*Last night Joe made the BEST brownies from scratch. You know how you make brownies and think that it's too bad that the boxed brownies are actually better than the from scratch brownies? No more! No more brownies, either--even after he tripled the recipe. We did give about half of them away, but I definitely ate more than anyone else in the family. What makes them so good? It's all about proportions: 1/2 c flour, 1 c sugar, and 1 stick butter. Yeah. . . maybe you should stick to the boxes.
*I have discovered the Amazon penny books. This is especially tempting when it comes to church books I would like to read that I cannot check out of the local library. It is also especially misleading because I have to pay $3.99 in shipping. . . and that adds up quickly! I also get some sort of high(? or something?) out of getting something in the mail. I think I will set the rule that I can order only one book at a time, and I have to read it before ordering another one.
*It appears that Ammon has either an allergy to milk or to the lactose in the milk. If you have any experience or knowledge with this, I would love to hear your ideas.
Here are the facts: I always drank and ate milk products during the year I was exclusively breastfeeding Ammon, and my milk never seemed to bother him. I began introducing whole milk at about 11 months, but only a few ounces a day. At 12 months I was nursing him twice a day, but he was drinking about 16 oz of whole milk daily. He started pooping 8-10 times a day, and even though I tried to change his diaper immediately he had a bad diaper rash. We took him off of milk and his bottom cleared up. We introduced lactose-free milk and his bottom stayed rash-free. He ate small amounts of cheese without problem. Last week I cut back nursing to once a day, and on those days we had casseroles and pizza--which had cheese on them. The rash returned.
So here are my questions:
- Is there a relationship between my weaning him and his development of a lactose intolerance?
- I have heard about young children growing out of allergies. Can you grow out of a lactose intolerance?
- Is the intolerance doing more to his body than presenting itself in the form of a diaper rash?
Again, would love to know your thoughts.
*And finally, a tidbit of TMI. There are some good and bad things that happen each time the nursing of a child comes to a close. Breast-feeding is a wonderful opportunity to bond with my baby, and one of the only times I feel ok about sitting down to read, chatting on the phone, closing my eyes, or gazing into my baby's eyes. I always feel a little sad when that chapter of life is over. I also feel like I can eat a few extra calories during the day when I am breast-feeding. The end of breast-feeding means I have the opportunity to fast--the first time in almost 2 years. I always feel excitement about this spiritual uplift, but forget how hard it is to deprive my body of food for 24 hours. And let's not forget the changing of hormones. Our bodies go through SO much! But probably one of the hardest things about not breast feeding is the way my body changes (you women know exactly what I am talking about). It is sometimes hard to look in the mirror and see the stretched out, saggy skin caused by pregnancy and, yes, breast-feeding. All I can say is thank goodness for modern technology in women's clothing.*
* This also reminds me: it has been getting quite warm in TX--last week we had temperatures in the 90's. There were a couple of moms at the kid's soccer games wearing ridiculously short shorts and skin-tight tube tops. It was awkward. You know what? Moms should not be wearing short shorts and revealing tops. I don't care what religion you are, it's not sexy. It looks ridiculous!
*And finally, a tidbit of TMI. There are some good and bad things that happen each time the nursing of a child comes to a close. Breast-feeding is a wonderful opportunity to bond with my baby, and one of the only times I feel ok about sitting down to read, chatting on the phone, closing my eyes, or gazing into my baby's eyes. I always feel a little sad when that chapter of life is over. I also feel like I can eat a few extra calories during the day when I am breast-feeding. The end of breast-feeding means I have the opportunity to fast--the first time in almost 2 years. I always feel excitement about this spiritual uplift, but forget how hard it is to deprive my body of food for 24 hours. And let's not forget the changing of hormones. Our bodies go through SO much! But probably one of the hardest things about not breast feeding is the way my body changes (you women know exactly what I am talking about). It is sometimes hard to look in the mirror and see the stretched out, saggy skin caused by pregnancy and, yes, breast-feeding. All I can say is thank goodness for modern technology in women's clothing.*
* This also reminds me: it has been getting quite warm in TX--last week we had temperatures in the 90's. There were a couple of moms at the kid's soccer games wearing ridiculously short shorts and skin-tight tube tops. It was awkward. You know what? Moms should not be wearing short shorts and revealing tops. I don't care what religion you are, it's not sexy. It looks ridiculous!
5 comments:
If I remember right breast milk contain lactase the enzyme that helps break down lactose. Does that help?
Don't have this issue in our family, but have a few friends that do. Many kids grow out of allergies (same with asthma). There are always exceptions, but that seems to be the general rule.
I just saw your post about books, sorry I missed that one. I just read "The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton. Really liked it.
When I was little I would throw up every time I had cow's milk. Then one day my mom caught my aunt feeding me cereal with milk...and I wasn't sick. You can grow out of it, to some extent. It doesn't make me sick, but I would prob feel better if I was better at eliminating it from my diet. I get congested when I eat dairy. When I have a cold, I have to stop eating dairy or I'd have a double dose of mucus. Ugh. Doesn't stop me from enjoying the dairy I want to eat ;) Milk and ice cream are my worst offenders, I can eat cheese without it bothering me.
I couldn't drink milk has a baby. Now I am developing a problem to milk....sometimes I wonder if I have always had a problem but I am just used to the pains in my stomach and didn't think much of it until recently. I get lots of stomach cramps and pains from it. Some nausea as well. The good side of this....milk really isn't good for you. Sorry, I probably didn't answer any of your questions. :)
So, I've been lurking on your blog ever since you provided the link to your homemade yogurt recipe on Quad 4 Friends. Hope you don't mind!
When I was little, I would projectile vomit when I had dairy. I grew out of it, but I still have a lot of other allergies.
My son also had some sort of intolerance to dairy. Your description of Ammon's symptoms could have been my description of Joshua's symptoms, minus the weaning part (I'm a bit crazy :) so he still hasn't weaned at the age of 32 months, so I can't comment on any correlation with weaning). He was always able to do cheese and yogurt, but not too much of either. He couldn't drink milk or eat ice cream at all. It seemed like there was some sort of correlation with the amount of lactose he consumed and the severity of his reaction, so if I limited how much cheese and yogurt he had in a day, he was fine. Apparently they have a lower concentration of lactose? Something like that. I used lactaid for cooking and on his cereal. He seems to have outgrown it in the last month or so, but still doesn't drink a lot because we just never got into that habit.
PS Maybe this is horrible of me to admit, but I kind of want to try that brownie recipe... :)
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