MSPI/Food Allergy Check-in 1/26/15

[mooncharm]

Hi Ladies. I'm barely squeezing into my Monday goal of posting this, but here's our weekly checkin.


1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and food avoidance situation. And how old is your LO?

2. How is your LO tolerating your diet now? Any residual issues?

3. New challenges that have come up?

4. New recipes, substitutions, or MSPI/allergy friendly products you have tried?

Non-BF question of the week (inspired by the EBF check-in): 
Do you have any hobbies (Is there time for hobbies with a LO?)?

[mooncharm]

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and food avoidance situation. And how old is your LO?
My son is 12mos, with an allergy to milk, egg, peanut, and tree nut,

2. How is your LO tolerating your diet now? Any residual issues?
He's tolerating things really well! I'm so relieved.

3. New challenges that have come up?
We went to the allergist recently to see if he could try eating baked egg, but sadly, his levels/testing came back too high. So I guess it's just me who gets to have the baked egg. He'll have to wait longer until the allergist feels it's safer.

4. New recipes, substitutions, or MSPI/allergy friendly products you have tried?
I have been experimenting with healthy cookie and bread recipes. I've been loving using my breadmaker, and have a great maple oat bread recipe that I've been enjoying today and yesterday. And I made chocolate coconut oat cookies, which are fantastic!

Non-BF question of the week (inspired by the EBF check-in):
Do you have any hobbies (Is there time for hobbies with a LO?)?
I love to sew, but every time I think I'm going to sew, I get overwhelmed by the amount of mess in my house, and I try to clean instead of sewing. There's no way to start a project with so much clutter!

[spacedew]

Jan 26, 2015 23:06:03 GMT -5 mooncharm said:

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and food avoidance situation. And how old is your LO?
My son is 12mos, with an allergy to milk, egg, peanut, and tree nut,

2. How is your LO tolerating your diet now? Any residual issues?
He's tolerating things really well! I'm so relieved.

3. New challenges that have come up?
We went to the allergist recently to see if he could try eating baked egg, but sadly, his levels/testing came back too high. So I guess it's just me who gets to have the baked egg. He'll have to wait longer until the allergist feels it's safer.

4. New recipes, substitutions, or MSPI/allergy friendly products you have tried?
I have been experimenting with healthy cookie and bread recipes. I've been loving using my breadmaker, and have a great maple oat bread recipe that I've been enjoying today and yesterday. And I made chocolate coconut oat cookies, which are fantastic!

Non-BF question of the week (inspired by the EBF check-in):
Do you have any hobbies (Is there time for hobbies with a LO?)?
I love to sew, but every time I think I'm going to sew, I get overwhelmed by the amount of mess in my house, and I try to clean instead of sewing. There's no way to start a project with so much clutter!

I would love the recipe for the chocolate coconut oat cookies! Trying to eat healthy but these sound delicious!

[penguino11]

What is MSPI?

[spacedew]

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and food avoidance situation. And how old is your LO?
LO is 18 months with a dairy allergy.

2. How is your LO tolerating your diet now? Any residual issues?
Good, still trying to figure hit another GI issue.

3. New challenges that have come up?
Current Growth spurt is making her hungry all the time. She prefers to nurse instead of eat solids.

4. New recipes, substitutions, or MSPI/allergy friendly products you have tried?
Chocolate Chip cookie dough from Whole Foods. It's dairy and egg free.

Non-BF question of the week (inspired by the EBF check-in):
Do you have any hobbies (Is there time for hobbies with a LO?)? Nope, I have a tech startup so no time for hobbies unless you count cleaning/organizing.

[penguino11]

Nvm, I stopped being lazy and googled it :-) my LO isn't mspi or have allergies but we're vegan. If anyone wants yummy dairy free/egg free recipes I'm happy to share :-)

[Deleted]

Brownies in a cup

In a 2 cup mug or bowl mix with a fork:

3 T Sugar
2 T Cocoa
2 T Flour
dash of salt (small dash!)

Add:
drop of vanilla
2 T Canola Oil
2 T Water

Mix until creamy, microwave for 1 minute and 15 seconds. (Or 1 minute 5 seconds if you want some parts to be "molten") Eat right out of the dish, but let it cool for a few minutes because it will be hot!

Sometimes if I'm feeling really desperate for something yummy I will sprinkle some Enjoy Life cocolate chips on top, then sprinkle on some powdered sugar (not corn free), then drizzle on some chocolate syrup. Makes it seem like a restaurant dessert!!

[mooncharm]

Jan 27, 2015 0:47:32 GMT -5 penguino11 said:

Nvm, I stopped being lazy and googled it :-) my LO isn't mspi or have allergies but we're vegan. If anyone wants yummy dairy free/egg free recipes I'm happy to share :-)

Awesome, thanks @pinguino11 !

