Hives

So I have discovered to my dismay that Smiles may be allergic to tomatoes. Last night after eating the homemade tomato sauce I made from the dozens of tomatoes I have lined up on my counters she had red and blotchy lips that were slightly larger than usual. After giving her the spaghetti again for lunch today, her lips swelled again and a few hours later she developed red spots all along the upper part of her arms and chest. Since I know she did not get bitten by anything I am fairly certain they were hives. You see I have never actually encountered hives before in person. Sure I have heard lots of people talk about how they or their children get them due to one allergy or another.

Sigh to be absolutely certain I have to make sure that Smiles does not partake of any tomato products at all for the next week. Since I doubt all of my green tomatoes will be ripe before next week I can give her one then and see if she reacts. I am wondering if it fresh tomatoes or just the sauce. Since Hubby has a mild intolerance to fresh tomatoes this is a bit of a surprise but not a huge one. He has no problem with cooked or canned tomatoes so it must be the enzymes in the skin of the tomatoes before it gets cooked off or changed when put into salsa. But I peeled the skins off before making the sauce last night. Of course I only cooked it for about 45 minutes. That might also have made the difference. But alas I won't know until next week sometime.

Ok so today I also did

1. Dishes.
2. Put books back into the bookshelf now in the living room.
3. I read books to Smiles.
4. I hosted Little H for a couple of hours this afternoon.
5. I folded and put away the laundry.

Yesterday I did stuff too but other than be grouchy for no discernible reason the only things of note was making the tomato sauce and having swept the floor. Now hopefully one of these days I will actually get around to mopping the floor. Oh and growing an increasingly active child. Wow this kid has good kicks and punches. I let Smiles feel the baby kick today before I took a nap. She was quite happy about it.