The Itsy Bitsy Baby
Julian and I along with a friend and her baby went to our first baby yoga class today. It was so cute and we have 5 more sessions. This is different than some of the Mommy & Me yoga classes because a lot of them focus on the moms while the baby is off to the side. This was pretty much all about the baby and is called Itsy Bitsy Yoga. Looks like they have them in every state and up to 24 months old.
I love baby specific things because you don't have to worry about freaking out if your baby cries or anything. Although, Julian was a perfect Yogi, so mellow and goin' with the flow until the very end when it started to interfere with his nap time. Nothing a little nursing can't handle. Here is Julian with his Yoga buddy Max (same age)
It looks like Julian worked up a sweat but nah, just a little drool. Max's mom and I were talking about how the boys rolled over (which by the way Julian has only done twice since the big day) and I was about to say how I swear he's about to crawl when the Yoga instructer said "It's funny because mom's always come in with their babies about this age and say 'they are about to crawl' but babies are about to crawl for like 3 months!" Good thing she said that before I said it first and felt totally stupid.
Well his belly doesn't seem to be getting much better. Actually his mood has increased 100% since I've eliminated dairy and soy, he hardly fusses and never seems to be in that pain anymore. Maybe that has to do with his age too though. So now we're on hardcore diet restrictions until we can get him baselined. Our dogs had intestinal problems and the vet had me feeding them boiled chicken and rice until their guts healed. It had to be very bland. After talking with another mom in my situation who has been to a GI specialist (her son is now 15 months old, healthy and still nursing beautifully) and she basically had to apply the same logic. That's where we are at now to see if I can get it controlled before going to a GI. This means we are trying to get him baselined and back to healthy yellow-seedy breastfed stools for 3 weeks before introducing other foods. I figured I might as well try it if they are going to tell me to anyway. So I'm keeping a food diary, a diaper log and eating a very limited and bland diet. This is what I eat (and I'm serious this is ALL I am and will eat right now for the next few weeks, no sense in suggesting anything else).
Dinner:
Free-range, hormone-free, anti-biotic-free, all natural Turkey, chicken or pork
Rice or potatoes (boiled or baked)
Vegetables, mainly squash and zuchinni
Only condiments are S&P and Olive Oil
Breakfast:
Hot creamy rice cereal with pure organic Cane sugar and calcium-fortified Rice Milk
1/2 of an organic fruit, mainly pears
Lunch:
Leftovers from night before dinner and the other 1/2 of my fruit.
Beverage:
Water
Yes that is IT. No variations, that is all. Currently we are dairy/soy/peanut/tree nut/egg/fish/wheat/corn free. Nothing acidic like tomatoes and no citrus. As you know that is very hard because it's not simple like just not eating corn on the cob. Corn free means no corn starch, no corn syrup (which is in a lot more than you'd think) and wheat is everywhere including vitamins. All labels must be examined under a microscope. So my food has to come from a very controlled environment meaning my house, cooked by me. There is too much cross contamination in restaurants plus hidden ingredients. We won't eat dinner at anyone's house because you get the "Well what about this, what about that" and I hate to keep shooting them down (and never know about cross contamination there either) and how can I really ask them to cook the blandest meal in the world from my limited menu. So it saves us money and we've probably never eaten this healthy before! I do take supplements and Bryan endulges in other items but generally, this is it. And this is how it will be until we get him on the straight and narrow.
I'm often asked why do I keep breast feeding since it's so hard on me. And my answer is because it's the best thing for Julian. Breast milk is way more gentle on their digestive systems than formula. I'm not knocking formula but this is what this stuff was designed by nature for as opposed to made in a lab somewhere. There are so many other benefits to him (like reduced risk of ear infections/illness, SIDS, learning and behavioral difficulties, less risk of obestity as an adult, etc.) and to me (reduce risk of breast, cervical, ovarian cancers and osteorporsis, etc.) Not to mention it's free and CONVENIENT. So that's why I keep doing it, as long as he keeps growing and thriving.
Speaking of feeding Julian, his latest development is to refuse the bottle. It's kind of our fault since he was taking one bottle daily but since all this stuff started I've been preoccupied with everything and pumping got put off to the side. And now that we tried to give him a bottle a couple of weeks later, he wanted nothing to do with it. So we're trying to work that back in. I kind of don't care that he won't but then at the same time we could be doing this for another 2 years and someday I may want to be away from him for more than 2 hours. Although I can't imagine that desire now, I'm sure it will happen!
