We took Eli to the allergist this month and the scratch test (which included all main allergens plus sesame, sunflower, and corn) came back entirely negative! Based on what I told the allergist about re-introducing foods and his reaction, she guesses that it's a milk protein allergy and recommended staying off of dairy and soy for the first 2 years of his life. However, when I tried to re-introduce other foods (fish, sunflower) he reacted again. So I got him sent for the IgE blood test to see if we get any different results. He could just be gastronomically sensitive to certain processed foods. We hopefully get the results of the blood test next week when we go for his 4 month shots.
As for me, I do, in fact, have gallstones and have my first meeting with a surgeon at the Queensway Carleton hospital on the 25th. I have no idea when the surgery will be, but it's for sure happening. If I have even a little bit of red meat, my gallbladder gets swollen and sore so I'm strictly avoiding it. My food options feel pretty depressing, but I've found a few gems here and there that I love.
Eli is growing like a weed. He and Avery are now in the same size of diapers. It's crazy! What a chunker. I love it.
Length: 27.5 inches
Weight: 19lb 1oz
Hair Colour: Light brown
Eye Colour: Light blue
Eating and Sleeping Habits: Getting better! Now that he's finally starting to outgrow the moro reflex he doesn't scare himself awake so much any more. He can sometimes snuffle himself back to sleep. He usually does two short naps in the morning (usually 30-40 minutes each) and then one long nap with Avery in the afternoon (usually 1.5 hours with a nursing break in the middle for comfort), and then two more short naps before bedtime around 8pm. I love that he's fairly predictable in this department. At night he wakes 2-3 times, sometimes to eat, sometimes because Avery wakes him up, but he did one night of 6hrs straight this week, so that's progress. Nursing is still the same. About 2.5-3 hours between feeds, sometimes less if he didn't get a full feed in or if he wants to nurse to sleep. I'm just letting him steer this time. I tried the schedule thing with Avery and she didn't gain as much weight so Eli can eat whenever he wants. 
New Skills: Scooting in a circle on his tummy, holds head steady, holding toys with two hands, sometimes passing them from one hand to the other (if he doesn't drop it first), saying new consonant sounds like "bbbbb". Learning how to sit (he falls to one side and can't stay upright but he can prop himself on his arms, so it's a start).
Favourite Things: The exersaucer, tummy time, looking at himself in the mirror, "talking" to anyone who will smile at him (though he saves the loudest and highest pitched sounds for me and Jon :D ), giggling at me when I say "Mamamamamama". He also loves watching Avery play. He just stares at her and takes it all in. Whenever she makes eye contact with him he just breaks into the biggest smile. It melts me.
I'm so in love for this 'little' guy and his big sister. How they interact with each other and the fun we have together is just great. It is exhausting and busy, but I am generally very happy to have such awesome human beings to spend my days with.
No comments:
Post a Comment