Who knew???

This morning, I was all geared up and ready to head out to Lowes to get some flowers to plant in the front beds.  The forecast is calling for rain for the next couple of days so I thought I'd try to get them in the ground before then. 

Easton was dressed in his Mommy's MVP onesie, clean diaper...ready to go.  I put him in his car seat and buckled the straps.  I was running around the house trying find my keys, phone and sunglasses when I heard some grunting.  Now, mind you, he gets a little impatient if you put him in his car seat and don't get in the car...he's not one for sitting around.  So, I went into his room, expecting to find  him mad and red faced but instead found projectile vomit EVERYWHERE!  All over him, the car seat and even on the glider that the car seat was sitting in.  (Lucky for me, I snapped this pic BEFORE said incident.)

I stripped him down to his diaper and put him in his bouncy seat while I cleaned everything up.  Once the clothes were off and he was on his changing table, he was back to his smiling self.  I wouldn't want to sit in throw up either would you?

So, plans changed.  We'll wait till after the next feeding to head out to Lowes.  In the mean time, why not search the internet for "Projectile Vomiting in Infants"?  In doing so, I came across milk allergy---which I had suspected already.  I also came across a number of other things- several of which were quite alarming and made me want to head right to the nearest hospital- even if he didn't have the symptoms.  Reading on the internet to diagnose is never a good idea. 

Back to the milk allergy- a few times, after having cereal or something containing milk- or after having something containing eggs, Easton has gotten fussy and spit up- not projectile, mind you, but spit up nonetheless.  So, I decided I would cut out milk & eggs.  I have done so for the most part.  I didn't cut out cheese or milk containing products...though I'm not exactly sure why not...until today.  After my research, he does seem to have several of the indicators that point to a milk allergy.  I google milk free diets and gluten free diets and wheat free diets and, well, I  might as well just stick to lettuce and water! 

So, I feed him a little later, and its off to Lowe's we go.  He's happy as a lark.  We make it through Lowe's, purchase our flowers and head back home.  After some lunch- turkey sandwich (NO CHEESE) and baked Doritos, I decide to look through the pantry to see which foods contained milk...  who knew the Baked Doritos I'd just eaten contained milk- as do Nilla Wafers, Chips Ahoy, Nutra-Grain bars and Special K Crisp bars?!?!?!

This is proving to be quite a challenge!

Looks like I'm going to have to really watch my diet and see if that helps with the milk allergy symptoms.  I guess I'm going to have to head to Publix and stock up on different items to keep in my pantry, all of which I'm certain won't be near as tasty as the Chips Ahoy and Baked Doritos!  No better time than the present to eat wholesome!  We'll experiment for a little while and see if that helps with the spit up...

Any suggestions on your favorite gluten-wheat-dairy free items would be appreciated!

Off to plant- hopefully I can get one flat in the ground before he wakes...