Evelyn is 3 months old now, where in the world did the last 3 months go???
This transition from one child to two, from a family of 3 to a family of 4, has been a crazy roller coaster and harder than I expected. (And I was expecting it to be pretty difficult). Olivia has had a hard time with not having me all to herself. She absolutely LOVES Evie but she takes her love a little far sometimes and I have to help her be soft or just take a break from touching Evie. She constantly tries laying on her, picking her up, pinching her (why???), and just loving her almost to death, It's pretty intense. Which is exactly how we have always described her so I guess I should have expected as much.
Even though it's a battle on a daily basis Olivia truly loves her and Olivia is the only one who has made Evie truly laugh so far. They are going to be the best of friends.
Evelyn is a dream baby. She really doesn't cry unless she is STARVING or she has a poopy diaper. She is happy all of the time and is oh so very patient with her big sister.
The only thing that makes her a "difficult" baby is the fact that she seems to be allergic to almost everything I eat. She started having the symptoms of foods allergies around a months old. The painful gas, spitting up more, and mucousy diapers. I had been avoiding dairy in case she had the allergy like Olivia but I realized that something I had been eating fairly often had dairy in it. So, I stopped eating that, but her symptoms continued and even got worse. She broke out with a crazy rash on her face and she started having spots of eczema.
I decided to cut out wheat and eggs because those caused Olivia some issues from a few months as a baby. It helped a little but still she was having problems. So, I went cut out the top 8 allergens and chocolate because John had issues with chocolate as a baby. Things seemed to get a ton better for awhile and then all of a sudden it got worse again. She had been congested for weeks on top of all the other symptoms and her ped thought it could be allergy related, but put her on some anti reflux medications to try and stop the reflux she was having to see if it got better. Well, her symptoms got even worse. What it came down to was that she is most likely allergic to corn. Corn was the only new food I had eaten, then she got put on the meds and there is apparently a ton of corn in it, so I stopped that immediately and she got TONS better. Since she was better I decided to try a couple foods one at a time to see if I could add anything back into my diet. (Oh and I had previously tested egg and it made her symptoms SO much worse, so eggs are an issue for sure). I testes chocolate first and that seemed to be ok, but then not so much, so chocolate is out again. Then I tried almonds, and she broke out in hives, got painful gas, more eczema, and crazy mucous diapers. So, almonds are another big problem. I'm still not 100% sure about the chocolate but I'm not going to test it again for awhile.
So far, we have confirmed that eggs, corn, and almonds cause some major issues, chocolate possibly is a problem. Beside those, I'm also not eating wheat/gluten, soy, dairy, nuts, peanuts, or fish. We have an appointment with an allergist the end of September and will hopefully be able to get her tested so we have a better look at what is going on. Until then I will continue to avoid top 8 +corn+ chocolate and hope we don't discover more problem foods.
Other than the allergies, Evie is a dream. Her doctor was concerned that she had congenital hip dysplasia and sent us for an ultrasound. Her ultrasound looked normal so that's all clear.
I love my crazy little family!
