We continue to see great things on our diet. Tom Sawyer (6) has been dry every single night recently! WOO WHOO!! I just don't know what to do with myself after getting to sleep through the night many nights a week after 6 years of getting up at 3 am to change Tom Sawyer! This weekend I decided to reintroduce eggs. I added back egg yolk first because most people are not allergic to this part of the egg. His right ear and cheek turned red and hot while he was eating and for about 40 minutes afterwards. Hmm! Not a very good sign. Since he stayed dry that night, though, I decided to try egg whites the next day. This time, his LEFT ear and cheek turned a tad red while eating and for about 5 minutes afterward. Okay, I can hear some of you all laughing! Tom Sawyer suggested that, as long as he didn't eat both parts together, he would only turn part red! I love that boy's sense of humor! He was dry again at night, so we decided to go for it and give him a whole egg. He made no changes in color. GO FIGURE! I have no idea where to go with all of this input but am happy to report that he was still dry all night.
So I am left with thinking that he has some intolerance problems with eggs, but is it enough to keep eggs out of our diet? Eggs would really pull down the overall cost on our grocery bill. Also, is it the feed the chicken is getting (corn) that is causing the problem? Would cage-free eggs solve my problem? I think for now I am going to add one egg meal to our menu a week and use store-bought Egg Replacer in our baking. We will see how that all goes.
A few side notes ~ I made gluten-free biscuits with raspberry jam to go with dinner the other night. They were a huge success! Yeah!! I am so proud of my children. There has been no rebellion or attempts to cheat. Even in social situations (ballet, church, swimming), they have politely turned down the food offered them and stuck to their own snacks. I think it helps so much that we are doing this together as a family. Also, I really think that Little Red Riding Hood's dark circles are smaller. Hopefully, this will be obvious when I take the end of the month photo and compare it to the photo taken the first day of the diet. We are going to reintroduce chocolate on Valentine's Day. I bought a gluten- free chocolate cake mix ($5.99!!) for the occasion. After chocolate, we will give it a few weeks and then try corn. As for dairy and gluten, I really think they are out of our life for years. I may try them again in the fall. We shall see.
Blessings, Dawn
I'm so glad that you're getting good results and that the children are complying with the diet so well. I was amazed when my children would turn down food at church or at friends' houses without a fuss.
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Keep up the good work!!
Denise
I'm not laughing! I think this is all fascinating and I'm thankful you're keeping us posted. I really, really, really need to do this with both my sons.
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The egg story sounds like 1+1=0 Hmmmmm, you're right, it doesn't make sense. I enjoyed reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's news articles before she wrote her children's books about how she fed and raised her chickens. I was reminded of it when you talked about what a chicken eats influenced the allergic reactions.
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Laurie
Congratulations to you on your success with the biscuits! I have to confess that I was one of the ones that laughed about the separate parts of the egg causing redness on either side of the face. I'm sure he didn't find it funny, but your description made it cute.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad this is working for you, and what a great commitment that everyone has joined in. Great job, Mom!
We are going in tomorrow for an egg challenge at the hospital.
ReplyDeleteWe've been without eggs for 8 years and hope that he has finally outgrown his allergy. His reactions are too severe to try it at home.
I'm curious to see how Tom Sawyer does with it back in his diet.