One new aspect to my life with Ethan is that I have given up dairy. We haven't really talked to the doctors about what we believe maybe a sensitivity, but we definitely notice a change in his sleeping and mood when I eat dairy. At first I just stopped eating obvious signs of dairy (no cheese, milk, or butter). However, since we are approaching the five month mark and he doesn't sleep through the night (sometimes four or five hours, but not even this is consistent) I decided to start reading labels and restrict myself to absolutely no dairy and see if this helps the sleep. Turns out, dairy is in EVERYTHING! I also stopped eating chocolate shortly after he was born because he always seemed more wired after I ate chocolate, and as most chocolate has dairy in it, turns out I wouldn't be able to eat it anyways. It can take a few weeks for the protein of the milk (the part that causes problems) to be fully out of my system, so I will let you know if this experiment works in a few weeks. For those that are wondering, here are some things I can eat (For those that know me well I have STRONG sweet tooth.. and that apple just doesn't do it sometimes)
Golden Oreos - No chocolate and no dairy!!
Nutter Butters are also dairy free!
Breakfast I eat oatmeal. For lunch usually leftovers. Luckily dinners haven't been too hard, seeing as my husband isn't really a casserole with cheese mixed in kinda person anyways.
About once a week I make these really good oatmeal bars. Its super easy, you just take 2 ripe bananas, 2 cuts of old fashioned oats, 1/4 cup raisins (or any dried fruit you like), and 1/4 cup nuts (and kind you liked, chopped up). This is the basic recipe, you mix everything and bake in a square glass pan for 30 minutes on 350. This provides lots of nutrition plus is dairy free, good for breakfast or a quick snack, and oatmeal is very good for milk supply.
From the basic recipe I love to add a little brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. I've also tried adding peanut butter and if you can eat it you can add chocolate chips, or anything really that you would put in cookies.
There is also a molasses cookie recipe that I really want to make that is dairy free. Turns out Crisco is a dairy free ingredient, as is butter flavored Crisco, so you can look for baking recipes that use these ingredients in place of butter for the fat.
When it comes to mexican food instead of cheese I put this yummy mango salsa on it and that helps. This was probably the hardest adjustment. Who doesn't love cheese on tacos and fajitias??
The hardest part is when we go out to eat or to church functions with food. But the good side is I am continuing to lose weight.. I now weigh significantly less than when I got pregnant (which is great because I wasn't exactly the picture of healthiness when I got pregnant) Who knew pregnancy and child birth and nursing were the miracle diet I was looking for!!!
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