I'm getting really discouraged while figuring out what is going on with DS2's food sensitivities. I've been dairy/soy free for close to 2 months now, and his reflux symptoms (silent reflux) cleared up within days, so now we're down to one last, persistant symptom--the mucous in the poop. Because it got to the point that it was pretty much every diaper, and quite a bit at times, I finally went on a pretty strict ED 12 days ago (basically the RPAH diet, only I hadn't heard of that one before)--cut out all allergenic foods, moderate to high SALs, and by elimination, MSG and most amines. I am still eating chicken that has amines in it.
So my question is, if mucous is the only symptom, does that lean towards this probably being one thing or another? I saw something about classic symptoms for SALs sensitivity and it included a lot of things we don't have any issues with. I suppose NW could be a symptom, but he's never STTN so that's not new, and he does fairly well (by my babies standards) with only 1 to 2 NW per night (we don't DF).
I'm just trying to figure out where to go next with this whole thing if our symptoms don't start improving soon. I'm going to give this a few more days, but then I don't know if I need to crack down on the amines and possibly external exposure (lotions, shampoo, etc. . .), or if I should switch to no carbs and sugars (GAPS diet)--I'm only having rice and potatoes now, and a little maple syrup the last 3 days. Or if I just give up and start adding the allergens back in slowly to make sure that they don't make anything worse (but I haven't seen improvement yet.)
Henry is really a pretty happy baby, sleeps pretty well (room for improvement, but he's so much better than my other babies that it feels pretty easy), no rashes except occasionally a mild diaper one in the a.m. that usually goes away throughout the day--I think just from being in his night diaper for too long.
We also don't really have any family history that would lean towards any sort of chemical imbalance, at least with DH or I. My other 2 were both MSPI, but that was it. ALthough I do wonder if DD would benefit from some change because she's always been very spirited and emotional, but she doesn't have any other symptoms that make it obvious its a dietary thing.
I'm just at a loss and really getting sick of rice.
