Hello! I'm back! As promised, I have been horrible at keeping this up! I have been meaning to get on here and post recipes, since that was my main reason for this blog, but of course life got in the way and it never happened. I will post a few recipes tonight in other posts, but I thought perhaps I should update on Layna first!
We have been living the gluten free life for nearly 6 months now, and I cannot begin to tell you what a difference it has made to Layna. We'll start with the weight, which was the original problem that started us on this. Within two weeks of us taking her off gluten, she gained back the pound she lost. Amazing. On top of that, her teeth came in (another developmental delay that we did not realize was associate with gluten intolerance), and I'm talking they came in full force. She went from being a year old with no teeth, to being 14 months old with ALL her teeth. She started sleeping at night (well, most nights, we still have our moments). And the constant "spitting up"? Well, turns out she was actually throwing up as a reaction to gluten. It stopped almost immediately, and it is now our signal that something we are cooking has gluten in it. If she eats gluten throws it up, within the hour. No fail. I learned the importance of not only reading food labels, but checking websites for allergy info this way. She one time smiled at me then immediately threw up chocolate pudding, along with everything else she ate (so gross) because I thought the food label looked safe and I was wrong.
The other allergies, good news. She seems to be outgrowing all of them. She has dairy now with no issues. We recently started introducing things that contain soy at the instruction of her pediatrician, and so far so good. We do small amounts for now, but will work our way up. It looks like she'll only have to deal with a gluten free life, nothing else.
She is now a happy, healthy, almost 18 month old little girl. I can't wait for her 18 month check up to hear her stats and compare! She has had some other issues, unrelated, I think. She apparently also has asthma and sadly we ended up in the ER one night after an episode. She was fine in the end, Thank GOD!
Well that is pretty much what's new with Layna health wise! Now I'll get on to posting recipes. Most recipes I get from other sources, such as pinterest or gluten free cook books. But every once in a while I come up with my own, which is what I'll start with next post! Enjoy!
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