The blah blah blog entry

The past day has been busy. Yesterday (Friday) Julia ate 18.5 oz of formula and 4.5 oz of juice/milk, so 23 oz total. Yay!

Yesterday S finally saw the day care center director. We had the appointment June 30th, and the therapist had said that Julia will still need a bottle for a while. And we wanted to impart that information to the center director. I saw her once since June 30th and so had S, but both times she had been talking to someone. So yesterday was the first time in a week and a half that either of us had an opportunity to talk with her. S conveyed the info, which was great. She did mention that Julia was the toughest toddler transition in YEARS. Yes, our little Julia was the toughest infant to transfer to the toddler room. "Transition" is kind of a misnomer since they transition every other toddler for months, and Julia's transition was 3 days. They sent her to play in the toddler room for a few hours a few separate days, and then she was in the room full-time. Oh well, I'm trying to not let it peeve me.

Today we started the day going to get iPhones. Woohoo! Most of me is excited, but another part of me is kind of anxious. Start up of these phones (for 2) is over $500, and then there's the really high monthly fee. I get anxious that S will be getting laid off soon, and then we're stuck with these total moneywasters for the next 2 years.

Then I had my doctor appointment with the nutritionist. She had all these labs run on me along with a food allergy panel. Ugh, ugh, ugh! I'm Vitamin D deficient. Really deficient. That's what happens when you're a closet goth who avoids the sun like the plague. So now I need to take 10x the recommended daily amount for the next 6 weeks to get my amount back up. Then there's the protein deficiency. She had already expected that, so it's not earth shaking. So I have to eat protein with each meal. Then there's the iron deficiency. Not really a surprise either since I've been known to be anemic.

Of course, then comes the really, really interesting part. I'm allergic/intolerant/sensitive to a LOT of foods. These are the ones with a sensitivity level of 3 out of 6 or higher. I'll be going cold turkey on all these foods for the next 6 months, per doctor's orders:

Casein
Cheddar cheese
Cottage cheese
Mozzarella cheese
Milk
Goat milk
Whey
Yogurt
Eggs
Coffee beans (at least I don't drink coffee)
Bananas
Cranberry
Pineapple
Soy beans and all derivatives (including Boca patties)
Wheat (breads)
Gluten (ya know, anything with flour in it)
Peanuts
Rye
Spelt (whatever the heck spelt is. Looked it up, it's a variation of wheat)
Whole wheat (yes, I get it already!!!! no bread)
Asparagus
Garlic

The list sucks. Why, you ask? Well, let's just say if you can't eat any of the above or anything that has the above it, you're kinda screwed. Particularly the gluten/flour thing. Then there's cheese. I can live without milk, but cheeeeeeeeeseeeee? What are you doing to me? What in the heck am I supposed to put on my baked potato? No sour cream, no cheese, no butter.

If there's a silver lining on all this, it's that I will likely lose weight on a diet of no flour, no milk, no eggs. Basically I will be living on fish and chicken & veggies & most fruits.

Eating out in restaurants is pretty much out.

The plan is to eat the stuff in our pantry and fridge that includes the above list or pawn it off to my husband or in-laws. Then start cold turkey on the above foods in the next few weeks.

Woe is me, I will not be able to eat any baked goods or pizza or ice cream or pretty much anything tasty. :(