About a month ago, I called the doctor because Kynden had been showing signs of a milk allergy. She was fussy after having a bottle and was throwing up her milk periodically and just plain didn’t seem like she felt good. So we went to the doctor and talked with her about her symptoms, etc. Even though it didn’t sound like fun to draw blood from a one year old, I opted to get her blood drawn in order to test for allergies. I figured that this was best in the long run to know exactly what we were dealing with…

Well, fast forward to a month later. I finally had called the doctor’s office again because I hadn’t heard anything. They hand misplaced the lab results, etc, etc so they had to call me back. They called back this morning with the results. Get this! My dear Kynden is highly allergic to milk, egg whites and peanuts as well as allergic to wheat and soybeans! This basically covers everything that I feed her. I don’t know what to do with this! Seriously, what do you feed a one year old with these kind of allergies? There’s a part of me that is in denial. These can’t possibly be the results of my kid..they must have gotten mixed up with someone else. Wouldn’t we have noticed these? This is going to change my life! I’m going to have to read product lables like a madwoman, shop at different grocery stores, buy different products…potentially change the diet of the entire family!

Speaking of the entire family, Josh and I already decided to have the rest of the kids tested as well. Since I would never have guessed Kynden was allergic to all these things, who know what I might have missed in the others. The nurse I was talking to also said that it doesn’t always come out in the form of a rash or whatever, it may be behavorial as well. Who knows..maybe this has some sort of strange connection to Jayden’s bathroom issues…There’s an interesting thought.

Well, if anyone has any advice for me, please give it. I’m overwhelmed just thinking about all the changes that are coming!