Oh the smells of a bakery...

I would love to sink my teeth into a soft, delicious chocolate croissant right now. I walked by the bakery the other day and the smell of baking goodies was overwhelming. Today I wanted a snack and thought a bread with peanut butter and honey would hit the spot...alas I can't have bread. Why? Because although Isaac has weaned and I could technically eat wheat again, I now also suffer excruciating stomach pains and awful digestive disruptions if wheat enters my system. How sad. I wonder if this is something that I've always been sensitive to? Or is it something that if you don't eat for a while your body no longer tolerates and needs to get accustomed to again?

Will I now always be wheat intolerant!?!?

If I am going to be, I will be OK with it, after all who wants to live with chronic tummy pain and digestive disruptions!? But a little part of me will always miss delicious, soft, non-crumbly chock-full-of-wheat bread.

The Not-So-Helpful Doctor Visit

I can't believe I've forgotten to post about this. Perhaps it's because I felt like such an idiot after that I just wanted to erase the whole ordeal from my memory. Whatever the reason, I figure it's time to write about it because it's good therapy and also because it might help someone in a similar situation.

So as you may know we have had issues with Isaac's digestive system since day 1. To recap, since he was a tiny newborn I could tell something was bothering him. He would reflux, squirm, writhe, grunt and groan. He would eat but in small portions and he constantly wanted to suck (hence the soother addiction-something we will have to deal with later). Anyways, the biggest symptom was his awful tummy discomfort, bloating and gas! The poor kid. In the depths of despair I took him to see our Naturopath who did a thorough assessment. Her initial concern was the trauma to his digestive system from having come into this world via c-section; which entailed getting antibiotics and not being introduced to healthy maternal bacteria in the birth canal. She also highly suspected food intolerance/sensitivities. So I began tweaking my diet. Since I already didn't eat much dairy the other things left to remove where soy (I also didn't eat a whole lot of it so that easy) and wheat. Well, when wheat was gone, he did so much better. At first I didn't believe it, so I would eat wheat products now and then. And I paid for it dearly. After a while my stubborn self had to finally acknowledge that yes indeed there did seem to be a link between wheat and Isaac having awful tummy pain, reflux and gas. So I said goodbye to wheat for good. Well, mostly. If you recall a few months ago I had a brief moment of weakness which I did pay for dearly...again.