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Originally Posted by LoveChild421  Your turn Linda!
Tell me about your little boy. What are his favorite things to do? How did you find out about his food allergies?
What kind of birth are you planning for this baby?
Any names picked out?
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HI!
Charles:
My Charles is a darling little guy! He will be 2 in November and is just the sweetest thing! He loves trains, trucks and blocks. His big thing now is watching the train go by. We go to different places to watch the train..sometimes I think the train conductor thinks we are stalking them! AHHAHA!
Food Allergies:
Food allergies... YIKES!!! I cry at least once a week over these. DS was always a rashy baby. When he was about 8 months old he ate a Gerber Biter Biscuit for teething and got a red rash on his face, then at about the same time I got a peach smoothie with whipped cream and he stuck his hand in the whipped cream and got hives all over his hand. So I suspected some allergy or sensitiviity. Then the BIG one. He was 9 months old and reached out and touched some cheese I was eating and BLEW UP in hives. Thank goodness I had benadryl and knew his dose because he gets hives/rash near my MIL and FIL and they have cats so we just figured it was cat allergy like me. SO he gets the hives and his face swells so I gave him benadryl and called the pedi... I took pics of him and I get so upset when I see them. I showed the pedi the pics and he told me I was lucky he didn't go into shock and perscribed an Epi-Pen.... Off to the allergist... she did the back prick test (thank god for nursing! that totally helped calm him). He reacted severly and quickly to dairy, eggs and nuts. He reacted so bad that they gave him double dosed benadryl and rubbed anti-histimine cream all over his back. The Dr explained that we have a very very allergic little boy. She explained that not only are his allergies Life threatening through food but contact also. She explained that if he injests dairy, eggs or nuts an Epi-Pen may not be enough to save him, so avoidence is key in preventing his death. So for us, he can't go near dairy, eggs or nuts. I have seen him blow up into hives after playing with his cousin that is formula fed. No food around... just her saliva on toys. He has gotten hives from library books.. so we can't go to the library. Whenever we see people I hvae to make sure they wash their hands, arms and face (if they kiss him)... I have to beg parents at play dates to PLEASE don't let their kids eat or drink near him (unless fruit). I just look at my little guy and cry because simple foods are deadly... I have to tell him to stay away from people... I have to teach him that different foods will make him sick. We can't go to restaurants.. We live such an odd life. I am terrified of playdates, food shopping, and the thought of school. I want to homeschool but DH wants DS to be normal and take a school bus. I try to accept that this is our life and that it is normal for us.
Birth:
We are planning a Hypnobirth. I started at a Birth Center with DS, transferred to the hospital after 32 hours and I started bleeding and was stuck at 7 cm. As soon as I got to the hospital, was at 10 and pushing! I bled badly and fainted often after the birth. SO for this one I want to stay home as long as possible then go to the hospital. From DSs birth I learned that I needed a new way to relax so I took a hypnobirth class already. I really want a more quiet labor/birth. I was a wreck for DSs just yelling "no" at every contraction.. not accepting that my body needed to open to birth my baby. I think I want to go it alone with maybe a doula or two. I would love to have my mom and brother for the birth too IF they support my hypnobirthing ideas.
names:
I like Elaina Delaney for a girl.. and for a boy Gabriel, Stephen, Ethan or
Ryan So far! Nothing definate yet!
OK I wrote a lot!
Food allergies are a huge fear of mine. I'm so tense about them, it seriously affects my eating while I'm pregnant and nursing especially.
from the March DDC.
