So far today so good!

coffee with coffee mate (bad me I forgot before I started drinking it, but it seems fine so far)
pancakes (namaste)and 100% maple syrup

So remember how I said Sami had stopped spitting up recently?!? Well guess what I just went and looked at? (was reading my last post and had a lightbulb go on)

I had gotten a new creamer to try. Normally I have coffee mate, but a few days ago I grabbed a new one. Just checked the labels. Coffeemate has soy. This new one does not. I might be on to something. I know I said I didn't think the coffee was it, but it seems to be the only constant. Plus I had other soy on the days Sami would really puke I think. For instance I'm pretty sure stove top has soy, (the stuffed mushrooms) etc. I have to really dig in and look at my minimal food list. (DAMN IT for not keeping up with it!) anyways that's my brainblast, I just wanted to share.

So I stopped keeping track, because I forgot to and because the reflux seemed to totally let up. Plus my ped saw Sami and said that he did NOT think it was food allergies. Well last night we ended up going to the ER, just to be safe. He was cranky all night and then around 8pm he just started screaming. None stop. About 45 min he stopped for about 10 min. Then it started right back up. Our doc says if a baby cries for over 2 hours then take him to get checked. So off to the ER we went. He passed out from exhaustion. He did wake up and 2 different times started screaming in pain again, but it wasn't continuous. (I think he was just too damn tired) So they sent us home and told us to go see the ped. Sigh. He woke up a few times last night to scream in pain and then go back to sleep and has been crying every time he poops or has gas, which has been most of the morning. :( It sucks. My poor baby.

So the doc says he thinks he's sensitive to something I'm eating. (no shit isn't that JUST what I freaking told my ped who then told me it was just normal reflux and all babies have it to some degree. :() When will I stop listening to the ped and just go see the allergist? They did this shit with Gabe!!! STUPID STUPID ME~!

So yesterday I had

oatmeal with raisins
coffee with coffee mate (I have this everyday though)
stuffed mushrooms with cheese
Shepard's pie (this was after the screaming started though
peanut butter(this was after the screaming started though
crackers
milk(this was after the screaming started though
green beans
few bites chicken in garlic

Today I have had

coffee with coffee mate
peanut butter
whole wheat bread
blueberry jam
butter
few bites chicken in garlic

I think that on Monday I'm gonna call my ped, but also call Gabe's allergist and see if they suggest I bring Sami to them. I know the peds know shit about food allergies. Plus it would makes sense why it has taken so long for him to start having problems. He's often had gas and poops every diapers (TMI sorry) but it just seems to be getting worse and worse. Food allergies take a while to build up in your body. Plus he's got "heat rash" The ped said it was heat rash or a new born rash, but he's still got it, and it was worse last night.

I'm gonna have to do a restriction diet to really figure this out. I have to see if that stops all his problems. That will tell me if he's got food allergies real quick. Although I don't know how I'll survive 3 kids without coffee. SOBB!

He was great all morning. But tonight he got really fussy (around 6-7 until 8:30 when he puked ALL over me.)

Today I had
coffee with coffee mate whipped cream (had both times, but like 12 hours before hes been sick AND every other day when he hasn't been)
oatmeal with raisins
avacodo
cucumber
chicken in italian dressing olive oil worchesshire sauce season salt pepper
rice
butter
asperagus
chocolate chips
peach
tostito chips (had this the other night when he puked!!!)

Today I had....
coffee with coffee meat.
sweet peppers
salad with cucumber peppers avacodo spinach blue cheese dressing
rice with butter
toast
cherry coke with xtra cherry
peanutbutter truffle
tuna fish sandwich with mayo relish celery salt mustard powder cucumbers white bread
frosted honeybun

:(

I am starting to wonder if Sami has food allergies. :*( 3 times now he's done the same thing Gabe used to do and projectile vomited. He has bad problems with gas and such after eating too. Just like Gabe did when he was a baby. It's actually why I stopped breastfeeding Gabe. We didn't know his were allergies at the time. But yea Poor Sami was sooooooooo fussy all day and he just puked all over. Not spit up. 3rd time it's happened in 4 weeks. Not too much thank GOD, but enough that

So here's my food journal to figure out what it is.

