We have been on the move, busy in our lives these last few weeks...playing outside for more than 15 minutes at a time...I have several photo sessions scheduled in the next few week and am so excited how busy I will be with that...and about three weeks ago we had McKenna allergy tested as I was pretty sure that she might be allergic to dairy, it took three weeks to get the blood work back, so last night was our appointment to get the results back. Let me recap for you on what Griffin is allergic to in terms of food...
Nuts
Shrimp
Soy
Eggs
Spinach
and intolerant to cow's milk...
So let me now tell you what McKenna is allergic to...
Soy
All dairy and casein
wheat and gluten
and possibly pineapple, this was borderline so the doctor said it could be a false reading and to not give her any for one month then try and see if she has a reaction
(I am glad they share at least the soy allergy)
So as I read the printout at the doctors office, my eyes filled with tears and all I could say was "How am I supposed to feed these children? Seriously, What am I supposed to do?" Life has been difficult enough eliminating these other things especially soy, as soy is in just about everything, but now to cut out dairy completely and wheat, I just feel overwhelmed. It is times like this when I am glad that I am at home and can monitor their food and have the flexibility to explore and research for new recipes and resources for our food or lack there of. I am thankful that there has been a movement in the autistic community to go in the direction of removing dairy and wheat from their diets, so a great deal of options are available to us. But being the main grocery shopper and food preparer I am not willing to make several different meals to accommodate everyone, so this will be a way of life for all of us...(not to say that I won't keep bread and peanut butter in the house to eat it when the kids are sleeping, cause I am a peanut butter addict...) but frustrating none the less. So today's task will be to go through the pantry...grr...
I know that we are not the first family to deal with this, and so many people struggle with food allergies, it is just frustrating that the list seems to continue to grow... we will just grow and adapt with the new changes as well...
This has been an exciting week for McKenna...minus the findings of her new food allergies...Not only did she use the potty for the first time tonight, which I am so excited about, she also got her first haircut. Our friend Deann cut her hair. I know that she is only 16 months, but it was in her face and she was too close to a mullet for me, so it was time. She did so good, she sat on my mom's lap and just let her cut away...
She didn't really cut that much, just trimmed it. I think that McKenna was excited when it was all done and we kept telling her that she looked so pretty, not that we don't tell her that all the time anyway, but we were making a big deal out of it...
