through the night until 7:30am :-)

First time in a long while!

Put L1 and L2 in the morning.

go to YMCA?

Had milk and went back to sleep.

Washed bath tub with Arm and Hammer and Soap

6:00pm Gave her bath. Use Cetaphil Soap. skin looked really good today
Lather her with Aquaphor after bath.

Wore dress after bath... she was very happy


Wash bedsheets, pillow cases, etc again

No Z before bed

Day 19, Thursday

2am woke up, very frustrated and itchy hands.

put some L1 on her hands.

went back to sleep.

put L1 and L2 during the day?

2:00pm took Z

went to YMCA

had watermelon

ate neighbor's lettuce

9:00pm sucked plastic leg and had a ring around her mouth that seemed to rash up a bit.

10:00pm put L1 and L2 on her hands and feet, arms and legs.

no C, no T

took Z before bed


11:00pm fell asleep pretty fast.

Had some rashy swollen areas around feet and arms

overall her skin was not too bad

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Day 18, Wednesday

4am - woke up very itchy on hands and feet.

gave her milk.

put on new L1 medicine on her feet. complained at first but seemed okay with it.

fell back asleep.

Day 17, Tuesday

Woke up 4am, had milk and went back to sleep.

Rash on legs cleared up.

Hands still itchy and scratched up.

Took Bath

Took Z and put on C before bed.

Overall, she seemed to be pretty good today w/o too much itchiness

A little bit fussy falling asleep.

Day 16, Monday

Bad night, very fussy and itchy from about 3am til morning

Took bath and washed hair

Took Z before bed, put on C on hands and feet and legs

Washed bed sheets

Fell asleep pretty fast

Monday, June 11, 2007

Day 15, Sunday

Sunday Brunch @ Karls

15 min nap

Went to Zoo, sat in stroller

Went to chinese food restaurant for dinner

Took bath. use new Cetaphil soap. Didn't wash too long. knees and hands were hurting

Put C on legs and feet and wrist

Took Z.

Fell asleep fast but itchy

Woke up at 3:00am very itch all over body... feet, arms, neck, face hands, legs... very frustrated

3-7am very itchy and fussy :-(

Bad night

Day 14, Saturday

Went to watch Daddy's ball tournament

Took nap 4-5pm

Went out to dinner with grandparents

Played at hotel room at grandparents. All over bed and hotel furniture

Took Z before bed

Woke up once during night.

She looked to be getting a little more rashy on her legs.
Forehead, eyes, neck are red.

Day 13, Friday

Went to YMCA during the day

6:00pm Forehead and eyes looked a little red

Went to park for 30 minutes

Went to SportsAuthority 15 minutes

Took a bath. Used new Cetaphil soap

Arms and legs looked ok but rash beginning to develop on legs

Little fussy when sleeping but fell asleep pretty fast.

Woke up itchy 3:00am

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Day 12

4:45am woke up. very itchy on the wrists. had milk and went back to sleep.

8:30am still sleeping when I went to work.

Overall, her face cleared up and her arms, hands, feet, and legs look really good.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Day 11

4:45am woke up, had milk, and went back to sleep

8:00am still sleeping when I got up.

11:00am took an early bath today. used very little soap to wash hair only.

6:00pm went to library for arts and crafts

7:00pm CM looked good today. Forehead was clear.

10:00pm Took Z. Put T on trouble spots on legs, wrist, and feet. Put C 1% on forehead

Fell asleep pretty fast but was a little grouchy.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Day 10

2:00am I woke up and couldn't fall back asleep for a long time so I just spent my time looking at CM. She seemed to be sleeping pretty comfortably.

3:00-5:00 am CM started to become more itchy and I would scratch/rub the areas that she scratched. At one point she sat up in bed very frustrated and frantically scratching everywhere. I calmed her down and she fell back asleep. Got her milk around 5:00am Finally climbed on mom and fell asleep on her until morning 8:00am

Took Z in the morning

Woke up from her afternoon nap itchy on hands and neck. Slepts on mom-in-law bed.

Went to Barnes and Noble for story time and crafts.

7:30pm CM looked pretty clear on the face/forehead which was much better than the previous day. She had a little rash on her legs and around her wrists but overall, she looked pretty good.

No bath today

Washed blankets, bed sheets, and pillow cases.

10:15pm Took Z, Put T on her rashy spots on legs, feet, and wrist

Fell asleep pretty fast and was a little itchy.

Day 9

11:00am Put C all around neck.


