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Thursday, March 5, 2009
03.05.2009 -- Dairy Queen
One thing my sweet mother-in-law likes to say is that Gabe has his very own "Dairy Queen." Well, this Dairy Queen has gone Dairyless.
To spare you the details, I will just say that his diapers told me something was off. I've also realized that some of his skin issue (like a sore bum and eczema-like scaliness) were probably related, too. After some searching on the internet, I found that there was a good chance that Gabe is allergic to cow's milk and that I would need to cut it from my diet if I wanted the symptoms to go away. I started yesterday. I sometimes joke that Lucy is made up of some high percentage of milk products (yogurt, milk, cheese, etc..), but never stopped to think how much of my diet included milk--that is, until it was making Gabe sick.
I am actually seeing an improvement already, if you can believe it. (Apparently, it takes 10 - 14 days for the proteins to work their way out of a system.)