Two days ago Ian was sitting at the kitchen table eating apple cinnamon oatmel, a banana, and drinking a cup of milk for lunch. While he was eating he proceeded to ask me for a snack which typically means he wants a package of fruit snacks. So I went over to the cabinet to get a pack and he starts screaming and when I got back to him his face was a blotchy beet red and his bottom lip was swollen up. I quickly washed off the remaining oatmel off his face and called the pediatrician's office to see what I needed to do for him. I was instructed to give him 2 teaspoons of Benadryl, which luckily I had on hand and to watch him for any difficulty breathing. Thankfully the Benadryl worked after about an hour or so and we did not have to take a trip to the emergency room. The only thing that we can think of that caused the reaction was the cinnamon in the oatmeal, because he has eaten oatmeal, apples, and bananas numerous times before.
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