Food Allergy/MSPI Check-in 2/23/15

[mooncharm]

Hi mamas,

If you're interested in this check -in, please join in! I know there are lots of ladies whose babies have food allergies or MSPI, and lots of mamas have to deal with dietary restrictions in order to BF. This is your place!

Here are some questions for this week:

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and your LO's food issues.

2. How long did it take you to get used to your new diet?

3. Do you have any thoughts about BF future children in terms of food intolerances or allergies? If you have multiple children, have you gone through food issues for your other children as well?

4. Any good recipes to share?

5. Non BF question of the week: What's your favorite movie from this year's Oscars nominees?

[mooncharm]

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and your LO's food issues.
I am still nursing my 13 month old son who is allergic to milk, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts. I've been cutting foods from my diet since he was 3 months old, but the allergies were finally confirmed and my diet got solidified when he was 6-7 months old.

2. How long did it take you to get used to your new diet?
It was definitely tough initially with all the changes early on. But I'd say after a month or so I was able to get into a good groove. The fun thing is that I'm still finding new foods every month!

3. Do you have any thoughts about BF future children in terms of food intolerances or allergies? If you have multiple children, have you gone through food issues for your other children as well?
I asked this question this week because I think a lot about this. I am worried that my future children will have the same issues, but I guess there's no way to find out. I definitely don't want to go through everything that we had to do for this little guy all over again. At least we already have the allergist...

4. Any good recipes to share?
I just discovered miso paste. I've been making a dressing/marinade/sauce for salad dressing, salmon, and chicken with fresh miso paste, tahini, orange juice, honey, ginger powder, garlic powder, and balsamic vinegar. It's delicious! I just change the proportions and add some olive oil to make a dressing, and thicken it up and add a little mustard for the fish. Tonight I put some other spices and some orange slices on roasted turkey using this (without the tahini). I'm loving this miso paste!

5. Non BF question of the week: What's your favorite movie from this year's Oscars nominees?
I actually haven't seen any of them. How awful is that!?

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Feb 23, 2015 22:53:13 GMT -5 mooncharm said:

4. Any good recipes to share?
I just discovered miso paste. I've been making a dressing/marinade/sauce for salad dressing, salmon, and chicken with fresh miso paste, tahini, orange juice, honey, ginger powder, garlic powder, and balsamic vinegar. It's delicious! I just change the proportions and add some olive oil to make a dressing, and thicken it up and add a little mustard for the fish. Tonight I put some other spices and some orange slices on roasted turkey using this (without the tahini). I'm loving this miso paste!

That does sound delicious. Just a note of caution to any SPI mamas out there, in case it's not obvious, miso = soy.

[mooncharm]

Feb 25, 2015 17:52:20 GMT -5 @rocknrollfriend said:

Feb 23, 2015 22:53:13 GMT -5 mooncharm said:

4. Any good recipes to share?
I just discovered miso paste. I've been making a dressing/marinade/sauce for salad dressing, salmon, and chicken with fresh miso paste, tahini, orange juice, honey, ginger powder, garlic powder, and balsamic vinegar. It's delicious! I just change the proportions and add some olive oil to make a dressing, and thicken it up and add a little mustard for the fish. Tonight I put some other spices and some orange slices on roasted turkey using this (without the tahini). I'm loving this miso paste!

That does sound delicious. Just a note of caution to any SPI mamas out there, in case it's not obvious, miso = soy.

yes! good point! I actually didn't know what miso was until I was checking the ingredients to see if it was okay for us. 

[turtles7]

Hello! I have a question and hope it's ok if I ask it here. My LO has not been diagnosed with any food allergies but I'm getting really desperate to help her. For the past month, her eczema has been really bad. The only time she gets relief is from hydrocortisone. Her poops have also been consistently bright green and runny and occasionally musousy. I've been dairy free for a couple days now and I know it takes about 2-3 weeks for the milk protein to leave our system but I noticed this morning her poop was more of a brown shade. Is this a coincidence or is going dairy free really helping?

[mooncharm]

turtles7 I think it varies for a lot of people. Some see a difference quickly like you noticed today. How has the rest of the day gone?

[turtles7]

mooncharm I forgot to ask MIL about her diapers today. She did have a green musousy diaper at home and unfortunately the clock resets today. I had couscous made with butter. I make mine with olive oil so I didn't think about until I saw the butter next to the pot (had dinner at the in laws). We also gave LO milk based formula at the gym. Again didn't think about it until afterwards. Ugh so frustrating

[mooncharm]

Feb 26, 2015 22:49:28 GMT -5 turtles7 said:

mooncharm I forgot to ask MIL about her diapers today. She did have a green musousy diaper at home and unfortunately the clock resets today. I had couscous made with butter. I make mine with olive oil so I didn't think about until I saw the butter next to the pot (had dinner at the in laws). We also gave LO milk based formula at the gym. Again didn't think about it until afterwards. Ugh so frustrating

We had an issue like that on the beginning too. It's tough to remember every detail!