Yesterday was my husbands day off so I try and stay off all social medias and my phone since we only have him to ourselves that one day out of the week.
Gavin still woke up throughout the night (every 2-3 hours) but only for a bottle. We're seeing progress!! I woke up before him that following morning. Which is unusual because I'm always so tired. Normally, he wakes me up lol.
He woke up with only a little redness on his cheeks. His hands, legs, and feet felt so smooth with no dry skin. Also, he didn't scratch not one time the ENTIRE day! It was amazing. We went to stores that afternoon and even took him for a quick Christmas photo at mommy's promo session.
We don't get out ever unless its to walk around the block. Its just to hard for me by myself to go anywhere by ourselves. As soon as I strap him into his car seat he starts rubbing his wrists and arms against the seatbelt till it burns so when my husbands off I try to do any and all shopping that I need done.
We got our food allergy test results back for a few other foods we tested Gavin for. He's now allergic to beef, chicken, rice & oat (peanuts, soy, cow's milk, wheat, eggs, and NO GLUTEN).
That being said, yesterday was the first day we went grocery shopping just for Gavin. We were so sure Whole Foods would be the place to go.... wrong! We went down every single aisle and checked every ingredient on foods. If it was vegan, it had soy or wheat... if it was gluten free, it had eggs... if it was wheat free, it had gluten. We ended up leaving with oranges and apples. We did find frozen vegan bread but usually it'll say wheat and soy free and it didn't so we didn't want to risk it.
I thought about making vegetable soups for him but if he were to break out I wouldn't know what he broke out to so I'm back to trying one fruit and vegetable every three days.
Everything is going good we come home and sliced his orange in little pieces he loved it! Then a few hours passed...
Day 3's photo
Christmas photo:
DAY 4:
Gavin itched and scratched all night long. We think it might have been the orange. We still continued with the wraps even with his irritation. We had to give him Benadryl to help him sleep but I don't think that helped much. He tossed and turned all night long and even woke up from 4:30-5:30am. His eyes were closed the whole time he was just so irritated. The bottom picture is a better photo of his forehead. Don't mind his clothes lol we literally change him 5-6 times a day because of the wet wraps.
This is how he woke up:
This morning I was just so frustrated. I started to feel like we're going back to where we started. I called his allergist and he referred me to a "food allergist specialist". They called me within 10 minutes after hanging up with his allergist. Oh by the way, if any of you need an allergist Dr. William Neville is the best doctor I've ever delt with. He doesn't have his nurse call you ever. He calls you directly. He even called just to check up on Gavin since his goats milk out break. He's seriously the best! He called the food allergist specialist today and they called me immediately. Gavin now has an appointment next week. I just need some answers!!!!! I don't understand how EVERYTHING I feed him breaks him out. It just sounds impossible.
Today I gave him organic apple slices. Lets see what happens. Also, the weather seems to be great here in Texas so if he's not to itchy we might just take a stroll around the block. See you tomorrow!
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