Vegan Breakfast

Here's our little eater...without hives.
Many of you know that Massimo has been getting hives with EVERYTHING he's tried (rice and oatmeal cereals and carrots)except for sweet potatoes...we think. So here he is enjoying the one thing he was safe with.
We took him to the allergist for the skin-prick test. Surprisingly, he had NO reaction to either of the cereals OR the carrots. So they went on to test him for allergies to wheat milk and soy. Nothing much of a reaction there either. So they threw eggs into the mix...dun, dun, dun. That was the one. He is young, so it isn't surprising. There is a 60-70% chance he'll outgrow that. The best possibility for that is if he is no longer exposed to eggs or egg products. Since he is nursing primarily, that means I have been put on a strict NO eggs, no peanuts and no nuts diet (going on the assumptin that he is highly likely to be allergic to nuts with our family history). As the doctor started to list off things that I could no longer eat I felt my eyes grow larger and larger. Pancakes were out, some breads, mayo, salad dressings, some ice creams and rolls, my cereal bars, cereals and favorite chocolate treats and on and on. Thus the vegan breakfast. For anyone that know about veganism, our breakfast was really nothing of the sort, but it felt like it.
So now I know that 1/2 a ripe banana mashed up is a pretty good replacement for an egg in pancakes. Next I'll try a flax seed "mush" to replace an egg. That'll have great omega-3 benefits as well.
The hope is that as Massimo gets eggs out of his system (by me getting them out of mine) his little body will calm down. That should mean less hives. He has extremely sensitive skin, so we are supposed to try and feed him w/o getting the food all over his face. Hello??! Does this doctor know anything about feeding an infant?! She said we just needed to do our best.
We are to avoid cereals and carrots until several months down the road...just in case. So pears, peaches and plain potatoes are next on the menu. Wish us luck. I didn't have any such baby food in the house, but we had a rather ripe pear so I peeled it and threw it in the processor with some H20 and he quite liked it. Tried our best to keep his face clean. Still saw one hive. Better than a face full, right? After trying a few things we'll chat w/ the allergist again and go from there.
He's our little champ!