Well that's life In J-land for now!
I love baby specific things because you don't have to worry about freaking out if your baby cries or anything. Although, Julian was a perfect Yogi, so mellow and goin' with the flow until the very end when it started to interfere with his nap time. Nothing a little nursing can't handle. Here is Julian with his Yoga buddy Max (same age)
It looks like Julian worked up a sweat but nah, just a little drool. Max's mom and I were talking about how the boys rolled over (which by the way Julian has only done twice since the big day) and I was about to say how I swear he's about to crawl when the Yoga instructer said "It's funny because mom's always come in with their babies about this age and say 'they are about to crawl' but babies are about to crawl for like 3 months!" Good thing she said that before I said it first and felt totally stupid.
Well his belly doesn't seem to be getting much better. Actually his mood has increased 100% since I've eliminated dairy and soy, he hardly fusses and never seems to be in that pain anymore. Maybe that has to do with his age too though. So now we're on hardcore diet restrictions until we can get him baselined. Our dogs had intestinal problems and the vet had me feeding them boiled chicken and rice until their guts healed. It had to be very bland. After talking with another mom in my situation who has been to a GI specialist (her son is now 15 months old, healthy and still nursing beautifully) and she basically had to apply the same logic. That's where we are at now to see if I can get it controlled before going to a GI. This means we are trying to get him baselined and back to healthy yellow-seedy breastfed stools for 3 weeks before introducing other foods. I figured I might as well try it if they are going to tell me to anyway. So I'm keeping a food diary, a diaper log and eating a very limited and bland diet. This is what I eat (and I'm serious this is ALL I am and will eat right now for the next few weeks, no sense in suggesting anything else).
Dinner:
Free-range, hormone-free, anti-biotic-free, all natural Turkey, chicken or pork
Rice or potatoes (boiled or baked)
Vegetables, mainly squash and zuchinni
Only condiments are S&P and Olive Oil
Breakfast:
Hot creamy rice cereal with pure organic Cane sugar and calcium-fortified Rice Milk
1/2 of an organic fruit, mainly pears
Lunch:
Leftovers from night before dinner and the other 1/2 of my fruit.
Beverage:
Water
Yes that is IT. No variations, that is all. Currently we are dairy/soy/peanut/tree nut/egg/fish/wheat/corn free. Nothing acidic like tomatoes and no citrus. As you know that is very hard because it's not simple like just not eating corn on the cob. Corn free means no corn starch, no corn syrup (which is in a lot more than you'd think) and wheat is everywhere including vitamins. All labels must be examined under a microscope. So my food has to come from a very controlled environment meaning my house, cooked by me. There is too much cross contamination in restaurants plus hidden ingredients. We won't eat dinner at anyone's house because you get the "Well what about this, what about that" and I hate to keep shooting them down (and never know about cross contamination there either) and how can I really ask them to cook the blandest meal in the world from my limited menu. So it saves us money and we've probably never eaten this healthy before! I do take supplements and Bryan endulges in other items but generally, this is it. And this is how it will be until we get him on the straight and narrow.
I'm often asked why do I keep breast feeding since it's so hard on me. And my answer is because it's the best thing for Julian. Breast milk is way more gentle on their digestive systems than formula. I'm not knocking formula but this is what this stuff was designed by nature for as opposed to made in a lab somewhere. There are so many other benefits to him (like reduced risk of ear infections/illness, SIDS, learning and behavioral difficulties, less risk of obestity as an adult, etc.) and to me (reduce risk of breast, cervical, ovarian cancers and osteorporsis, etc.) Not to mention it's free and CONVENIENT. So that's why I keep doing it, as long as he keeps growing and thriving.
Speaking of feeding Julian, his latest development is to refuse the bottle. It's kind of our fault since he was taking one bottle daily but since all this stuff started I've been preoccupied with everything and pumping got put off to the side. And now that we tried to give him a bottle a couple of weeks later, he wanted nothing to do with it. So we're trying to work that back in. I kind of don't care that he won't but then at the same time we could be doing this for another 2 years and someday I may want to be away from him for more than 2 hours. Although I can't imagine that desire now, I'm sure it will happen!
Well that's life In J-land for now!
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