How Mr. Happy and the Boobies Are Getting Along

It’s been two weeks and two days of nursing…how is it going?

Really well, I think.

I *think*.

The last 4 days Mr. Happy has been showing some slight eczema on his cheeks.  (Which could just be some heat irritation or something he rubbed his cheeks on that is bothering him.)

He’s had a few diapers that had a little bit of mucous in them.  (But the weather has been weird and the whole family is sort of mucousy right now.)

The last 5 nights he’s woken up much more frequently to nurse.  (Instead of his 8:00 p.m. bedtime feed, followed by midnight, then 4:30 a.m., then 6:30 a.m. and up for the day, it’s been more like every 2.5-3.5 hours all night long.  Not a big change, but noticeable, though it could just be a growth spurt.)

He’s had a tad bit of spit up, but it hasn’t concerned me very much at all; most babies spit up a little bit, and this is just a little bit.  (The first time I was nursing him after he was born, he spit up CRAZY amounts.  Like, saturate one or more burp cloths daily and change his clothes a few times every day.  Now?  I don’t even remember where the burp cloths are.)

But other than those four slightly concerning symptoms, he’s a fantastically happy baby!

So, I think he’s doing well on the elimination diet.

The ‘back of my mind’ concern hinges on the eczema and loose stools.  That’s exactly what Mr. Charm was like after I eliminated dairy, soy and egg from my diet.  SO much improved that I accepted the supposed ‘fix’ without question, and now find myself questioning whether that was truly the ‘fix’ I thought it was.  (As you may recall, Mr. Charm was put on this elimination diet, too, so we could perhaps discover what other foods are troublesome for him.)

So I don’t think, at this point, that Mr. Happy is having any sort of FPIES reaction to my diet.  But I am wondering if he’s having what his brother has/had: some sort of other irritation to…something.

It’s a good thing I like the color grey, because I’m living in a grey area right now!

We will keep watching him.  I won’t feel comfortable adding any new foods to my diet until he has been at least 4 weeks nursing again, and preferably if these slight symptoms disappear.

I really hope his cheeks clear up and his diapers start looking good soon.  It’s taken 6+ weeks to get there, but I’m starting to have some food cravings.  Adding to my diet would be glorious right now!  (Spaghetti sounds SO. GOOD. I can hardly stand myself.)