Just Kidding

So I'm not a doctor, and I'm not really sure how allergies work beyond the basics, but this one has got me totally thrown.  Saturday AJ had a reaction to eggs.  If you are keeping score, the progression has gone like this:

~2 months ago:  yolks, no reaction
~1 month ago:  whole egg, no reaction
Florida 3 weeks ago:  whole egg (undercooked?), a few hives all of a sudden while he ate
Last week:  Whole egg twice in the week, no reaction
Saturday:
Egg for lunch (ate the whole thing), red spots on face, or just messy eating?
Wake up from nap, hives on his face, ears very red and starting to swell(?!), followed by hives on neck, redness and hives on his legs, under arms and on belly.

Poor kiddo!  Although none of this seemed to phase him at all...so I guess poor mom and dad is more like it.

I had no idea your ears could swell from an allergy.  So, AJ got his first dose of Benedryl ever on Saturday and symptoms subsided within 30 minutes.  I don't know if the level of egg cooked-ness is a real thing or not, and maybe he'd be fine eating something with egg as an ingredient, but I'm not really very eager to try.

In happier news, AJ loves being outside now that the weather is nicer!  He constantly asks to go over to the window or door with an aggressive point of his arm.  He's been 'walking' holding our fingers more and more and even though when he tries to say most words they come out as "da" "ba" or "ka" he actually does have consistent words for 'up' (puh),  'milk' (ka), and 'car' (ca), not to be confused with his word for 'vacuum' which is more like a German back of the throat kkkkkkkkkaaaaa or the sound you would make if you swallowed a bug.  He is obsessed with the vacuum.  Even the swiffer will due in absence of a vacuum.  The cutest thing lately though is if you ask him if he has smelly feet, he reaches down to get his foot and smells it with a nose inhale sound and all.  He also plays peekaboo with himself in the mirror when he wakes up in the morning.  He has been much more willing to give mommy hugs and 'cuddle' with daddy, which he learned from one of his books, called (of course) "Cuddle".  He got a stuffed animal for Easter which he immediately hugged, as he does his other stuffed animals.  It is beyond adorable to see him start to show affection, and even kind of know what it means.  Almost 14 months old... where did the time go!