OK a summary of where I am at with this ED
*Spent 8 weeks on the moderate chemical RPAH diet without egg/soy/dairy/gluten/nuts.
Finally hit baseline when I reduced the serves of moderates to 2 serves a day.
*Did food challenge for salicylates (sals) through breastmilk (protocol invloves eating 6 (or more) x100g serves a day of high and very high sals)
* Kai failed challenge by Day 2
* waited for 3 clear days, go back to baseline diet. Started amine food challenge through breastmilk
(Kai and I reacted to dark chocolate on DAy 1, so started again without chocolate incase it was the caffeine and bromine) Ate 6 x 100g serves a day of amines (bannanas, papaya and canned tuna and fesh salmon)
* Kai lasted till Day 7. On Day 8 he developed a small rash on his cheeks and showed some mild discomfort. He actually is considered to have failed this challenge

* Went back to baselines and waited for 3 clear days.
* Starting Kai on solids of low chemical foods (started today) (we know he tolerates them due to the fact his baseline is somewhere between low and moderate chemical).
Where to from here?1. Introduce safe "low" foods every 3 days to build up a basic diet for Kai (rice, potato, choko, chicken, pear & swede)
2. Liberalisation of animes and salicylates for me whilst Kai holds his diet constant. ( So I can eat more). We know I should be able to add quite a few more amines as he went quite well on the challenge.
3. Expand Kais diet to other "lows" Hopefully this means gluten free grains and oils too. I want to start making him rusks etc
4. We are assuming he will fail dairy and wheat, so next liberalisation of these to add butter and oats for me for 7 days, to see if he can tolerate these small amounts through my milk.
5. Glutamate challenge and antioxident challenge
6. Liberalisation of amines and sals for Kai's diet so he can eat more widely (the veges and fruits are otherwise very limited)
LIBERALISATION PROTOCOL FOR KAI.The liberalisation protocol for Kai will be to be eat 1 teaspoon every 3 days of a moderate sal or amine for two weeks. If he can tolerate that he can move to next level of 1 teaspoon every second day for two weeks, then 1 teaspoon daily for two weeks. If there are no reactions on weeks 9&10 he will be on one tablespoon a day of "moderate"amines or sals.
If there is a minor reaction at any point, then continue on as the symptoms may settle. If an adverse reaction then go back to previous level, and stay at that level.
Not sure what the serving sizes and rate will be for myself for liberalisation, as the chemicals are well filtered in the milk. I think I get to add one extra serve of moderates every day for two weeks and then up from there.
as time marches on and he takes less BM, I will be able to eat more serves of each problem food simply because he is taking less volume than previously.
I also have high hopes that as he approaches 1 year old his tolerance will go right up and he can start eating really widely.