Rashes galore

Poor little Siena's butt. I started the week out by giving her soy milk. Things went well on Monday and Tuesday. I stopped the soy Tuesday night. All seemed good. She had been getting whole wheat bagels and pita bread as well, but that started last week. On Wednesday afternoon I gave her a piece of organic bread whose last ingredient is Whey which is a milk protein. Starting that night she had a slight rash but nothing of concern. By Thursday night she had a screaming red rash and was pretty upset. She did not sleep well last night. She was up constantly, gassy, etc... She was not her self 100% today. Rash is still here, she is still gassy.

I am frustrated because the rash resembles what I am assuming is diaper rash however when she was on her hypo allergenic diet for 10 weeks which was basically no soy, no dairy, all hypoallergenic formula and her normal jarred baby food she didn't have one rash. Before we discovered her "allergies" she had the rash's on and off, a head tilt, gassy, never sleeping consistently,etc... Now that we are introducing new items in her diet she is getting the rash again. But the rash is isolated only to the diaper area. Also, the rash can occur when there is no poop in the diaper, like it did with the last round of antibiotics. It makes no sense to me that this is classic diaper rash because she would have had the rash during those 10 weeks as well. I am going to take wheat, soy and dairy back out of her diet and wait two weeks and see how she does.

I am wishing I could take her in to see her Doc, but she just had a baby and wont be back until August. I might ask for a referral to an allergist or dermatologist so they can see the rash (I will have to take a picture of it for them to see).

Finger's crossed the rash goes away soon. Poor girl freaks out over it and I would really like to get her back in cloth diapers to save money.