My poor lil' bubs! As seen with some help from a photo editing app that makes it a bit more red + noticeable you can see that lil' man is having some skin issues. SO to the ped we went yesterday and come to find out this is likely a food allergy via my milk. JOY!
Now don't be jealous but I have a mandatory diet now that limits me to basically fresh meat, vegetables and fruit. Guidelines are no wheat {is there even any food that does not contain wheat?!}, nuts {WAIT isn't this a healthy snack}, fish {goodbye my beloved sushi}, eggs {weekend breakfast is gonna blow} and diary {WHAT?! Seriously!? I'm known as the mac and cheese connoisseur.}
HELP. ME.
No more Chipotle tortillas {I am a burrito girl but now must convert to the bowl} no more delicious Starbucks treats behind the glass {my lemon pound cake...I'm missing you already.} With my handy journal I'll be tracking my foods to ENSURE I'm sticking with this.
I had a short stint with this diet when Reegan was 8 weeks old but it turned out to be her vesicoureteral reflux condition. BUT Reegan had what we thought was gas and as you can see Fletch has a whole diff sitch going on...plus some gas too. But yeah this skin issue is no bueno!
Here is the thing people I'm not that girl. The kind that orders salads, nibbles at her food daintily...I could be compared to Garfield and how do you think Garfield would feel if you told him he could not have lasagna?! So yeah this will be a challenge, there will be frustration and FOR SURE some tears BUT if it helps my babe then I'm ALL IN!!!
So I welcome your recipes, suggestions, advice and encouragement for the next 2-4 week to possibly a year. Another struggle on My Journey to 30...surprise, surprise! OK OK I'll quit kicking + screaming and won't feel sorry for myself...after all it's just food. Who needs it right?! Wait what! ;)
In addition to the food end of this Fletcher now gets drip dry baths every 3-4 days rather than daily. He gets two moisturizing sessions with fragrance + color free lotion and oil. We will also be changing our laundry soap + softener. We are using his soft brush on his scalp every day. AND he has a leaking tear duct {right eye} so that sucker gets massaged twice daily which he HATES! LOL! But as I said before...I'm all in! :)
I had a short stint with this diet when Reegan was 8 weeks old but it turned out to be her vesicoureteral reflux condition. BUT Reegan had what we thought was gas and as you can see Fletch has a whole diff sitch going on...plus some gas too. But yeah this skin issue is no bueno!
Here is the thing people I'm not that girl. The kind that orders salads, nibbles at her food daintily...I could be compared to Garfield and how do you think Garfield would feel if you told him he could not have lasagna?! So yeah this will be a challenge, there will be frustration and FOR SURE some tears BUT if it helps my babe then I'm ALL IN!!!
So I welcome your recipes, suggestions, advice and encouragement for the next 2-4 week to possibly a year. Another struggle on My Journey to 30...surprise, surprise! OK OK I'll quit kicking + screaming and won't feel sorry for myself...after all it's just food. Who needs it right?! Wait what! ;)
In addition to the food end of this Fletcher now gets drip dry baths every 3-4 days rather than daily. He gets two moisturizing sessions with fragrance + color free lotion and oil. We will also be changing our laundry soap + softener. We are using his soft brush on his scalp every day. AND he has a leaking tear duct {right eye} so that sucker gets massaged twice daily which he HATES! LOL! But as I said before...I'm all in! :)