Egg Results

So far H has has multiple baked goods with eggs in them and french toast. No allergic reactions and no upset stomachs.

I think that we are officially allergy free!!!

We will still avoid peanuts and tree nuts for another year though.

Baby E has had no reaction to me eating eggs either. Yay for eggs!

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

During my pregnancy with Baby E, I craved chocolate. In all forms. I drank hot chocolate daily, ate chocolate bars, and devoured cookies and cakes. As the end of my pregnancy neared, I had to find allergy safe recipes to satisfy my cravings as I wanted to eliminated all dairy and egg products from my diet. That is when I found the blog Food Allergy Mama. If you haven't tried any of her recipes then you are missing out. She has some great ones. My favorite is her recipe for chocolate chip cookies.

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Now that baby E is 3 1/2 months old and I am in the midst of a elimination diet I needed to find new ways to get allergy-safe chocolate. Enjoy Life chocolate bars and chocolate chips are a must. But the other day I was craving cookies. First I tried to adapt the above recipe using gluten-free flour and soy and dairy-free margarine. The cookies tasted great (like warm cookie dough) but the texture was all wrong. They were super thin. That is when I remembered the blog Karina's Kitchen (aka the gluten-free goddess). Her recipe for chocolate chips cookies is absolutely amazing. Check them out.

Buckwheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Elimination Diet- Egg Trial

Baby E has been doing great. So I need to try a new food group and see how she does. Next up, eggs. I haven't had eggs since I was about 34 weeks pregnant. I fried up two eggs on Sunday and they tasted great! I had them again on Monday morning too. So far the results are mixed. Baby E has had no acute stomach problems and no additional spit-up, however, her poop was a bit on the runny side the next day. The only thing is that her poop is that way off and on anyway. So no verdict just yet.

Egg Trial

My daughter seems to have outgrown her milk allergy. No reactions, no upset stomachs, and no diarrhea. The only thing is that she doesn't actually seem to like milk. I bought her YoBaby whole milk yogurt only to have her snub it. She likes her coconut milk yogurt much better. She won't cheese in any form either. So for now it is nice to know that she has more food options even if she doesn't like them.

So the next step, eggs. Sunday she has Bisquick pancakes made with real eggs instead of powered egg replacer. No problems yet.

Milk Trial Update

It seems that H has outgrown her allergy to milk just as predicted by both the pediatrician and the allergist. We started out by giving her small amounts of bread that had milk baked into it. Gradually she got more and more until she was eating whole slices of bread with no problems. This week we introduced small amounts of pudding, yogurt, and cheese. Each were bites off of daddy's plate. This morning she had a small drink of cow's milk.

The plan now is to let her continue drinking soy milk because that is what she is used to and what she likes. However, we will start giving larger quantities of milk products and see how things go.

I would love for her to outgrow at least one of her allergies. This gives me hope that baby E will do the same.

Milk Trial

My daughter is coming up on her second birthday which means that it has been one full year since her last reaction to cow's milk protein and eggs via breastmilk. She has actually never had either directly. Shortly after this reaction we got her tested for food allergies. I had learned via the elimination diet that she was sensitive to milk and eggs when she was just 4 and 5 months old. I avoided both for the next 6 months.

Now it is time for us to start challenging her with both food groups to see if she is still allergic. First up, milk. We are starting by giving her bread that has milk 'baked' into it. So far so good. Next week we will try yogurt or cheese and then go from there.

Next month, eggs.

Fruit and Yogurt Parfait

While on my elimination diet, coconut milk yogurt has been my one indulgence. I love it! Here is a simple treat that I came up with using the yogurt.

1 container coconut milk yogurt, any flavor
approximately 1 cup of granola (Cascadian Farm Organic granola is dairy, soy, and wheat free)
1 banana or 1 cup frozen berries or both

Layer the coconut yogurt, granola, and fruit in alternating layers.
I used blueberry yogurt, banana, and frozen mixed berries in mine.

Can be served immediately or put it in the fridge for a snack for later.

Serves 2.