Twenty Months

Noah continues to do VERY well on his dairy/soy free diet. We have now blended and strained every vegetable we could find as well as seafood, pork, turkey, beef, and chicken into his food. We are working hard to figure out exactly how much to feed Mr. Man as well as how often. Because Noah doesn't understand hunger and is unable to tell us when he is full, we are relying on his growth and amount of wet/dirty diapers to help guide us.

Noah's current stats are:

Weight: 29 pounds
Height: 33 inches

The Great Food Experiment - Day Eleven

Things are going GREAT!!!!!!

It's been a whole week since Noah has vomited.

That's seven whole days...one hundred sixty-eight hours...ten thousand eighty minutes...since I've seen the wave of nausea wash over my Little Man's eyes and I've had to quickly grab for the nearest towel {of which we learned to have plenty around}.

We've never even had two days in a row without one puking episode from Stinkpot, so this is HUGE people! HUGE!!!

I think we can unofficially declare that Noah is allergic to/unable to digest dairy and soy. We'll just add that to the uniqueness of our Little Man!

The Great Food Experiment - Day Five

I am happy to report that Noah seems to be doing quite well on his new diet. In the past five days he has only vomited three times. That's UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! We've had single days where he has vomited more than that.

We continue to blend chicken and vegetables and are getting better at straining it so it is thin enough to flow through Noah's feeding pump.

We traveled out of town this past weekend and had a much harder time feeding Noah. In the past we would just bring a can of formula and scoop, add water, shake and feed. This weekend, we traveled with several large containers of blended food and ice packs in an adorable Picnic Thermal Tote {available through Thirty-One Gifts}.
We had to keep his food refrigerated and only pour what we needed at each feed.

We have been introducing Noah to different vegetables each time we make a "batch" of food and so far have not seen any allergic reactions.

I look forward to seeing how Noah does over the next week!

The Great Food Experiment - Day One

Ever since Noah was born, we have been battling his excessive vomiting due to GERD. A few months ago, we were so excited with the new medication Noah had started on. It gave us fantastic results early on, but slowly, ever so slowly, the frequency and volume of Noah's vomiting began to increase.

In the past, we have tried switching from Noah's dairy formula to a soy based formula with no significant results.

After a tremendous amount of fretting and stewing, loads of talking and discussing, tons of advice, and a huge amount of research, we came to the realization that we needed to try a dairy-free and soy free diet with Noah. A significant number {can't remember the exact percentage} of babies with diary allergies also have soy allergies.

And so...the Great Food Experiment begins.

Day One.

I put a roasting chicken in the slow cooker over night and woke up to a wonderful smell wafting through the house as well as chicken that was falling off the bone. Kc carefully removed all the meat, fat, and skin {Noah will need the calories} and discarded the bones.
I returned the precious meat to the cooking juices and began to blend the entire mixture in a food processor.
What an unusual sight and pungent aroma.
To add to the chicken, I steamed a blend of vegetables that we have already introduced to Noah and gave them a whirl in the food processor with some water.
As I was blending all the ingredients, Kc thought our kitchen looked like Kitchen Stadium and he imagined Masaharu Morimoto or Bobby Flay creating a fanciful dish with the puree.

I present to you Les Legumes et le Poulet.
I am happy to report that Noah has not vomited at all today and only felt nauseous during one feed. We are committed to trying dairy and soy free for two to three weeks {the amount of time it takes for dairy proteins leave your system} and hope it makes a difference for our little man.

We are experiencing some serious difficulties with this new "formula" and Noah's night time feeding pump. I am certain, however, that Kc will be able to "make it an offer it can't refuse". Stay tuned to see who "reigns supreme".