On Better Babies

Ah, The Power of Cheese Soy

Well, my wife took little Nolan to the hospital on Tuesday, with hopes to seeing the same, wondrous female pediatrician I talked about last time. Yeah, no such luck.

As I had believed it was an allergy, my wife naturally didn't believe me. She 'kinda' did, but no. Then my mom sent us an email saying pretty much the same thing. 'Oh! Then maybe it's an allergy. Glad I thought of it.' (^_^)v Anyway, since apparently mediterranean and asian babies are more likely to be allergic to cows milk, and since he's 75% mediterranean and asian, Meg checked with this old man, who tested him for milk and eggs.

Nothing happened at first, so the doctor dismissed anything bad. Several hours later, a mark appeared on his right arm which told the doctor that he had an 'egg allergy'. This sounded strange to both of us as there's no one in our families that are allergic to eggs (that we know of). Before finding this out, however, we decided to reduce the amount of milk he drank, and switch from milk to soy. It's a lot more expensive, but, hell, give it a shot. It worked for me when I was a kid and couldn't drink cow milk.

An you know what, it's working, so far. He's no longer overly gassy, no more constant screaming (usually). He's happier! The only side effect so far is that his poo is harder, which is supposed to be normal when switching to soy. After five days, however, if it doesn't get better, I guess there's a problem.

Here's to a lifetime of Nolan being ever so healthy!