Cold season hits differently when your baby already has food reactivity. One day you're confidently tracking symptoms, the next you're staring at concerning diapers while your little one runs a fever. Is this a food reaction, or just another virus? The frustrating truth is that viral gastroenteritis and food reactivity produce remarkably similar symptoms. Learn how to distinguish between them, when to postpone food trials, and how to protect your elimination diet progress dur

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Blood and mucus in your baby's diaper can signal FPIAP, a non-IgE food allergy affecting the colon. Unlike classic allergies, FPIAP causes delayed reactions 6-48 hours after trigger foods, making it hard to identify without systematic tracking. This comprehensive guide covers symptom recognition, elimination diet strategies, breast milk protein transfer timing, and the encouraging prognosis that many babies achieve tolerance by age 1.

About 1/3 to 1/2 of young children with stubborn eczema flare when they eat certain foods—and it's not parent intuition, it's proven science. Some kids react to crumb-level exposure, others don't flare until 24 hours later. If you're connecting dots between meals and relentless scratching, this research breakdown is for you.

When something is wrong with your baby, it feels like the world stops. Research shows that reactions breastfed babies most often experience are non-IgE mediated food allergies, which operate differently from classic reactions. Your baby isn't allergic to your breast milk, they're reacting to specific food proteins that pass through it.

Discover the latest research on how quickly food proteins, like cow's milk, transfer to breast milk and their impact on allergies.