I am happy to announce, Lavery is DAIRY ALLERGY FREE!!! The last few months have been rough in the breastfeeding department. She was losing weight, I started supplementing and took our dairy and soy, she STILL lost weight. I started taking domperidone (which is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING) and increased my milk supply so much, she hardly ever had to have formula. She was getting an extra bottle after every breastfeeding session and at 5 months, we started rice cereal.
Weight gain… YES! We went for a weight check right before Christmas and she gained weight, and today at her 6 month checkup, we found out she is up to 13lb 10 oz. I know that still sounds small and is in the 10th percentile on the growth chart, but now she’s 10th percentile all the way around and she gained a full 7 oz since her weight check 2 1/2 weeks ago!
We also discovered, she has grown out of her dairy allergy! YESS! This means I can now have pizza with cheese, please! Over the holiday’s, I’ll admit, I cheated a little and it didn’t bother her at all. When we first found out she had the dairy allergy and I took it out of my diet, MAJOR improvements in her eating and mood. If I slipped on accident, I noticed it that day when I was feeding her and in her stools. Well I tried it over the holiday’s and still HAPPY BABY! The pediatrician said it’s normal to grow out of it starting around 6 months and she did!
I’m so thrilled I stuck with breastfeeding, no matter how much of a challenge it was, I stuck with it and it was so worth it!
Now onto 2012… with two healthy and happy babies, who could ask for anything more!?
My 6 month old little lady… total SWEETNESS!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
