Noah was having a hard time sleeping last night and was being really fussy. The room was dark, but I decided to turn on a light and look at his face. Poor thing was bright red. The reaction to the formula had gotten worse and his face was all blotchy with a hives-like rash. He was probably super itchy, which is why he couldn't sleep.
We called an after-hours nurse's hotline, and they suggested we take him to the ER, to check to make sure the reaction didn't progress and effect his breathing. I think everyone was erring on the side of caution.
I kind of felt dumb because by the time we drove to the ER, Noah looked much better. Plus he was in a great mood. All smiles and giggles. He thought it was a great adventure being up that late at night. His face was still a little red, but much better than when we had left the house. The ER nurses probably thought we were over-protective freak parents, which is still partially true, but in our defense I wasn't planning on going to the ER until the phone nurse told us to. Anyway, I know people have problems with Kaiser, but so far I've been so happy with our experiences there. We waited in the waiting room for about 20 minutes, then got in to see a doctor who told us that we could give him a little children's Benadryl if Noah was really bothered, but that otherwise he seemed fine, and we were sent on our way.
Noah fell asleep in the car ride home and proceed to sleep for the next 5 hours in his crib, without any Benadryl, so I guess he wasn't that bothered after all. After dropping us off at home, poor Grant drove all around trying to find an all night pharmacy to buy some Benadryl, just in case, though we didn't end up needing it.
This morning, we all slept in, but Noah looked much better. A little rash was still around, but overall much better. Now I can add food allergy paranoia to my growing list of parental concerns. Great.
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