Mr. Happy has been teething. He actually cut his second tooth last week! Here’s the problem: he’s a rotten teether. Mr. Charm was great – we hardly ever knew he was teething. It was as if he thought to himself “Excruciating pain in my mouth? Whatev! I have people to charm … 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
(I’m going to apologize in advance…this post is rather long and disjointed, but for all my editing efforts I can’t seem to improve it. I’m still exhausted from Monday and seriously irritated and confused, and this is the best I can do. Thanks for sticking with me!) Riddle me this: … Continue reading
It’s been a whole month of nursing Mr. Happy on my elimination diet. I’m torn between cautiously acknowledging success, and jumping up and down with ecstatic joy at the success. (Sometimes pessimism creeps in and keeps me from getting my hopes up too high!) Seriously, though, he seems to be … Continue reading
Sorry for the big time bummer of a post last week. <shakes it off> I’m feeling much better now! In fact, I was feeling better within an hour of writing about my frustrations. It didn’t take much; all I had to do was look at Mr. Happy’s amazing smile, watch … Continue reading
…but not the way you think. I’m sorry; I don’t typically post twice in one day but this is something I have to get off my chest. We live WAY out in the country. Technically, our house isn’t even a part of the nearest town, a hamlet of only 76 … Continue reading
One month in to our family elimination diet, I am now an expert at making delicious, juicy hamburgers, pot roast to drool over, french fries you can’t wait to eat, and am now branching out into quinoa recipes! This month has brought about a 25 pound weight loss for me, … Continue reading
I started writing a post about what life as an FPIES Mama was like, with all the best intentions of helping people understand the stresses and challenges of our lives. During editing, I realized I was depressing myself! It IS hard, but there is still joy in life! Instead of … 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
Last week was stressful, as I’ve written. The diagnosis of FPIES has been tough to bear so far, just in the fact that there are no easy solutions to this problem. The more I read – the more I learn – the more scared I get about what we may … Continue reading
