Dairy Free

Steve and I have had some challenging lessons in parenting this week. Lesson # 1 is that the worrying increases dramatically after 1 AM. We took Liam into the pediatrician on Wednesday because he had some blood in his diaper, and the doctor checked for a few things but said that the cause is probably an allergy to cow's milk that he is getting from me through my breast milk. So, for 24 hours we gave him a bottle of some high powered soy formula and I pumped milk while getting the cow's milk out of my syestem. I started breast feeding him again yesterday and he hasn't shown any signs of the digestive distress since then. We are glad that he is feeling better and getting used to the idea that I will need to live dairy free for a while. Lesson # 2 is to keep things in perspective. While we have been busy worrying and thinking about his health Liam marches on gaining weight (up to 10 lbs), practicing little smiles and looking at the world around him. So we will just keep taking it one day at a time. If any one has any great dairy free recipes send them my way!