Just Learnt Baby is Allergic to Our Cats…

The thing about allergy tests for babies is there are a LOT of false positives. Just being allergic to one thing on the test makes it more likely the skin will react to other potential allergens on the test. Hell, even the fact that her skin was pricked and a foreign substance (any substance) entered her wounded skin is going to cause some kind of reaction.

Babies can grow out of allergies, including cat allergies, especially with long-term exposure. If you see her having difficulty breathing around your cats that’s when it becomes an emergency situation and you may need to consider rehoming them and/or seeking allergy medication from your pediatrician. I would not rehome based on a reaction to an allergy test; I’d just keep it in mind and watch her symptoms.

My son has asthma and is allergic to cats. It was also a surprise because he was spending several days a week at my mom’s and she owns a cat. He never had any symptoms until this summer (he was almost 3 years old). He was wheezing after every visit until he had a full-blown asthma attack. He got prescribed desloratadine but tbh I’m so afraid that I never exposed him to cats since. Allergies are weird.

No point rehoming the cats. It’s everywhere in the house. Get a really good purifier.