When my son was 2 months old we found out that he has a sever case of eczema, and also allergic to dairy. So, when i was breastfed i have to go on a diet. We even had to change his formula to NUTRAMIGEN. Here i am just dealing with having a baby now i have to deal with food allergies. At about 15 months we found out he was allergic to egg, dairy, wheat, gluten, peanuts, tree-nuts, soy, red kidney beans. the list go on and on and on... so i started look online for support i came across a website www.gluttenfreemall.com; I started ordering food from there for my son. And another place to go is whole food supermarket. it was very hard for me to came up recipes or ideas for my son to eat. The more researched i did, the more i found out that there are a lot of kids with food allergies. As he got older, i became more concern of his diets. Specially when he's at the growth spurt. i realize that i have to do this on my own, meaning i have to find different ways to create different dish to fit his diets.
At the age of 4 he ways hospitalized again for his eczema, and its also the year that he have asthma. it was really a tough year. I mean how do you explain to a 4 yr old that he cant have all the food to eat and certain food will make him sick. but also at this age i learned that my son was a very smart kid, i mean how many 4 yr old can tell that he is allergic to certain food. The good thing is that he always know what he can have or cant.
Now at 7 yrs of age i can say that i am a proud mom, my son has outgrew, the SOY, WHEAT, GLUTEN, BAKED EGG. so all i want to share is that this journey is not an easy one. we've had ups and down. and sure is there is always HOPE. i never lose FAITH that my son will outgrew his food allergies, and i hope all the parents who read this will do the same, and trust me you are NOT alone. :)
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