Help needed - Elimination Diet!

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

So have only ever had to eliminate dairy while bf the older two - DD3 is more of a puzzle! Have done away with dairy, beef, soy and egg (to a degree...still have some things with hidden egg & soy) and have had some excellent weeks free of refluxy spit ups, wanting to be upright for naps etc. Now it is all back plus some horrid ezcema! Thinking of doing a bit more drastic elimination - have been questioning corn of all things as I had not really been eating things with it or corn itself.

So I need ideas on what to eat and how to approach this (as well as a way to keep me on top of it!). I am a fairly picky eater to begin with so that alone makes it tough!

[TB9]

Not much experience or advice, but my aunt is allergic to corn, so you may be on to something there!

Are you keeping a food diary?  I think that is where I would start over the next couple of weeks because no one wants to start an elimination diet right before the holidays    If you can pinpoint the problem that way then no need to do an all out elimination diet, right?

[ENMS]

Is gluten a possible culprit? You could try that, although the corn is a good idea too.

I agree with TB, a food diary may be helpful.

Is she on any probiotics? I found they helped tremendously M's intolerances.

Good luck!

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Well I keep track in my head...loosely...does that count  . Guess I should put my smartphones features to good use and keep notes! Was thinking the same thing about the holidays, not the time to start an ED.

I have been eating gluten all along, but not a lot - S is gluten free so we tend not to eat a lot of it - really only a slice or two of bread every other day or so and some thing with gluten in (pasta in soups etc, but not often that I dont use gf!).

Right now I eat oatmeal, loads of rice & veg with either chicken, pork or turkey and fruit - apples, banana, pear, oranges as thats what is available and some potato. I really have stopped eating most processed stuff as of course whole foods are easier to pinpoint reactions with! Oh and coffee...cannot live without a cup a day!!

Gee when I write it out I already dont eat much variety!! 

Probiotics...good idea! Any brand suggestions? I will have to check the natural food store when I get a chance.

[ENMS]

When M was a baby we used BioGaia to start with and then moved on to stronger probiotics for more 'variety' of strains. Here they have it at drugstores, behind the counter.

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Hmmm....even if our local drugstore has it, I bet they charge an arm and a leg for it, but will check!

[ENMS]

I don't recall how much it was! Also I'm not 100% sure whether there may have been traced of dairy in it, so make sure to check!

[TB9]

I know some LOs have trouble with oranges (dds ped doesn't have parents start with citrus until after 9mo) so that's another possibility.

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

DD2 had issues with citrus so that is a good possibility! Have been eating them all along though. Oh why cant these kids be simple?? With family history of allergies/asthma/ezcema on both sides it is not a big surprise but still!

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Hmmm...bad day today (vomit, gas, fussy since first thing, mucousy poo). Culprits - I had a wee bit of mayo, salad dressing with soybean oil and a couple of things with cornstarch (but I had something with corn flour & soybean oil the other day with no discernible rxn). The last time I ate eggs she had a day of mucous poos/fussy/gassy etc. Have not had a day that bad since but I still wonder if it is multiple things .

So what I am thinking is after new years day meal at IL's I will do a stricter elim...but how long? Is a week to ten days enough? Two weeks?

[TB9]

I would say two weeks 

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Yeah I figured that! Oh well I suppose eating the same things everyday for that long will make my life simpler! No staring into the fridge wondering what to scarf down 

[ZacsMumme]

2-3 weeks Hun...long time I know

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Ugh...but hopefully it will give me a solid idea of what food(s) are the issue before we start solids. Since I have been off of dairy already does it make the most sense to trial it back in first, then soy, beef, egg, corn...kind of reverse of how I took them out?? I think I will just eat turkey, potatoes and veggies at xmas supper tomorrow and save my poor little girl some grief.