Sleepless nights......

I just realized that I am a little (okay a lot) behind on the blogging. I need to catch up from Christmas to our recent Florida vacation, oops! Life has been a little busy at our house the last few months with lots of sleepless nights and early morning awakenings. Since the beginning of January, Mila has been battling all sorts of colds, ear infections, eye infections, or so we thought. Just recently we figured out that she has FPIES (food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome). Basically, her little digestive tract has a hard time processing food protein along with the milk and soy protein. Because of this, she has been having numerous issues with her GI tract as well as other symptoms of food sensitivities, being the ear irritation, eye irritation, skin irritation. Needless to say, this has caused her a lot of difficulty when it comes to sleep. We have had many nights of her being up numerous times or up for an hour or two in the middle of the night with severe gas pains. Luckily since we found out about this recent diagnosis, she has been much more content during the day and sleeping a little better at night. The next couple months will be a challenge as we won't really know what foods she can or can't eat without trying them. I do know that at this time we need to continue to avoid dairy, soy, and milk protein until she is at least one (possibly longer). We now also have to avoid all grains, legumes, certain meats (chicken & turkey), and have discovered she can not have cinnamon or carrots. Each new food will need to be introduced for one to two weeks to see if she has a reaction. So far we have been mainly eating sweet potatoes and squash but will be starting with new foods next week. Hopefully she will outgrow this by the time she is one though some kids continue to have issues until they are 3-4...... Now that we finally figured out what is going on, my goal will be to catch up on this blog as I have many pictures I need to post from the last few months!