Artificial Colors and Flavors

Beeps seems to be getting a constant face rash lately that itches and is practically ripping her bottom lip open.  We have to put on hydrocortizone every night to keep it from bleeding.  What is causing this?  She's definitely not eating nuts.

We are using the elimination method to track down what her body doesn't like but it's so hard to narrow it down.  We cut out the following things:

- chocolate (candy and powder)
- all candies
- fake cheese
- real cheese
- all sauces

but she was STILL getting a mouth rash.  She is eating plain foods at the moment and really only healthy food items.  What is it????

I was handing out the kids daily vitamins and it suddenly dawned on me that we switched to a new brand of  vitamins in the last few weeks (Kirkland).  I checked the ingredients and it had artifical color in it.  Hmmmm.  That might be it!  So we have changed the vitamins with a version that has no artifical color or flavor in it to see if it helps.  We will see.