These are gingerbread cookies I brought in to my son’s class last week when they decorated gingerbread snowmen. I used the recipe for my gingerbread house and small fluted cookie cutters and everyone loved them. I don’t have time to make cookies tonight because I am too busy wrapping. We have a big beautiful sparkly […]

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Q: I have a 4 month old who I breast fed up until recently. He has been on similac sensitive which he does not appear to have a reaction to. However after trying both rice cereal and oatmeal cereal his cheeks turn red and he gets fussy. I am going to stop trying the cereal […]

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  • Emmy - Thanks for the quick response! You are a great help. I am so happy I stumbled across your blog! It is so nice to have people like you sharing information that they have gathered. I am new to being a mom and just feel clueless sometimes as to what I am suppose to do. Like you and mother’s across the globe I just want what’s best for my child :) Thanks for taking the time to communicate with me. I will be frequenting your blog as I am now hooked on your little man and what you have been going through. I admire your determination and dedication.Your cute little guy is SO lucky to have you for a mother :)ReplyCancel

  • Jill - The cause of red cheeks is most likely an allergy, but don’t rule out candida. My autistic son had flaming red cheeks as he was regressing after his MMR and right before we knew he couldn’t tolerate gluten, dairy or soy because of his leaky gut. Just my 2 cents…ReplyCancel

After months of being healthy, my son’s bright red cheeks returned in November. Although many people might say “oh, he’s hot” or “oh, he’s been running around” when his cheeks would turn red, there are some tell tale signs that his red cheeks are more than being overheated. Besides being bright red, they have a […]

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  • Cannon and Kassie - Oh man Kirstin, I know you will make the best of it. You are SO dedicated, I really admire you! I hope that you guys can come by tomorrow : )ReplyCancel

  • Emmy - I just made this comment on an older post and was not sure if you are checking older posts. Sorry for the repeat comment but I am a new mother to a son and am already so paranoid about all of this stuff. Here was my comment:

    Hello just came across your blog because I googled babies and red cheeks. I have a 4 month old who I breast fed up until recently. He has been on similac sensitive which he does not appear to have a reaction to. However after trying both rice cereal and oatmeal cereal his cheeks turn red and he gets fussy. I am going to stop trying the cereal but how do I know if this is something to be concerned with or not? He has been teething since 3 months but there is an obvious correlation between the cereal and the red cheeks. He also still does not sleep through the night. He slept twice through the night around Thanksgiving and then continued to be up once and now he is getting up several times again! I guess I am wondering what your child was like at 4 months? Am I being paranoid or could he have a gluten/allergy problem too?ReplyCancel

  • Our Family Is His - Oh my!!!! THIS IS MY SON! I keep telling people it’s something he’s eating and I keep hearing “oh, he’s just hot”. Hello, it was 6 degrees last week. How is the child hot? Finally my Mom watched it happen with bananas the day after Christmas. He ate them, wham, here came the cheeks. Though, this time the red also started blotching his face. We never knew he had a banana issue until the 26th. But he seems to do it a lot. And it has that rougher appearance as well. I am going to read, with more care, your post again and gleen any new information I don’t have. But I just wanted to say, my son’s pictures would look just like yours if we compared cheeks.ReplyCancel

  • Lisa - Just wondering if eliminating cane sugar has helped your son's cheeks? I have three sons, each with his own particular combination of food allergies & sensitivities, and I'm trying to get more information about the ALCAT. None of our doctors have even heard of it, and I am reluctant to try to have it done online (how do you know if these people are reliable?). It seems like the ALCAT can be the answer to the allergic family's prayers, but the high cost has made me reluctant to jump in with both feet. Would you say it worked for you and your son? And on another note, do you have any other allergic family members, and how do you handle cooking for people with different sensitivities? Thanks for your help!ReplyCancel

  • Cassie - My 1.5 yr old son has the same, red and very chapped and scaly cheeks. He has dry skin on his arms, legs, elbows, but nothing like the scales and redness on his cheeks and sometimes chin. I have celiac disease and he has the two genes that are associated with it but they are not active at this time. The blood test came out negative at this point. They want to see a malnourished, failure to thrive child before they call him celiac, although they finally did the test after I forced them. Then, I saw an allergist who performed the basic food allergy tests and he wasn't allergic to milk, wheat, peanuts, all the regular that they test for. I hate to continue going to Dr.s, next maybe a dermatologist? But I also hate to put him gluten free if it's not that! I just want to know for certain. Any ideas, suggestions, or hints about dealing with the diagnosis and doctors would be of much help. I am really at my whits end!!

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    Cassie
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Jenny McCarthy wasn’t on Larry King on Saturday (oops!) but Suzanne Somers was talking about her new book called Breakthrough-Eight Steps to Wellness which is about avoiding chemicals and detoxifying your body. For her book she interviewed twenty medical doctors from all over the world who have stepped back from conventional medicine about their top […]

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  • Cannon and Kassie - CANOLA OIL!!! I am so sick of seeing it in everything! Maybe now that a celebrity is saying it people will get the picture. It is so hard to anything including dried fruit without canola oil…since you are so much more articulate will you write a post on it? If not then I will have to get some info together and do it….argh! Thank you as always for your very smart, practical posts. Avoid chemicals duh?? I wish that people would get it and take charge of their health. Hope you are doing well!

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