More V

The other day, I found V under the table with something in her mouth. She typically will throw her Kix cereal on the floor so she can eat them when she pleases. I figured she was just scrounging for some of her stash. When I reached for her, she started screaming at me (telling me to leave her alone). I knew at that moment that she had something other than Kix in her mouth. When I finally got her out, she was halfway finished with a strawberry that Aimee had dropped. She was obviously enjoying her new find, so I let her eat the rest of it. When she was finished, she was covered in strawberry. It was smeared all over her face, clothes, and highchair. And she loved it.

In other news, her test results came back. Bloodwork showed no signs of allergy. Her endoscopy showed no signs of allergy in her esophagus and stomach. I do wonder how accurate the endoscopy and biopsies were, since I had not fed her any of the offending foods for a while before procedure. Anyway... Her intestines did show elevated levels of something, I can't remember what the doctor called it. The doctor said that sometimes this elevated level is a sign that she could be developing celiac disease, but that I should not worry about that until further down the road.

We have tried a few new foods recently. She did not have any reaction the first time she had strawberries, but has not eaten any since. She has eaten pears 2 times without any reaction. She has had squash once, though she didn't like the flavor. Slowly, slowly, we are adding foods to her diet.

So, as for foods that she can eat: sweet potatoes, corn, squash, pears, and probably strawberries. (and lots and lots of breastmilk!)

Foods that I'm pretty sure she has issues with: rice and/or oats, milk and/or soy, maybe wheat.

She is still growing and just plain cute, so I'm sure she will be just fine once we work through all these feeding issues.