Milestones and Memories

Hello friends!

Tomorrow is Jack's first birthday. I can't believe it. One year ago today was my due date and Kevin and I were on our way to have one last good meal before we went to the hospital and I couldn't eat for a while. We ate at Mimi's and had a wonderful dinner and dessert. I was having contractions but they weren't regular. I was dilating and effaced though so they gave me just a drop of Pitocin to get things started :) About 8 hours later we had our sweet man!

He is almost walking, he just doesn't have the courage to let go yet. He will get there soon! He's loving being a rambunctious boy. He's feeling much better off gluten and cow's milk. We're going to see Dr. Donovan in December, hopefully sooner.

I can't believe my baby boy is a toddler with 6 teeth and independence! I love him so much. We're trying to go from the bottle to only a sippy cup but he's not really having it. All in time.

Ashley

Gluten Free, Casein Free?

Hello all,

We got the results back for Jack's gluten test. It came back negative, which we suspected, because the doctor said he's probably too young for it to come back positive. He said he's also only seen one test in a kid or baby come back positive. He referred us to Dr. Donovan, the only pediatric gastroenterologist in Tulsa, so we'll see how quickly we get in.

The doctor also wanted us to introduce him to cow's milk since he is almost 1. He has been crying off and on over the last few days and we weren't sure what the problem was. Today, since we were home with him all day, we got to see what it was doing to him. He pretty much screamed all day from stomach and gas pains. I could hear and feel his tummy rumbling :( It was very sad.

I was reading a gluten blog and came across a good piece of information. Doctors think that as much as 50% of Celiac patients are also allergic or intolerant to casein and/or lactose, which is basically in cows milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.

So we will see what Dr. Donovan has to say and see what tests he wants to do. I'm going to share all of my research with him so he can have all the information up front. I hope we get the answers we need so we can move on with a happy child.

I guess I will be making a gluten free and dairy free cake for his birthday!!

Keep us in your prayers,

Ashley