My daughter who was born June 17th, 2011 had what her GI specialist says
is one of the worst cases of food intolerance. She had rash (they claimed
eczema and gave me steroid cream), projectile vomiting (drs said it was acid
reflux- gave me Rx for it), Cried inconsolably for 8 hours at a time not
sleeping (drs said it was colic and there was nothing I could do, "She
will grow out of it") and then the last symptom that broke me- bloody
stools (looks like black flecks in poo). I did everything in my power with what
the drs told me, and against my heart gave my baby girl all those meds and even
tried 'allergy friendly' formulas, such as NeoCate and Elecare- to which I
almost had to force feed her it (she hated it!) only to get her to drink an oz
and have her so upset and in pain still.
I had tried taking dairy out of my diet and waited the two
weeks. It didnt work. I then added soy to eliminate. Still, didnt work. My birth doula had mentioned doing a TOTAL
elimination diet, which I will outline on this blog.
Lets just say that her GI specialist said she had only seen
about 5 babies with such bad food intolerance as my daughter and that she was
the healthiest one! She believes that it is due to me sticking to breastfeeding
and doing the diet vs. switching to formula.
I wont say the diet is easy. You will need support and time
to prepare foods. But I would love to be here to help out- perhaps offer some
meal ideas for your cravings, offer you companies that make (for-real) allergy
free foods.
I am such an advocate because not only did it heal my
daughter, but any ailments I had my entire life (GI issues, rapid heart rate,
depression, anxiety attacks, glucose issues, reoccurring yeast and sinus
infections) have all been resolved and I am not on any medications.
I am looking forward to going back to school and changing my
major from accounting (which i still love btw!) to nutrition. I would love to
reach out to people- anyone, breastfeeding moms, or those who may not even know
that diet is making them sick. Currently, I am due with baby #2 and we are also
moving soon, so things have been crazy busy here, but I would love to help when
I can~!
Hugs mamas~!
