not very good. This blog was intended to be about Zoe, but not always about her dietary issues. Its been two weeks since we started dairy products. She seems to do OK with yogurt and cheese, but whenever she gets milk she has a reaction. It seems the more natural form the milk (less processed) the more it affects her. After another visit with the pediatrician yesterday, she decided its time Zoe visits a GI Specialist.
We've had a lot going on the last two weeks. Zoe had more vaccinations and had reactions to those the first weekend. The next weekend she broke out in a rash and had a fever which I think was another vaccination reaction to either the measles or chicken pox. In between these events, she started getting her two top teeth. And both times she had a lot of exposure to milk, she had very bad diarrhea and even blood in her diaper. And the last two nights were the first Zoe slept more than 3 hours in one stretch in a week. I kept getting up to check on her because it was so unusual!
The GI specialist is going to evaluate her reflux as well which does not seem to be getting better. The doctor recommended either nursing or putting Zoe on soy milk until we figure out what's going on with the cow milk allergy. Zoe has been starting to wean herself, so it may soon be the soy milk. The doctor does not think I need to stop dairy again. Zoe can have foods with milk in them (like breads, etc), just not the actual milk and be careful with cheese and yogurt. I am not looking forward to this visit since some of the tests are quite invasive, but maybe we will get some answers. I am thankful for good medical care and that we have a chance to find out what's going on.
So that's the latest update. Zoe is happy and healthy otherwise. She is starting to do some cute things and its so much fun to watch her figure out what's going on. One advantage to having the loft is the great laundry chute it makes. The other day Zoe saw me drop the clothes over the rail. She decided she wanted to help so she marched in the bathroom, grabbed a few clothes and headed off to the loft. Now that's another of her favorite "chores". I'm waiting until she has to do those things--I'm sure it won't be fun anymore!
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Bless her heart! All those difficult things in one week! And that makes a very difficult week for the parents too.
What a great helper with the laundry! You're right -- they love to help at this age, but when they get to the age where they can do it well and it becomes a chore, it won't be the same to them!
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