Garlic Update

Owen received increased increments of ketchup. It started with a jelly bean size, then a dime size, then a nickel size. There was some increased redness on his face, especially under his eyes. Then he accidentally ate 1 tablespoons of ketchup. It seemed that the redness on his face spiked at that time.

We decided to temporarily stop the garlic trial at that time. There were too many variables in the equation, and we were not positive that the redness was from the garlic. At the time, we were at the beach. Owen was exposed to sunblock, sun, and sand, which could have contributed to the redness. It seemed like his skin improved when we stopped the ketchup (even though he was still exposed to sun, sunblock, sand, etc).

Once we returned from vacation, we started eating ketchup again. I give him penny sized amounts, and he seems to be tolerating it. I gave him a dime sized piece of chicken nugget, and there was no reaction.

So we are still in the midst of a garlic trial. I am taking it extremely slow, because I want it to work so badly.

And by the way, he LOVES garlic. He want it on everything- hot dogs, hamburger, chicken, mandarin oranges, anything!