No dairy, no eggs

I mentioned in my breastfeeding awareness post that I can't have dairy or eggs because they don't sit well with Olivia. I thought I should talk a little bit more about that.

So for the first couple months Olivia was ALWAYS grumpy. If she wasn't eating or sleeping she was pretty much always screaming. It was worse at night but would last all day. So many would chalk this up to colic, so she would grow out of it by four months. Until then John and I would just have to sit helplessly by while our daughter seemed to be miserable.

I did not like the sound of that. I started reading, I looked up everything I could about babies screaming all the time. I read a lot about babies who are said to be colicky usually have stomach issues and probiotics can help a lot. So we started giving her probiotics and honestly it did help but she still screamed a lot and she still seemed miserable.

I kept reading, searching for something, and then I found it.  The breastfeeding elimination diet. Yes,  it is as awful as it sounds.  I read this whole thing how a lot of babies have issues with certain things the mom eats so this diet had you eliminate almost all food (seriously I think for two weeks all you could eat was organic, hormone free turkey breasts and nothing else) and then slowly introduce things back into your diet and see if baby has any reaction.

I did not want to do that so I went with the most common thing and eliminated that, dairy. At first it wasn't that bad but it's gotten really difficult, not because I desire to eat cheese or ice cream, or any other milk product. But because if I eat anywhere but home I have to worry about making sure there's nothing in the food I can't have. You have no Idea how much dairy is in food at restaurants until you can't have it. Also, eating at other people's houses or where others will be cooking is difficult. I don't want to sound snobby and request foods made with no milk, cheese, cream, butter, etc but I don't want to be rude and not eat the food prepared. Because eating the food is not an option.

Another difficult part is that unlike some things dairy does not take a few hours to leave our system, dairy can be in my system for up to two weeks. So if I slip up, super cranky, in pain baby for up to a few weeks.  Not cool. Not cool at all.

Also, I figured out eggs don't sit well with the girl.

It's hard sometimes and sometimes I miss cheese and sour cream (I'm a fanatic) or scrambled eggs but it's definitely worth having a happy baby.

So if anyone ever offers me food and it has dairy or eggs and I decline I'm not trying to be rude, I probably really wish I could eat it but I don't want to cause my baby girl pain and discomfort. So please don't take offense or take it personally, I really wish I could eat your (fill in with specific dairy filled offerings).