Our Milk/Soy Free Journey -PICS added

[Mydreamcametrue]

Officially I have DH on my side to eliminate all dairy and soy (hidden is all we were doing anyhow) from Tyler's diet.

I would like to keep track of our progress here (hope it is okay )

12-7-2008
 Started Milk/Soy Free Diet

12-8-2008

Today he has been an angel.  Gosh, I think he maybe cried and fussed 10 minutes. 
Breakfast - Eggs, Turkey Bacon
Snack - Ritz crackers, graham crackers
Lunch - 1 plain hamburger pattie, madarin oranges
Snack - Banana, Apple, crackers
Dinner - Spegetti (made with Prego - safe), 2 cresent rolls (Pillsbury, which are safe, brocolli
Bedtime Treat - 2 Homemade Peanut butter cookies (safe)

Water, juice and Rice Milk.

*Note:  He did have sugar and fruit combined today within 4 hours of each other, which we were told to avoid by the Food Intolerance test.  He seemed fine though.

--------  Bed at 7:00 with no problems.
---------- Rash is still on face

Let's see what time he wakes tom morning.

[Spectra]

Ooo I hope he does well tomorrow for you!

[Vicku]

Good luck hun!

[Mydreamcametrue]

Well he woke up 4:00 this morning and would not go back to sleep   He is deft. ready for 1 nap a day.

Breakfast he ate:  2 eggs with ham, 1 mini pancake (all made safe)
Snack:  Ritz crackers
Lunch:  1 safe hotdog, fruit
Rice milk, water and juice

He has been fussy today, but I am almost certain that was from a sucker he got from the bank. 

The rash on his face, arms and legs are still there, but do not feel nearly as rough.

I am giving it a full 2 weeks!

Wendy

[Mydreamcametrue]

Well he woke early from his nap, Zach woke him up or I think.  Anyhow, he was unbearable ever since :-0 

His face looks awful.  He ate safe sepegetti, cresent rolls and a few vegetables for dinner.

I just wonder if maybe it is just something else.  Maybe he has a bad allergy to dust mites or something.  He is always rolling around on the carpet. 

[binxyboo]

I would stick with it for a while...you know sometimes things look worse before they get better...

HUGS

[Mydreamcametrue]

Here are some pics from today.  I know I am not going to see instant results, but I would have suspected some improvement within 3 days, just a little.

[Alison_3]

So glad DH is on board.  That should make things a bit easier knowing he's behind you.  I'll be here following along and I agree, stick with it and I hope you see improvements ASAP. 
 

[Mydreamcametrue]

I am going to stick with it.  If I don't see any change, I am just going to say the heck with everything and try Plan B. 

Plan B is....  FEED him lots and lots and whatever.  Our Ped. seems to think he needs more to eat and is fussy because he is so hungry and his skin is just KP - Kerotosis Pilaris. 

We go for our 15 month check-up on Friday and I don't think he has gained any weight since he was 12 months. 

He was always in the 90% for weight and had dropped to 50% and told me I was not feeding him enough.

So we shall see.

[*Natasha*]

Wendy have you thought that the rash could be an allergic reaction to soap?
My DH and DD1 get these rashes too as soon as i eliminated soap in bath and washing powder it has been great no problems.

[binxyboo]

Hmmmm, not all that sure about what your paed said. For a start, he was TINY when he was born, so he hasn't always been on the 90%, he just had tremendous gain in the early months. And Riley has gained about 10lbs in the past 2.5 years total, if that!

What were you feeding him that led her to make that comment?

[Mydreamcametrue]

Natasha:  I have thought about that and have changed to Cetaphil soap and All Clear detergent. 

Hi Michelle:  He had always been such a bigger boy, well soon after he was born.  He is now 15 months and is 23 pounds. 

- I think at that point, at 12 months.  I was avoiding dairy, soy and wheat.  I tried it then for 2 weeks and saw no improvement.  That is when she told me "The kid is hungry, feed him"  "There is nothing you can do for this "rash", it is a classic case of KP, nothing you feed him will change that".

So that is when I switched to Lactaid Whole Milk.  He then woke up covered front to back in poop.  At the same time though, Zach had just gotten over a stomach bug.  So I thought maybe it was that.  We tried again and the same thing happened.

I mean does it look like an allergy rash or should I just not really worry. 

[binxyboo]

I have no idea...I would stick to what you are doing for at least 2 weeks, if not more, then see where you are at. Riley still gets rough patches when he eats too much dairy, he is handling it better now he is older though.

This stuff can drive you nuts if you think about it too much!

I mean, do you think he is hungry? I presume you let him eat his fill of safe foods.

[Alison_3]

It's so hard to know what to do...I gave Charlie yogurt the other day for the first time in weeks and his face is a mess and he was up a few times during the night, plus yucky diapers. 

I agree about giving it two weeks and go from there.  You're doing a great job!

[Mydreamcametrue]

  Thanks. 

Yeah it just makes you wonder because when he was at my sisters for the weekend (about 2 weeks ago), she fed him anything and everything.  Pizza, Cheese toast, french fries, hot dogs, pancakes, eggs.

She said he was an angel, slept great, did not wake up at all in the middle of the night, never ever fussed. 

Sometimes I wonder if it is just me   Maybe I should not really worry and do what she did and see how it goes.  Maybe I am just trying to hard to find a reason he is so fussy and not really focusing on him and putting my mind on playing and enjoying him.