We’ve seen great improvement in Mr. Charm since going fructose free. He’s much better behaved, and his verbal development is speeding up. Now, it seems, he wants to communicate verbally, whereas before he was content with using his few words combined with gestures to get his points across. We’ve also … Continue reading
You may have noticed that since we’re on a dual elimination diet in our house, we eat a LOT of potatos. So, I thought I would share with you the spoils of our latest potato buy: What? You DON’T buy your potatos in 50 lb bags? We get 10% off … Continue reading
OK, I wrote this post with the plan to post it today, but over the weekend some things popped up on our radar that complicates the issues. I didn’t have time to re-write it to include the new stuff, so, here’s the originally planned post, with the weekend revelations at … Continue reading
If you’re a FAM, you likely have a kiddo that is a tad sensitive to irritants. Disposable diapers are wonderful in a lot of ways, but when they turn your baby’s butt bright red (even if you change the diaper so frequently they aren’t even DONE yet when you’re trying … Continue reading
I HATED when my Mom would say that to me as a child. H-A-T-E-D it. Because I could never see what was “good” about whatever she was referring to! Welcome to Motherhood, Mama! I find myself saying it to Mr. Charm all the time now. I’m not starving him; he … Continue reading
With all the food issues in our household, and with living so remotely, we’re going to skip trick-or-treating this year. We still managed to make it to a Halloween party, though! So I’m going to ‘phone it in’ on this post and simply share pictures of my boys in their … Continue reading
I’m having to get creative here, folks. Getting rid of dairy, egg, rice, chicken, and all the other major allergens was N-O-T-H-I-N-G compared to the challenge of cooking fructose-free! I mean, how to you cook without tomatos, onion and garlic?! So, looking for a dinner idea the other night, I … Continue reading
I took Mr. Charm to the GI on Monday, Oct. 15th. The doctor wouldn’t give us the hydrogen breath test, but did other tests to ‘rule things out’. We were told we would be called with the results. They didn’t call. I finally called the doctor on Friday, the 26th … Continue reading
One of the ways I can almost ALWAYS get Mr. Charm to eat veggies is to fry them. Yes, I know the arguments against frying. To which I say: Get over it! If my son is eating a vegetable, I don’t care how it’s prepared! This became a problem when … Continue reading
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. I thought MPI and an IgE Egg allergy were horrible. Then I learned how to cook, what to avoid, and I mastered the challenge. Then we got FPIES. I thought I was going to lose my mind over that (and I may feel … Continue reading
