As a busy Mama of two active boys, smack dab in the middle of house construction, busy learning about this new chronic condition my son(s) have, I don’t often have the chance to pamper myself. So it was a special treat last week sometime when I pulled out an emery … Continue reading
Mr. Happy seemed to be doing better on the Elecare last week. He had a few days of Happy Baby – no clinginess, no vomit, very little spit up, doing great! I thought it was just the transition to elemental formulas, and that he had pushed through to a new … Continue reading
We started off today with a bit of excitement and trepidation…today, we were going to get Mr. Charm his First Haircut. Shocking, I know. I still don’t really want to cut his hair, but even I can see that it hangs in his eyes and bothers him. I’m just sad … Continue reading
In an amusing story, last Friday Mr. Charm swallowed some coins. How many? Who knows! He’d discovered the Geek’s special coin hiding place and had been hoarding coins in hard to reach places. So other than knowing that one of the coins was silver, I have no idea how many … Continue reading
One advantage to having in-laws that raise cattle is the ability to call them up and say “We’d like a cow; grass-fed – not finished on grain…do you have one?” They did. He wasn’t as large as they usually would wait to butcher, but he was big enough. So, we … Continue reading
After last weeks blood draw debacle, I called the allergist to see if she had someplace else she would recommend we go for the blood draw. She advised me to go to our pediatrician, who sent me to the hospital where Mr. Charm was born to have it done. We … Continue reading
At my wit’s end one day, looking for a new snack Mr. Charm wouldn’t turn up his nose at, I decided to shred some carrots and fry them up. Thanks to my new fryer, this proved to be an easy task. I took a peeler and peeled long strips of … Continue reading
One thing an elimination diet does is make it hard to have snacks. Grabbing a bag of chips is out, as is anything processed! So I’m trying to come up with easy to make, delicious to eat snack foods. One snack (that often pulls double duty as a side dish) … Continue reading
Mr. Happy needs some blood drawn for a few tests the allergist wants run, so I took him to the local (won’t say the name) to have it done. She absolutely tortured my baby! She told me to sit holding him in my lap. Then she tried the right arm, … Continue reading
I nursed Mr. Happy three times. Then he started reacting. So I stopped. Bummer for both of us. However, I knew my system wasn’t completely cleaned out, so it’s not really a surprise. I had just hoped that it was cleaned out enough that he would react only as badly … Continue reading
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