Getting Started- Day One

So first, some background. About a month and a half ago we noticed that Lucas' poop was dark, almost black. Since he was only 6 weeks old with yellow seedy poop we knew this wasn't right. He also was having trouble passing gas. He would strain, wimper and then a full-man-sized fart would come out. After taking him to his pediatrician and getting his poop tested we found out there was blood in it, thus the darker color. Great. I was instructed to go off dairy and that would hopefully solve the issue. 

Have you ever done that?! It's way harder than it seems it would be. 

So two weeks of dairy and his poop turned to the normal yellow seedy color it should be. We took in another "sample" to make sure all the blood was gone. It wasn't. Darn again. After another episode of a few days with the dark poop, in the midst of continuing dairy-free, we decided to see a GI (gastro-intestinal) specialist to see if there was anything else we could do. Well, there isn't really. Besides taking drastic measures. He took me off dairy, soy {which is in everything!} and peanuts. His point was that taking me off anything else could effect the quality of breast milk and if things weren't looking better in two weeks that we would start Lucas on a hypoallergenic formula. Definitely not something I wanted. But really, I'd do anything for my baby.

Would I really do anything? That led me to today. Lucas had his two month well visit with Dr. Brian Gablehouse, who is now one of m favorite people in the world. He advised me to cut out the top 8 allergin foods {dairy, egg, soy, wheat, peanut, tree nut, fish and shellfish} and in two months we'll slowly start adding them. He wanted to see me continue breastfeeding Lucas if that's what I wanted, which it is, and even gave me some names of things his wife used when she went through this with his son- cookies, cereals and other snacks that I thought I'd have to go without. 

So, this is my journey and I invite you to come along with me!

It's only day one, and I already haven't had time to go to the grocery store to supply my new diet, so I'm going to have to be pretty creative with lunch. :) I'm going to share my experiences, how Lucas is doing and some {hopefully} yummy recipes I find along the way. I can't promise I'll write every day. Honestly, who could with a 2 month old and a 2.5 year old. Especially when I'll be doing so much cooking now! 

Would I really do anything?! For this little guy... anything!