On Monday we took Liam for a follow up visit to his pediatric gastrointerologist. Luckily they now have a satellite clinic in Vicksburg, so that cut our trip in half. We're keeping him on Nutramigen formula (a.k.a. liquid gold) since there is no doubt he has milk AND soy allergies. She said 90% of babies with a milk (cow's milk protein) allery can tolerate soy. However, there are those 10% who can't, and Liam definitely cannot. The good news is that 80% of these babies outgrow the milk allergy by 12 months of age. He will slowly be exposed to milk products in the months to come as he begins to eat foods like mashed potatoes, casseroles, etc. Dr. Rippel recommended using Beech Nut or Earth's Best brand baby food and cereal products, since these are made with almost no preservatives and are almost completely natural. Gerber's adds preservatives and often adds milk by-products to their foods. Beech Nut is only sold at Wal-Mart, Brookshire's, & Super 1, and Earth's Best is only sold at Target and health food stores. I bought the Beech Nut rice cereal (surprisingly it was around the same price as Gerber), and there is an obvious difference just by looking at the cereal. Gerber's is shiny and almost metallic looking, and Beech Nut just looks like white powder flakes. Dr. Rippel also noticed he has a little mild eczema, which is also sometimes another indicator of being more allergy prone. Well, I thought I had escaped having a child with allergies like I did as a child, but maybe not. We'll keep our fingers crossed for sweet Liam, and maybe he'll end up outgrowing some of this by the time he's one.
Also on Monday, Lauren decided to change the colors on the rubberbands of her braces to green and red since she will have them until the end of the year. Little did we know, Dr. Hummel also changed out and repositioned her wires that day. Bless her heart, her mouth was so sore for the next couple of days. Ughhh...I remember how painful braces were!
And here's something from Bailey on Monday...
Tonight, Heath was putting out pinestraw as it was getting dark. He felt a bite and looked at his leg to see that it was completely covered in ants! When he first showed me, I was picking on him for being a baby since he didn't really feel sorry for me when I stepped in ants last week at the soccer field. But after a few minutes, you could see that there were literally hundreds of bites! I really felt bad for him, but he was a trooper. I'm posting the picture below because it is so unbelievable, so scroll down if you don't want to see!
Bailey has discovered where we hide Christmas presents (in the wine closet under the stairs). Tonight she went to use the potty, then she reappeared in the living room with her pants still pulled down (I have no idea why) carrying a huge box of Mega Bloks. I couldn't get this picture to post correctly, so just tilt your head to the left. J
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