Thursday, September 4, 2008
Busy Busy Busy
The last couple of weeks have been super busy. It all started with Julia's birthday and is ending with me doing a consignment sale. Julia's party was a lot of fun. The food was abundant and the company was wonderful. D's parents and my sister and her family drove down for the party. It was great to see everybody. What more can you ask for? I'll post pictures later.
I made a corn free, dairy free, wheat free cupcake for Julia and topped it with some Julia safe frosting. She loved it!
This past weekend we had my Dad & Stepmom down for a visit. We had a nice weekend with them. The girls really enjoyed it. Always nice to see the family.
Yesterday, I took Julia in for her Allergist appointment. It went surprisingly well. Julia has no known food allergies, not even to wheat, milk or peanuts. And yes, not to corn. How about that! I do have to explain that a bit though. They only test for known foods. Corn Syrup is not a food. Corn, yes, corn syrup, no. They did test her for corn - the edible crop- but not for the manufactured corn derivatives with additives. So, overall we got good news. The Doctor did mention to us though that even though she tested negative to Wheat & Milk does not mean that she's not gluten intolerant or lactose intolerant.
The testing Julia had was purely on her back. It's not capable of determining what sort of digestive reaction she could have to the food (which was the prior problem with oats & dairy). The bad news is the Doctor has recommended that Julia avoid all food additives, preservatives, corn syrup, dyes and MSG. The doctor also gave us a prescription for an Epi-Pen. D & I both gladly accepted that prescription. You can never be too cautious with these things. Her reasoning for the Epi-Pen was because Julia had had an episode of a hives outbreak. She got a few patches on her face and stomach from an exposure to High Fructose Corn Syrup. Just to be on the safe side, she recommends an Epi-Pen with any prior hives outbreak. Fine with us.
Where does that leave us? Honestly, I feel like we're not too far from where we started out. It still means more of a whole food approach and still means slow introductions of new foods (one new food per week). I have not seen many processed foods that do no contain additives, preservatives, dyes or corn syrup. We're still going to be lacking in the convenience department until I can get out and do some product browsing at Trader Joes &/or Whole Foods. But overall, we're so glad that we had that testing done. I do wish it could have been more thorough but still glad.
I made a corn free, dairy free, wheat free cupcake for Julia and topped it with some Julia safe frosting. She loved it!
This past weekend we had my Dad & Stepmom down for a visit. We had a nice weekend with them. The girls really enjoyed it. Always nice to see the family.
Yesterday, I took Julia in for her Allergist appointment. It went surprisingly well. Julia has no known food allergies, not even to wheat, milk or peanuts. And yes, not to corn. How about that! I do have to explain that a bit though. They only test for known foods. Corn Syrup is not a food. Corn, yes, corn syrup, no. They did test her for corn - the edible crop- but not for the manufactured corn derivatives with additives. So, overall we got good news. The Doctor did mention to us though that even though she tested negative to Wheat & Milk does not mean that she's not gluten intolerant or lactose intolerant.
The testing Julia had was purely on her back. It's not capable of determining what sort of digestive reaction she could have to the food (which was the prior problem with oats & dairy). The bad news is the Doctor has recommended that Julia avoid all food additives, preservatives, corn syrup, dyes and MSG. The doctor also gave us a prescription for an Epi-Pen. D & I both gladly accepted that prescription. You can never be too cautious with these things. Her reasoning for the Epi-Pen was because Julia had had an episode of a hives outbreak. She got a few patches on her face and stomach from an exposure to High Fructose Corn Syrup. Just to be on the safe side, she recommends an Epi-Pen with any prior hives outbreak. Fine with us.
Where does that leave us? Honestly, I feel like we're not too far from where we started out. It still means more of a whole food approach and still means slow introductions of new foods (one new food per week). I have not seen many processed foods that do no contain additives, preservatives, dyes or corn syrup. We're still going to be lacking in the convenience department until I can get out and do some product browsing at Trader Joes &/or Whole Foods. But overall, we're so glad that we had that testing done. I do wish it could have been more thorough but still glad.
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