Pizza
coffee with coconut coffeemate
dr. pepper
walnuts. (this is a likely one damn it)
chips and salsa (this and the walnuts are what I was eating before he got sick)
enjoy life chips
shake and bake chicken
cucumbers
apple


I think the other day when he did it I was eating almond butter, so I' thinking nuts. I hope I'm wrong. :(

bday parties!

Well another party has come and gone. And Gabe did great. It helped that this was a very small family party and my friend flat out told people DON"T FEED HIM!!!! (she joked she was gonna get a sign that said don't feed the Gabe) Then she explained that he has food allergies. On one hand I felt bad that she did that, I don't want Gabe to be made to feel different, but honestly she only told the adults, plus she tried really hard to make sure everyone knew, but she didn't have to. Gabe knows not to touch 95% of the time. But it was really nice that I could just sit back and relax and know that no well meaning adult would give him a peanut butter cookie. (OMG the thought really just scares me! They were double peanut butter and I think he will go ana with peanuts and soy at some point, each reaction has been MUCH worse than the previous)

I brought Gabe his own brownies. (I really need to make and freeze a cake, but I have been busy!) He loved it! I reminded him before we got to the party and he did fine. He had a blast playing! I'm so glad we go out and do stuff like this even if I worry about it. I'd rather worry and let him have fun then not worry and make him a hermit.

Tomorrow is family bbq! I have to bring Gabe his own ketchup, cheese, chips and dessert and he can't have a bun, but sokay! He'll have fun anyways! I think I'm gonna bring stuff to make him ice cream there. :) He'll like that.

Win and a fail.

So back when we were doing the allergy testing we tried letting Gabe have cashews. He had a reaction to them. We found out though that they were made in peanut oil. So we weren't sure if the reaction was to the cashews or the peanuts. (we know he reacts to peanuts, but weren't sure if it was both) I decided to let him try almond butter, since he has had the Pamela's pancake mix before and that has some almonds. Yea he reacts to it. :( INSTANT allergy shiners, red face and hyper activity. Sigh. Oh well. I like it and I'm not allergic to it so I've been eating it. It's really good especially if you have bananas and you dip them into it. Mmmmm. So yea Fail.

BUT FINALLY after months! And 3 seperate tries I have FINALLY gotten my freaking apple jelly to jell!!!!!!!! WOOT! And let me tell you it is YUMMY! Silly part is that all I had to do was boil it for another 5 minutes! Grrrr! All this time and I could have fixed it that easily. LOL!

I also made blueberry muffins the other day. Ohhh! New find! Enjoy Life now makes soft chewy chocolate chip cookies! It does have Xantham gum, but Gabe has never reacted to the absolute minute traces of it (if it is corn derivied it isn't always). They are good!

So 2 days in a row Gabe has had a TINY amount of ketchup with corn in it. So far no reaction!!!!!! I'm hoping that this is a sign that he's starting to be able to handle it. I know he still can't have even touch contact with soy, but I'm hoping against hope that MAYBE Gabe is out growing his corn allergy! Fingers crossed. If he keeps all the other allergies I'll handle it. Just please God and Goddess let him out grow the corn allergy!!! It's just sooo hard! But anyways fingers crossed.

After we test this out a few more times I think our next thing to trial is the wheat allergy. It's gonna be a while, but I'm not sure how to find something that is wheat only. We know he's severly allergic to soy and that it's hard to find any wheat products that for sure are not cross contaminated. :( Any ideas?

Well folks baby is here, but I've still got about a months worth of premade food, SOOO I haven't have much to write about.

But today I had someone point something out to me that I hadn't realized (and THANK GOD hadn't tried to feed Gabe yet).

Most cheeses are made with white vinegar which is corn derivied. There are however some cheeses that are naturally aged that are corn free. What I never even thought about though is that those are made with mold! That is Gabe's absolute worst allergy! He's a level 6! OMG! What if I had decided to try a soft cheese?!?! Eek!

Anyways, I just wanted to point out that you have to remember to look for even the things that you don't normally associate with food.