I often look at vegan recipes for milk free and egg free recipes, and just try to avoid anything with nuts. I've been doing a lot of experiments with vegan baking lately. I was vegetarian for 15+ years until my son's food allergies. I'm eating chicken and fish now, but trying to keep things minimal. I'm so glad I've been able to go back to beans and soy after figuring out his allergies. I'll let you know if I come up with any challenges in the future. Thanks!

[mooncharm]

Jan 27, 2015 0:25:29 GMT -5 spacedew said:

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and food avoidance situation. And how old is your LO?
LO is 18 months with a dairy allergy.

2. How is your LO tolerating your diet now? Any residual issues?
Good, still trying to figure hit another GI issue.

3. New challenges that have come up?
Current Growth spurt is making her hungry all the time. She prefers to nurse instead of eat solids.

4. New recipes, substitutions, or MSPI/allergy friendly products you have tried?
Chocolate Chip cookie dough from Whole Foods. It's dairy and egg free.

Non-BF question of the week (inspired by the EBF check-in):
Do you have any hobbies (Is there time for hobbies with a LO?)? Nope, I have a tech startup so no time for hobbies unless you count cleaning/organizing.

spacedew - Where is this Whole Foods cookie dough? Is it in the fridge section or freezer? Is it whole foods 365 brand or something else? I need to go look for some of this ASAP!

[penguino11]

Np :-) I love vegan baking. Applesauce instead of eggs makes things so much better imo.

[mooncharm]

oh, and spacedew, I lost my recipe for the chocolate coconut cookies. how sad is that? I wrote it down so I could modify my experiment if needed, but now I can't find it! But I used oats (put in the food processor), plus coconut flour, maple syrup, cocoa powder, coconut oil, baking powder and baking soda, salt, and peppermint extract. Instead of peppermint, I'm going to try a different variation next time, like dried cranberries. Today I made a yeast chocolate bread in my breadmaker with dried cranberries, and it was delicious!

[mooncharm]

Jan 27, 2015 23:45:02 GMT -5 penguino11 said:

Np :-) I love vegan baking. Applesauce instead of eggs makes things so much better imo.

Yes it does! I made a great spice cake using applesauce!

[spacedew]

Jan 27, 2015 23:44:45 GMT -5 mooncharm said:

Jan 27, 2015 0:25:29 GMT -5 spacedew said:

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and food avoidance situation. And how old is your LO?
LO is 18 months with a dairy allergy.

2. How is your LO tolerating your diet now? Any residual issues?
Good, still trying to figure hit another GI issue.

3. New challenges that have come up?
Current Growth spurt is making her hungry all the time. She prefers to nurse instead of eat solids.

4. New recipes, substitutions, or MSPI/allergy friendly products you have tried?
Chocolate Chip cookie dough from Whole Foods. It's dairy and egg free.

Non-BF question of the week (inspired by the EBF check-in):
Do you have any hobbies (Is there time for hobbies with a LO?)? Nope, I have a tech startup so no time for hobbies unless you count cleaning/organizing.

spacedew - Where is this Whole Foods cookie dough? Is it in the fridge section or freezer? Is it whole foods 365 brand or something else? I need to go look for some of this ASAP!

It's in the refrigerator section usually close to the yogurt. I can't remember the brand right now but I am going to shopping tomorrow so I will let you know! It's in a white pint container with brown and orange writing.

[spacedew]

Jan 27, 2015 23:46:53 GMT -5 mooncharm said:

oh, and spacedew, I lost my recipe for the chocolate coconut cookies. how sad is that? I wrote it down so I could modify my experiment if needed, but now I can't find it! But I used oats (put in the food processor), plus coconut flour, maple syrup, cocoa powder, coconut oil, baking powder and baking soda, salt, and peppermint extract. Instead of peppermint, I'm going to try a different variation next time, like dried cranberries. Today I made a yeast chocolate bread in my breadmaker with dried cranberries, and it was delicious!

I will try and experiment with the ingredients and see what I get. Love the idea of chocolate bread. We don't have a bread maker anymore, but maybe it's time to re-invest...

[mooncharm]

Jan 28, 2015 0:59:15 GMT -5 spacedew said:

Jan 27, 2015 23:44:45 GMT -5 mooncharm said:

spacedew - Where is this Whole Foods cookie dough? Is it in the fridge section or freezer? Is it whole foods 365 brand or something else? I need to go look for some of this ASAP!

It's in the refrigerator section usually close to the yogurt. I can't remember the brand right now but I am going to shopping tomorrow so I will let you know! It's in a white pint container with brown and orange writing.

