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"
>