Sunday, July 18, 2010

Well Poop!

Ava is nearly 3 months old & an absolute joy but we have been struggling with her reacting to foods in my diets for the last 2 and a half months. She is super sensitive to dairy & soy (even the slightest cross contamination causes a reaction). I finally cut gluten after being in denial & sure enough with in 48 hours she was much improved. I'm not sure if she reacts to coconut so that is the first food I'm trialing. After spending so much time obsessing over the slightest change in her poops (because that is one of the main indicators that something I ate bothers her) I am greatly relieve to see something resembling a normal poop for a breastfed baby instead of ogre boogers. Liam & Emma were already dairy & soy free because they have reactions to that as well so for the ease of meal preparation we will all be going gluten free. I'm excited & depressed all at once, excited for the fact that we're figuring out how to keep our family healthy but depressed because all of the things I normally cook are on the no-no list now until I figure out appropriate substitutions.

It amazes me how much cross contamination their is the food industry & the amount of effort it takes to keep our home & diets free of offending foods.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Renovating

I'm renovating this blog into something simple, just family updates & such since I don't seem to do well about posting regularly.

Updates:
We are finally cloth diapering... YAY!

I took the kids to the zoo with help from my MIL & they loved it. I was exhausted by the end of the day but it was worth it.

My tomato plants are starting to bear fruit, yum.

Ava is a very laid back happy baby, she loves to babble & coo. She has been smiling socially since about 4 weeks & for several weeks now she's been trying to giggle but it sounds more like little squeaks.

We've made huge progress on our family history work.