We started feeding Tyler rice cereral last Monday, and by Friday he was obviously not feeling well.  His rashes were worse, he was clingy and lethargic and had huge bags and circles under his eyes.  We didn't give him any rice cereal on Friday, and Saturday he was feeling much better.  But maybe it was a coincidence.  We checked with the pediatrician and she said that the blood test checked for rice and that he had come up negative.  Maybe it wasn't the rice, maybe it was something else.  On Sunday we tried adding a teaspoon of oatmeal to his bottle and after a few swallows he started freaking out, crying and not wanting to eat and broke out in hives on the back of his head and down his back.  But again, maybe it was a coincidence, because we had just given him a bath and dressed him up in a little terry cloth robe (see the pics in the next post -- too cute!).  He's never worn terry cloth, so maybe the fabric had irritated his skin.  Or maybe it was the soy oil in the oatmeal.  Arrggghhh!  That's what is so frustrating about all this, it is so hard to separate cause and effect with these symptoms.  The pediatrician said to stop all solids for now, and wait to see what the specialists have to say at his appointment on Friday (gastroenterologist and allergist).  The hard part right now is that the Elecare formula must not be very satisfying, because he acts like he's famished all the time.  So today we started concentrating his formula mixture (increasing the powder to water ratio).  Hopefully that will help...