thanks...I have been corn free--being concientious--since sunday--he's not
much better but I know it takes time.  I am re-introducing wheat
tomorrow--wish me luck; I will keep ya posted!!


Nancy

"Mothers of little boys work from son-up to son-down!"

"My sons  are my greatest accomplishment and the opportunity to raise them
is my greatest challenge"
----- Original Message -----
From: "JeanZK" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: 4 weeks today---my fellow breastfeeding dieters....


> With my son, the corn allergy doesn't show up right away.  It appears in
> the next day or so.  So if you are allowing yourself corn syrup every
> few days, that could be a problem.  My son is older than yours (by a
> lot) :-) but he does much better if he avoids corn and wheat altogether.
> We're rotating most everything else now with good success.
> Good luck.
> Jean
>
>
> Nancy Morris wrote:
>
> > Hello all.  Just realized it is 4 weeks today on this diet...I slipped =
> > up around T-giving but besides that I have been living on turkey, lamb,
=
> > rice, squash, sweet potatoes and white potatoes, peaches and =
> > pears....and later grapes, chicken, oats, and a few fruits.  I miss soda
=
> > and caffeine.  I miss juice.  I miss wheat. I miss eggs.  And the sad =
> > part is he isn't too much better off now then he was at the start.  He =
> > did seem to get significantly better (eczema and reflux wise)at about =
> > day 9 or 10 but he was never FREE of the two issues....and then the =
> > eczema came back, not as bad, but it did come back....we still haven't =
> > gone a whole day without a reflux episode.  So it got better but not ALL
=
> > better!  I fooled around with the diet (took oats back out; took chicken
=
> > back out; took corn back out; went totally back down to lamb and rice =
> > and water) but nothing changed for the worse or better.  T-giving was a
=
> > disaster but I have been good since, but still he spits up often, seems
=
> > uncomfortable, doesn't sleep well, has eczema and just seems "not quite
=
> > right".  By this point I was really hoping to have some answers....I =
> > feel like I don't have much....I do think he has allergies as he did =
> > improve when I was being strictest, but yet I am unsure to what he has =
> > allergies--oats? corn? the top 8?  speaking of the top 8, I never did =
> > get to re-intro them (this is  in part due to the the t-giving issues) =
> > so I am still wheat, egg, milk, soy, fish, shellfish, peanut, treenut =
> > free.  Still avoiding citrus, caffeine, corn (though I am allowing =
> > myself a tad of corn syrup every few days and it doesn't seem any better
=
> > or worse on days I consume it vs. days I do not).  I feel like =
> > crap....physically and emotionally....my husband even feels bad for me =
> > (that's a HUGE thing; he doesn't usually feel bad for anyone who CHOOSES
=
> > to do something and then complains).  I just need to vent....is what I =
> > am doing even worthwhile?  Its be a month and we are no better off....we
=
> > are seeing the doc on 12/18 and hopefully by then I will have had the =
> > chance to reintroduce some of the top 8. I am just so frustrated and =
> > tired.  I am on the fence about reflux meds and about allergy blood =
> > testing--I have been told RAST is more accurate than SPT (but I know, by
=
> > exper. with my older guy, that they can also be useless sometimes). Any
=
> > suggestions?  Thanks!!
> >
> >
> > Nancy
> >
> > "Mothers of little boys work from son-up to son-down!"
> >
> > "My sons  are my greatest accomplishment and the opportunity to raise =
> > them  is my greatest challenge"
> >