The report came back and his breathing was being effected by food allergies. Our son, age 14 months, was allergic to: banana's, cow milk, egg whites, oats, peanuts and... CANE SUGAR! When the results came I had three meltdowns.
Melt down #1- I have been poisoning my child!!!! His diet consisted of everything on his allergy list (except eggs, he has always hated egg). I felt instantly deflated and couldn't believe I waited to long to find out what was effecting his breathing.
Melt down #2- OMG everything, everything, everything has sugar in it. The fruit preserves I got from the store... sugar, the veggie straws he loves... sugar, the spaghetti sauce we buy... sugar. I felt my heart sink a little bit lower.
Melt down #3- I don't have the time. I wallowed in a place of complaining "I work 9-10 hours a day", when I am not at work I bring work home, not to mention the work of being a mom and a wife. How, when, how am I going to have the time to cook and prepare the food that my son can eat and will eat?
----------------------- Then I pulled myself together and went to the grocery store-------------------------
It took me two hours in the grocery store, and reading of label after label, but I found some good products that my son can eat. The picture above are the items above. The all have no added sugar, are dairy free, and are free from any of the above mentioned foods that my son is allergic to. My husband and I decided that we would change our diet with our son and eat the foods that he can eat. The doctor stated that it is very likely that our little man will grow out of these allergies, but in the meantime this has caused me to really begin to look at food differently and more intensely.
This whole blog is about our journey as a family to sweeten with fruit, cut out the dairy, and read the labels to protect our little guy against any allergens... and change our relationship with food in the process.
