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You may remember me from posts such as "Is my baby a (beautiful) freak?".

We went to the GP about Lex's odd face rash, and that coupled with red,'watery eyes, coughing and sneezing points towards a nasty case of hayfever. I've been told that giving her locally produced honey may very well help, but has anyone got any other practical suggestions?

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Ruth you might want to double check the advice re honey. I thought that in the UK honey is not recommended for under 1s because of the risk of botulism - which is rare but very dangerous. Although I just read in a French magazine that it's a risk for babies under 6 months but it wasn't a medical journal or anything.

Btw thanks for posting because my little girl has recently started displaying all these symptoms. Will look into it.

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Tips I've heard for adults but may help babies: airing rooms early in the day rather than later as pollen count is lower, brushing hair to get particules out. Maybe washing hair in evening? When I was pregnant and didnt want to take antihistemines I was told that applying vaseline around nostrils helped but never tried it. Not sure it would work for a baby though.
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Hi Nikki;


I did ask my GP about the botulism link, and she said the risk was very small, and in this case it was safe for Lex. I think we're both clutching at straws until her allergy clinic referral goes through.

I can email you a photo of her rash of you like, so you can see if your little girl looks the same. It's on my iPhone and I couldn't uPload it here.

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