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Gobble Gobble! April 13, 2008

What? Another post so soon? Ah, yes. I have wonderful news to report. We got turkey! Adam’s been eating it for a week, and things look good.

This is our biggest success to date. Adam doesn’t really care for the turkey, but it is such a huge accomplishment to find a protein that his body can handle especially one that we know that he reacted to in the past.

Last night I had turkey for dinner for the first time in almost 10 months. It was so nice to be able to eat something other than fish. This diet is not easy, but getting to add another protein source, and one that doesn’t swim at that, makes things feel so much more doable.

Ok, now on to answer some questions from the comments section of my past couple posts. When I said that Adam had two foods, I just was referring to the solid ones. Yes, breastmilk most definitely counts. I’ve got to give it it’s due, for sure. Even though Adam now eats solids three times a day, breastmilk is still his #1 food. He still nurses 10-11 times a day, 6 times during the day and 4-5 times overnight. I guess that might seem like a lot for a 15 month old, but it’s all relative. Before we found solids that he could tolerate he was nursing 12-15 times a day.

I’m so glad that I can continue to breastfeed him. Before I had him I would have never pictured myself nursing a toddler, but now it’s just right for us. It’s also so important for him given all of his food/GI issues.

What about adding more pureed fruits? Well, Adam and fruits don’t get along very well. So far post endoscopy we’ve tried pears, peaches, and prunes without success. He doesn’t tolerate fruits well through my breastmilk either. I’m only eating oranges and apples right now. We’ll definitely still attempt other fruits that we haven’t tried. Banana is on definitely on the list, because I think it’s a food that could help us overcome the massive jump to table food given our texture issues, but we’re going to try to find him a veggie first.

What about blood tests? Niether Adam’s previous allergist (we’re waiting for a May appointment with a new one) or his GI think there’s much point to allergy blood tests. We’re dealing with non IgE mediated intolerances that won’t show up on a blood test like traditional allergies will.

Is this something Adam will grow out of? Yes, we sure hope so. Actually, we’re already seeing evidence that he is to at least some extent. He reacted very strongly to turkey in my diet. We discovered the extent of it after I started the elimination diet. Well, here we are about 10 months later, and he can tolerate it in his on diet now. We see that as a very promising sign.

It’s still obvious that he has many issues. I mean the kid reacts to rice cereal for Pete’s sake. Don’t even get us started on oatmeal. Things are looking up, though, and while he’ll be dealing with this food stuff for what I imagine will still be quite a while, things are improving.

I think that answers them all. Anything I missed?

And now since I didn’t do a formal 15 month post with pics and the like, I figured it would be a good time to post my first video on this blog. As I mentioned, Adam is not a fan of texture, so we’re giving him pureed foods. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t like to lick on some apple slices from time to time. Here he is doing so complete with one of his cute little laughs. Just seeing him enjoy food like that puts a big smile on my face. We’ve certainly come a long way.

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• Author : amanda

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