Over the course of this week, I found out that Riley has a milk allergy. Yes, she is exclusively breastfed - apparently, her milk allergy is from ME drinking milk! Go figure. I cut out dairy this week and it's like she is a different child - she had been screaming crying at night for several hours before finally falling exhausted into bed (generally, we were right behind her). The first day after cutting out dairy (and mind you, I eat a LOT of dairy), she went to sleep a whole heck of a lot faster and without half the crying. Each day has gotten progressively better, and today she is just an angel baby! Smiling all the time, rarely, if ever even fussing. I have my happy baby back!
I have noticed that she has been eating more frequently though, I think that it is because I have almost no fat in my diet now. Since I have no fat in my diet, she gets not very much in hers, making my previously fatty ice cream like milk into practically skim milk. The good thing is that all the baby weight is gone, along with some extra - the bad is if I have lost this much weight after just 3/4 of a week off dairy, then I better find another source of fat and fast or I'll end up looking like a scarecrow. Any ideas?
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This picture of Riley is one of the best. Hope you get more sleep in the future :)
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