Overcoming Food Allergies

Well, Hayden had a piece of bread that contains Whey today and had no reaction at all!  I have been reading a lot of research from England about food allergies and ways to slowly (around a year) overcome them.  Doctors say to start with a VERY small amount of the allergen and work your way up every week or two, little by little.  I really wasn't sure whether I even cared to try to make him overcome his allergy since the foods we feed him that are dairy-free are all very healthy and he's happy with it, but I would like to see him be able to have a bit of cake at a party or eat some chicken strips at a restaurant without a problem, so I think I will try it, just once and see what happens.  The goal is to start with bread that contains Whey and only give him one piece a day or less.  If he tolerates that for a week or two, we will move up to two a week and onward from there.  We have to start with Whey first since it's a basic protein and work our way up after that.  If he throws up or complains once, we will be done with the test and not do it again.  I don't want to cause him discomfort or pain or anything like that, so it's one try and that's all!  I just wanted to let you all know about that since everyone's usually asking about how his tummy is doing!

Today was a really nice day with the family.  We relaxed, cleaned, played and had a picnic at the park and dairy-free sorbet at Cold Stone.  It was nice to get the rest of my energy back after being sick and I can't wait to be back at school tomorrow.  I miss my kiddos and Hayden misses his friends.  Wednesday after work, I am picking up our T-Ball uniforms at the NYS office so you will definitely need to look for a photo of all that cuteness Wednesday night.  Love to all!!