DR. PEDIATRICIAN:
Great. Well, you can go ahead and start giving The Boy yogurt and cheese, everything but straight milk as far as dairy goes.
{4-5 days and a couple of YoBaby products later, enter one nasty, zitty, rash around nose, mouth, eyes, chest. The Scene: Home}
ME: Oh, my poor baby! We will put an end to the products of YoBaby and this horrible affliction will abandon you.
{3 weeks later, the horrible affliction has not abandoned The Boy. The Scene: Pediatrician's office}
ME: Dr. Pediatrician, I don't know what to do! This horrible affliction will not abandon my baby, though we have not partaken of any yogurt for weeks. His breathing is sometimes heavy, his nose clearly has the itch and just this morning he sneezed about 7 times in a row. What can we do?
DR. PEDIATRICIAN: We will do a test. Please take your poor, and already suffering baby to receive much pain as we extract his bodily fluid from his very veins. Also, use this prescription creme in conjunction with hydrocortisone on the horrible rash. Also, stop all dairy of all kinds for two weeks to see if it helps... you know, just in case. And you, too, since you're still breast-feeding.
ME: Oh, okay. *sigh*
{Later that night. The Scene: Home}
THE HUSBAND: What shall we have for dinner tonight?
ME: You and the girl may have cheese omelets. You and the girl may have macaroni and cheese. You and the girl may have sherbet and pudding and chocolate chips, though you probably wouldn't want to mix them all together. You and the girl may have anything you want. I will have dry froot loops. The boy will have actual fruit, albeit pureed. The boy will no longer have any finger foods as they all contain milk, at least milk whey. *sigh* And maybe the horrible affliction will finally abandon my poor baby.
3 comments:
I'm so sorry. You are an amazing Mom who sacrifices so many comforts for the good of your beloved children, but I'm sorry you have to give up dairy, too! That is an incredibly bummer especially considering what huge milk fans you all are. Mermaid can't digest milk, but she doesn't get a skin rash, she just gets constipated and has bloody stool. Still, I'm a bad enough mother that I've been giving her milk with miralax until the next budget cycle when I can afford more almond milk. It has been interesting to see how much more quickly she progresses on a diet of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and almond milk. She spent a month dairy free and her hearing test came out in the normal range (less congestion?) You may want to look into dairy free chocolates!! ;)
Huge Bummer! Hope you figure out what the exact cause is....For example I am allergic to Oranges but am fine with other citrus like lemons. Odd, huh? I am dying to see pictures of your little one! They grow up too fast! Can you believe G is already 16 months old????!!!! It seems like yesterday when you and your mom were at my baby shower with the most darling gifts ever! (Which, by the way, I passed some of them onto Julianne when G outgrew them so you might just see them again someday!) I hope you guys are doing well. Love you! Lisa and the circus acts.
I like how you told the story. But it's a bummer about the rash and dietary upheaval.
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