No Z all day but itchy throughout the day on forehead, neck, and feet.


10:30pm - put C on arms and legs and hands. No Z before bed. Fell asleep w/o too much fussiness

majority of Rash on arms and legs from previous day gone.

beginning to scratch up hands more again.

Monday, June 4, 2007

Week 1 observations

CM started sleeping better towards the end of the week and pretty good on Saturday afternoon.
Then we went to BB at night and things seemed to go down hill from there.

Sunday she was itchy through out the day, had Z in morning, and she eventually broke out into full rash on arms and legs at night and had a tough night (sunday to monday)

Clean bed sheets definitely seem to be helping her sleep at night but she usually looks a lot worse after her baths.

Day 8

2::00am woke up and was itchy. Had milk and went back to sleep
3:00am woke up again and fell back asleep with me scratching her arms, legs, feet

7:00am woke up and had milk again and slept a little more.

She seemed to be more itchy in the morning with rash around her neck and arms.

10:30am - took Z

Church - all over the chairs at church

Went to Costco

Fell asleep on way back home in car and slept from 1:30pm to about 3pm

Ate cherry's

5:45pm Went to park

7:00pm - Took bath and washed her hair and body with Soap. put lotion on afterwards

8:00pm - Had Thai food for dinner (us) but she looked to be getting really itchy so we moved her living room to eat her food.

Ate pretty well, rice, cauliflower, veggies

10:00pm - She looked pretty bad on arms and legs. rash (red blotches). Put T on her legs, C on her arms

Had Z before bed.

Fell asleep pretty fast but was really itchy.

woke up several times during the night and i had to scratch her to calm her down. had milk around 1:30am, then again around 4am?

overall, this was a pretty bad night for her and us.

Could it be the cherrys she ate? Soap? or exposure and BestBuy and Church?

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Day 7

CM woke up around 3am, had milk and fell back asleep again. Was a little more itchy/scratching than previous 2 nights.

7:20am woke up, had milk and fell back asleep

9:45am woke up. Over all, she slept the longest ~10:45pm last night to 9:45am today

Her skin was pretty good.

Washed the bedsheets, blanket, and pillow cases again

Played with homemade play-do (baking-soda/cornstarch) and towards the end she had red blotches on her arms.

Washed her arms with water and patted dry with towel and the red blotches seemed to go away.

3:30pm nap time. Played around in bed for around 20 minutes and fell asleep by herself. No scratching or fussing. YES! :)

8:00pm Went to BestBuy and CM was busy exploring and getting (touching) into everything. After we came home, it looked like she was beginning to break out in a rash on her arms.
Washed off her hands and forearms with Soap.

Was a little bit more fussy going to sleep because she was itchy.

No Z and no C before bed.

Friday, June 1, 2007

Day 6

4:30am - woke up itchy on fingers, and legs. Had milk and fell back asleep

7:45am - woke up. Arms, hands, legs, and feet look pretty clear. Hands healing nicely.

I'm thinking about using baking soda to wash her hands throughout the day (3 parts baking soda, 1 part water). This will remove dirt and hopefully won't dry out her hands.

7:30pm - Eyes were a little swollen when I came home from work. Mom-in-law said that she did not take Z today. CM was itchy mostly around her neck. Skin seemed a little rashy on arms and legs and feet. Hands were OK.

9:00pm - Took a bath. Used the baking soda paste... it seemed to burn her hands a little because of all her scratches and cuts. Did not use soap for her bath. Lathered her with A after her bath.

10:30pm - Running around like a mad girl playing with her brother. Played in BW's room a little bit, on his bed, lying on his pillows, playing with his toys.

Her skin seemed a little more rashy with red quarter size bumps on her arms and legs. Neck is red. Does this have something to do with her running around and getting hot?

Put C on her arms and legs where the red spots were.
Seems grouchy at bed time. Too much play time before bed?

Did not take Z.

She ended up falling asleep fairly easily with a little more itchiness and fusiness than the previous 2 days.

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Day 5

CM fell asleep pretty fast last night with only minimal itchiness and scratching.
Woke up once at 4:45am, had milk, and fell back asleep.
Arms and legs are pretty clear.

12:00pm - Took Z.

7:00pm - arms and legs seemed to be on the verge of a break out. See a few nickel size bumps beginning to form on her arms and legs. This was around dinner time.

She had A-vegetable, sticky-rice-cake, and cucumbers for dinner

11:00pm - Did not take Z or put on C.
Fell asleep pretty fast