Allergies (Part 2)

I brought Angel to her paediatrician few days back and her doctor told us that those red rashes were an allergy reaction from Angel's body, most likely from the things she touched but also could be from the food she takes. I remember last time when Angel was diagnosed for cow milk intolerance, it was 3 months after she consumed those cow milk formula that she had an allergenic reactions. So I have stopped feeding her any new type of food for the moment being and also started to ‘double’ vacuum and mop each and every inch of our house with more Dettol, clean all her toys and washed all her blankets, sheets (and ours too) in 60c hot water plus more Dettol!! Can you imagine that I have used up a big bottle of Dettol solution in just 2 days? I do not know what else I can do but clean, clean, clean and clean. I have been so busy being a 'cleaner' these few days and after all the cleaning ups, the entire house does smell like a hospital :) I also don’t know whether this will help but I really do not want to see my little girl suffers from this nasty allergy problem again. It might not be coming from our house but I just do not want to risk it. As for when she goes out ….. I think I need to be extra careful of all the things that she touches and plays with. Sometimes, I will wipe the handle and seats of the shopping trolley’s before I let Angel sits in it which I did get some strange looks from other shoppers …… they must be thinking that this mommy is a ridiculous clean-freak!

After taking the prescribed medicines, her allergy seems to be under controlled but unfortunately, not any better …… me and Angel have not been sleeping well too for the past few days because obviously, Angel’s tiny hands and feet are very itchy which makes her wakes up very often in the middle of the night crying for me. As in the day, she is very cranky and always wants my attention all the time, poor girl. Luckily her medicine does make her napping longer so that I could do some cleanings plus ready her meals. If she is not getting better by the day after tomorrow, I will bring her to the doctor again. It’s sad to see my little Angel not feeling well but I am not overly worried …… at least I know that she is in good hands. So I guess my decisions of letting go of a fabulous job is not that bad after all :)