‘My baby is allergic to our beloved dogs and now I don’t know what to do’

Ellen Fitzpatrick

Dogs and babies can be an iffy one, sometimes it works out incredibly well and the two are instant best friends and other times it can go terribly wrong.

For one mum, it has become a huge internal battle because as it turns out, her 10-month-old baby is allergic to dogs.

Taking to Reddit, one mum revealed she is in a dilemma over what to do about the situation after they learned of their daughter’s allergy.

Explaining the situation, the mum said since her daughter has been more active and is now crawling much more, she noticed she began breaking out into hives at least once a day.

Typically, it was happening after she had been in contact with one of her two dogs and they instantly knew something was wrong.

The same thing happened when the baby interacted with her sister’s dog, and nobody had picked up on it before as the baby had her own designated play area away from the pups.

After it was confirmed she was allergic to dogs and eggs, the parents are now at a complete loss.

She said: “The allergist recommended making them outside dogs and keeping them separated or rehoming. We have no family members who can take them in.

“One dog I have had since before meeting my husband, he’s 6. The other is a little over 1 and we got her when I was pregnant in hopes for her and the baby to grow up together, this one is deaf, and gets a lot of help from our male.

“We will be getting blood work done in two months to see the levels of the allergy but not sure what to do in the meantime.”

Of course, there is no doubt in her mind that if it came down to it, she will choose her baby over the dogs and fears her daughter will only get more sick.

Asking for advice, one person came back and said: “No question you have to rehome. I understand the struggle and don’t judge you for writing this post. I am a dog lover and I would struggle with this too but my kids come first no matter what.”

Another said: “Total separation until you can re-home. Even if it’s a mild allergy, your dogs will live for many more years. If you keep them that would be a miserable at home for a child with an allergy. Even if the worst that happens is hives and runny nose/post nasal drip.”