Yeah, 22 weeks today. Not really much to tell in the pregnancy realm. I'm still growing and the baby kicks a lot, but pretty much no news is good news at this point. I'm in that middle stage where I can't really complain much. Sure, I have incessant pregnancy acne (someone told me that means a girl), my lower back is sore, and I'm prone to bouts of heartburn, but all in all, it's not a bad gig. There is always someone who is willing to rub a pregnant lady's feet (unless there's no one around), so I figure it's a fair trade off.
Babyjama has a bad rash that I sometimes like to refer to as the creepy-crawly-itchy. It doesn't seem to bother her until the middle of the night, at which time she begs me to amputate her left leg...which I refuse to do...so we settle for me putting some soothing lotion on it and sitting on the couch with her while she dozes back off while watching a movie. So, if my face looks a little puffy this week, I'm blaming it on sleepless nights. I refuse to resign myself to looking puffy for the rest of the pregnancy...I have a long way to go still, and yes, I still have a bit of vanity left in me.
After one sleepless night I made babyjama a doctor's appointment. She asked me some questions about babyjama's rash, and what makes it better or worse, etc. Then she took one look at it and said she thought it was food related. THAT was not what I wanted to hear. And then she went on to say that she thought it was dairy related (babyjama's favorite food). At that point I punched the nice doctor in the face and took my business elsewhere. Okay, so I didn't punch her, or take my business elsewhere, but it's not easy to hear that you have to cut out your child's favorite food...even for a couple of weeks. I resisted for the first couple of days. I thought that maybe I could just switch to organic products and cut down...but after three nights with no sleep, I'll try anything.
Papajama and I went to work hard on a dairy free/easily substituted menu last night, and actually it wasn't that bad. I didn't think I would be able to think of anything to make, but it's going to be fine. Let's just hope that I don't have to do this over the long term. I want to be able to order a pizza again sometime in this life.
3 comments:
Hang in there. Couldn't hurt to get a 2nd opinion, though, MJ. But if the no dairy is working, then, hey, so be it. Remember, kids outgrow a lot of alleregies, so you may not have to relegate pizza to "date nights" forever...
Take care, and get yourself some sleep, Kid. You deserve it!
I'm not sure how she could know that it was dairy related by just looking at the rash. Hopefully the doc was WRONG and it isn't dairy! You're looking great!!!
As a mother who has had to try everything, I understand your pain. Especially when the kids are that age and they don't understand allergies. You could always try soy milk. We did that for a couple years until my youngest grew out of some of her allergies...which most children do.
It's worth a try.
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