I am cautiously announcing a dairy victory! (Cautiously, because I have declared victory before only to have to have to recant my declaration!) I have been cooking with low reacting dairy products and have not noticed any effects on Reuben or Elise! :) I have been letting them have one meal with baked in dairy each day. (We have skipped a day or two because so many of the recipes in my rotation are d-free now that I had to make an effort to put it in!) I have been able to use butter, buttermilk and in a few recipes I used half dairy milk half non dairy. Why is this so exciting? First, we went to a picnic the other day and I didn't read labels. I didn't have to be "that mom." Second, I will be able to save some money! D-free chocolate chips can be expensive, and real food butter substitutes are expensive. Third, I don't have to experiment with nasty d-free cookie recipes any more! If it never gets better than this I am still a happy mama! The ki
I took Reuben in for his 4 year today. Last year...36 lbs 36 inches. This year 39 lbs 39 inches. 73% for weight and 22% for height. The nurse said "Buddy, you are a square!" We knew that already. He got referred to an allergy Dr. On the one hand he is too young to start allergy meds (unless he starts not being able to sleep-then he'd be looking at shots.) but knowing what he is allergic to could help us make better decisions for him (watch pollen counts, tell Jonah there is no dog in his future, etc.) Looks like it is time to start figuring our how to get him to take apple cider vinegar! (Sigh...)