I'm exhausted... - Page 2

[LaurieG]

Originally Posted by changingseasons

Maybe we're all crazy. Seriously.

CS - I've had the same thought. Ah well, at least I'm in good company.

I have a friend IRL whose thought I was crazy until her baby had food intolerances / allergies too. Nursing has been a nightmare - baby refuses the breast, my friend has been on a big time ED. She finally decided to call it quits on BF'ing. Tried dairy and soy formulas but baby broke out in eczema. Baby refused Nutramigen. So at that point I was thinking - well, you're stuck making BF'ing work. My friend thought forget that - I'm going to find a formula that works. Last time I talked to her baby's skin was clearing, poops were improving, baby was happier than she'd been in months or ever, my friend was eating whatever she wanted. And I thought "Any sane person would have done the same thing as my friend. Therefore, I am not sane.":nana:

Well, tell your mom that some people didn't get to play in ANYTHING for their birthday... I felt like the most lame mom in the world on DD's birthday last week (wait- I think it was the week before.. I'm losing track of time here). We did nothing. No party, no friends, no food, no cake. (We did go to the aquarium and hang out with some fishies for a while, so that was fun.) We just felt like- what's the point? People will want to bring food, or expect to be served food... and we only have like 3 foods in our diet at the moment, so that would be a lot of fun for everybody. Here you guys- have a lamb burger and some broccoli cake. :

Yum!
DH asked me what we should have grandparents bring to the party. I said, let's not have them bring anything b/c they'll bring something I can't eat and that's annoying. It's one thing at a party at someone else's home but it sucks at your own home. But my MIL offered, in front of the boys (who have no food issues as far as I know), to bring her orange jello salad (filled with soybean oil in the cool whip) - a dish they LOVE (and who can blame them?). i didn't really feel like I could say "No - if I can't eat it then no one can. I don't care if its your b-day party and this is your favorite dish."

[Chinese Pistache]

Oh man, I love you guys. : We all need a group vacation!

Dh has been getting weary of all this allergy stuff lately. He's trying to be supportive, but he's hinting strongly that I'm being neurotic. Of course, then ds started puking today, so now he's reminded that this isn't all in my head.

Oh, did I mention that dd failed her dairy trial?? Yes, it was the trial that lasted 3 months, but I just knew I couldn't call it a true success until she was eating it as regularly as my older kids. She ended up with a rashy (eczema) butt and VERY red and thick allergy ring. Two days of no dairy and she cleared right up: What's funny is that I almost don't even care! I'm like, whatever, it's almost easier to go dairy free since we've been doing so long!

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[WildIris]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92

My DH doesn't get why I'm on the computer. I say, "they're my friends even though I have no idea what the heck these people look like or what their religion is or their political affiliation. It just doesn't matter. We bond over not being able to EAT!"

Amen, sistah. We bond over not being able to eat AND over sending boxes leaking white powder through the mail.

Oh, and for the record, my religion is the Church of Healing The Gut.

Political affiliations I don't discuss.

[LaurieG]

Thanks for the ideas on a birthday cake. I still have 3 days to figure it out.

[kjbrown92]

Last year I made carrot cake muffins and frosted them. Tasted like carrot cake. Everyone thought they were wonderful (and wanted to know how I made them out of "air" since DD can't eat anything). They're dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free, gluten-free, nut-free, corn-free, and who knows what else free). I stuck a candle in hers. I make it a point to tell everyone that it's HER birthday so she gets to eat everything so I ended up making all the food, which was fine, because then I knew it was safe. Tradition for YOUR family is what YOU make it. You can always say to your mother that a cake was tradition in HER family, but you've decided to make some new traditions. Everyone changes things a little from generation to generation. One year when I couldn't find a cake recipe, I got all different popsicle type things (I had found one that DS could have at the time) and pretended I was an ice cream truck guy (it was summertime) and everyone thought it was different and fun.

[chlobo]

We all need a group vacation

Yeah we can all sit around & drink filtered water together. lol.

I challenge someone to find something we can all eat!

[kjbrown92]

DD1 (11 yo) said again last night that I should open a B&B for "all those food intolerance people". If only there were such a place, with no cross contamination, where you'd tell them what you could eat and they'd make all sorts of wonderful things for you... maybe someday...

[WuWei]

Pat

[Wugmama]

By Kathy:

DD1 (11 yo) said again last night that I should open a B&B for "all those food intolerance people". If only there were such a place, with no cross contamination, where you'd tell them what you could eat and they'd make all sorts of wonderful things for you... maybe someday...

Kathy, I'd come to your house anytime, B&B or no! :

~Tracy

[kjbrown92]

It's not clean. My DH is on nightshift for 2 months so I can't run the vacuum cleaner during the day, and at night, it would wake up the children. It's horrible. And I'm exhausted from not sleeping well when he's away. And I have a cold. Wah. I want a pity party. It would be fun to cook for all of you though!

[mommydancer]

Kathy, this is the band for your pity party:::::

I gave you extra carrots in case you needed to make more muffins.

I wish DS could have carrots. I am trying to ramp myself up for his 2nd birthday. I did a party last year, complete with a ton of food I couldn't eat. After making substitutions in (literally) seven scratch cake recipes, I heard about wacky cake, and that covered things cakewise. But now he can't have wheat or corn, so even that is out. I have been on this f-ing diet a year longer now too, and my patience for cooking isn't what it was a year ago. Just really trying to make myself believe I can do it. And that no one will feed DS something he shouldn't have.

CS- sorry about the broccoli cake experience. That first birthday is so stressful if you do a party...I know your day wasn't what you would have chosen, but you missed the downside too. I hope next year you have more options.