Awesome! I will have to look for it. I am envisioning a really delicious bedtime snack here!

[spacedew]

mooncharm the brand is Eat Pastry. I love it! They have a GF version as well that I don't really like. Enjoy!

[casey]

@frenchtoast, we had really good luck with oatmilk.

[gahorseygal]

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and food avoidance situation. And how old is your LO?


Hi ladies! I'm new to the breastfeeding group but regularly post in Aug '14. I'm avoiding diary ATM and LO is 6 months old.


2. How is your LO tolerating your diet now? Any residual issues?


Dairy free has made a huge difference. No more bloody/green poops. I'm thinking I'll stay dairy free until 1 year. We switched pedi's so I haven't asked their opinion yet on how long I should wait.


3. New challenges that have come up?



4. New recipes, substitutions, or MSPI/allergy friendly products you have tried?
 

I was dairy free for a year in college to heal my gut and avoid most dairy when cooking at home. No new products found lately but I have plenty of recipes that are gluten and dairy free!


Non-BF question of the week (inspired by the EBF check-in):

Do you have any hobbies (Is there time for hobbies with a LO?)?

Horseback riding! Haven't been on a horse since my BFP but I've started going to the barn for a few hours on the weekend and will start riding again soon.

[elbug]

I'm late to this check in and there will more than likely be another tomorrow but I won't have much time to be online tomorrow

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and food avoidance situation. And how old is your LO?

~Dairy free since my son was 2/3 weeks (he's now 6 months). Bloody mucousy stools plus severe eczema over entire body. Dairy free only wasn't enough but stopped the blood in his stool and reduced the severity of his eczema. Tried cutting soy, no change. Tried cutting wheat, a little change. Skin testing all negative at 4 months. Now at just 6 months I'm working on a full elimination diet. Stools are finally normal. Skin has significant improvement. Tried oats in my diet and things were fine. Gave him a mesh bag with oats and he broke out + diarrhea for several days. Cut it back out. Tried rice husk this morning and his face it breaking out as I type this. He's on antihistamine 1-2x daily.

2. How is your LO tolerating your diet now? Any residual issues?

~No clue. I'm lost. See above. I'm a disaster and just talking about all this makes me cry. Wondering if further skin testing would be worth it to look at rice and oats specifically.

3. New challenges that have come up?

~I failed at the brief intro, challenges above

4. New recipes, substitutions, or MSPI/allergy friendly products you have tried?

~Enjoy life cookies have been my saving grace the last few months

Non-BF question of the week (inspired by the EBF check-in):
Do you have any hobbies (Is there time for hobbies with a LO?)?

~I used to do ballet. I'm thinking about taking a class once a week hopefully soon!

[mooncharm]

wow elbug. That sounds really frustrating. I had a tough time with the elimination diet. Can you get your son's allergist on board to help? I know they're not perfect, and they can't really test for sensitivities like they can test for allergies, but maybe they could offer some guidance? Or maybe not. I just remember how lost I felt while trying to work out my son's food issues.

[elbug]

Feb 1, 2015 20:27:28 GMT -5 mooncharm said:

wow elbug. That sounds really frustrating. I had a tough time with the elimination diet. Can you get your son's allergist on board to help? I know they're not perfect, and they can't really test for sensitivities like they can test for allergies, but maybe they could offer some guidance? Or maybe not. I just remember how lost I felt while trying to work out my son's food issues.

I'm going to call them tomorrow. I need help. I wanted to ask you mooncharm, what age did you guys go through testing and what sort of testing did you do (skin, blood etx)? Our allergist only did the few most common via skin testing at 4 months. She wanted to test more but his skin was so bad she had trouble finding places for the pricks.

[ruby]

1. Brief intro/re-intro of yourself and food avoidance situation. And how old is your LO?

Hi Ladies, can I join in? DD is 8 months and I've been dairy and soy free since DD was 11 weeks. She's been a high needs baby since she was 3 weeks and started having blood in her stool at 10 weeks. Dr. was not much help but thought I could try eliminating milk and see what happens. Right away I eliminated dairy and soy and through trial and error I've also found that she has issues with wheat and peanuts. The mucousy, runny diapers are a dead giveaway to issues.

2. How is your LO tolerating your diet now? Any residual issues?

She is doing pretty well now. I have snuck in foods with small amounts of wheat in them and have trialed back in soybean oil with success.

3. New challenges that have come up?

Feeding her solids has been difficult and I've found that DD has a very sensitive digestive system. We are only good with pears, apples, and green beans so far.

I still have issues when eating out unless I eat the most boring things possible (think iceberg lettuce with mustard as dressing). Pretty much every restaurant I have been two seems to not get cooking without butter or margarine and I have to deal with a super cranky baby and poosplosions for the next couple of days afterward.

