No, I'm not going to blog every day about our first food trial. We'll be trialing each food for two weeks, so that would get incredibly dull, wouldn't it? Go ahead. Nod your head. Don't feel bad. It's true.
But I am writing this morning... 7:45, another 1/4 teaspoon of pears in. I won't be increasing the amount yet. Thanks to Joy and other moms all over the FPIES internet world, we have a small change in plans. We'll feed G the same amount for 3 days and, should she tolerate it, we'll double that amount, stay there for three days, etc. Part of me just wishes I could serve up a big 'ol bowl of pears and let her dig in and part of me wishes we weren't even at the 'feeding' stage yet. Most of all, I'm just glad we haven't needed to head back to the ER!
And just so you know, I was right on with the tooth prediction. This morning we're celebrating the arrival of tooth #2 (bottom right). Hooray! Oh - and more than anything, we're celebrating a 3rd night of incredibly improved sleep.
We named her Genevieve. We call her Ginny, G, Little G... and sometimes even Goob. She has FPIES - Food Protein Induced Entercolitis Syndrome. The road to a diagnosis was tough, and we have an even longer road ahead of us as we figure out just what we can safely feed her, and work to keep her growing healthy and strong. I'm blogging to keep family and friends up to date as we learn more everyday - and just maybe our story will help other parents as they journey and struggle with FPIES too.
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