At 6 weeks old I started to introduce formula to Amaya. I had a horrible time nursing and had mastitis for the fourth time at this point and at the advise of my doctor, I decided to stop nursing. I started by mixing a little formula in with pumped breast milk. She didn't seem to like it but I just told myself that she would get used to it. Then at 7 weeks old, at 2:00 in the morning she took a 4 oz. bottle and went back to bed. About 10 minutes later she started making some weird noises like coughing, gargling, wheezing, and spit up big time. I picked her up to burp her again, hoping for a gas bubble and got a look at her HUGE ears, nose, lips, eyelids and freaked out. I woke up Chris and we quickly grabbed her then 18 month old big brother and ran to Primary Children's Hospital.
We spent 6 hours at the hospital under observation only to hear that It's probably "just" a food allergy to milk in the formula and to follow-up with our pediatrician. We went to a pediatric allergist and found out that she is not only severly allergic to cow's milk protein, but to eggs also! That's how it started. We had to switch to a amino acid based formula, which costs an arm and a leg, and I ended up pumping breast milk until she was almost 12 months.
Amaya just turned 18 months and I have decided to share my journey through this insane food allergy world. There are a lot of completely useless websites out there and I hope to actually give you all things that matter and make a difference. I am going to share my journey through the restaurant and recipe world for everyone. Please let me know if you have any questions or extra insight and things to add!
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