4. New recipes, substitutions, or MSPI/allergy friendly products you have tried?

Love snacking on Enjoy Life No Nuts trail mix and chocolate chunks. Aldi makes a lot of knockoff products under their Live G-Free brand - the gluten free brownie mix, cookies, and chewy bars are all dairy, soy and gluten free and pretty tasty in a pinch.

Non-BF question of the week (inspired by the EBF check-in):
Do you have any hobbies (Is there time for hobbies with a LO?)?

Used to sew a lot, now I'm in school full time, so that's my hobby

[mooncharm]

Feb 1, 2015 22:44:17 GMT -5 elbug said:

Feb 1, 2015 20:27:28 GMT -5 mooncharm said:

wow elbug. That sounds really frustrating. I had a tough time with the elimination diet. Can you get your son's allergist on board to help? I know they're not perfect, and they can't really test for sensitivities like they can test for allergies, but maybe they could offer some guidance? Or maybe not. I just remember how lost I felt while trying to work out my son's food issues.

I'm going to call them tomorrow. I need help. I wanted to ask you mooncharm, what age did you guys go through testing and what sort of testing did you do (skin, blood etx)? Our allergist only did the few most common via skin testing at 4 months. She wanted to test more but his skin was so bad she had trouble finding places for the pricks.

elbug - we did blood tests at 5mos and skin tests at 6mos, then some additional blood tests at 9 mos and follow up skin tests at 12mos. Our allergist had us do blood tests first, saying that if those were positive, then we'd have no need for skin tests (bc they'd be positive, too), so we only did skin tests for what was negative on blood tests. Then for what was negative, I added foods back in one day at a time. It felt so good to be able to eat more foods finally! He asked me for suggestions on foods that I was suspicious of based on my food log. Now we're still restricted based on his known allergies, but that is a million times better than when I was avoiding everything! Good luck tomorrow calling the allergist!

[Deleted]

Hi all, sorry I missed this last week. Just popping in as I am a MSPI graduate.
elbug Have you considered holding off on intro-ing solids to LO? My DS was sensitive to like, everything, when I gave it directly to him. He'd break out in a rash after eating foods that had been fine in my diet for months. At 6 mo, solids are fun, but not necessary. Re: testing, we didn't test until after his 12 m check up. Before then, the tests aren't that reliable, from what I understand. We ended up doing a blood test because my DS was sensitive to so many foods, a scratch test didn't really make sense.
GL all! Check out the blog of our old check in archives for more recipes! mspimoms.blogspot.com

[elbug]

Feb 2, 2015 16:33:59 GMT -5 @rocknrollfriend said:

Hi all, sorry I missed this last week. Just popping in as I am a MSPI graduate.
elbug Have you considered holding off on intro-ing solids to LO? My DS was sensitive to like, everything, when I gave it directly to him. He'd break out in a rash after eating foods that had been fine in my diet for months. At 6 mo, solids are fun, but not necessary. Re: testing, we didn't test until after his 12 m check up. Before then, the tests aren't that reliable, from what I understand. We ended up doing a blood test because my DS was sensitive to so many foods, a scratch test didn't really make sense.
GL all! Check out the blog of our old check in archives for more recipes! mspimoms.blogspot.com

I called the allergist today and that is part of the plan, no solids until I meet with her. She wants to discuss fpies also since his reactions to oats and rice are progressively getting worse. She said to just stop eating rice and oats until our appt next week and to not bother with my elimination diet. I'm afraid to do that though so I'll add back one at a time over this week starting with eggs tomorrow and will stay off milk and soy.

[Deleted]

Feb 2, 2015 17:53:49 GMT -5 elbug said:

Feb 2, 2015 16:33:59 GMT -5 @rocknrollfriend said:

Hi all, sorry I missed this last week. Just popping in as I am a MSPI graduate.
elbug Have you considered holding off on intro-ing solids to LO? My DS was sensitive to like, everything, when I gave it directly to him. He'd break out in a rash after eating foods that had been fine in my diet for months. At 6 mo, solids are fun, but not necessary. Re: testing, we didn't test until after his 12 m check up. Before then, the tests aren't that reliable, from what I understand. We ended up doing a blood test because my DS was sensitive to so many foods, a scratch test didn't really make sense.
GL all! Check out the blog of our old check in archives for more recipes! mspimoms.blogspot.com

I called the allergist today and that is part of the plan, no solids until I meet with her. She wants to discuss fpies also since his reactions to oats and rice are progressively getting worse. She said to just stop eating rice and oats until our appt next week and to not bother with my elimination diet. I'm afraid to do that though so I'll add back one at a time over this week starting with eggs tomorrow and will stay off milk and soy.

GL with the appt!