Bye Bye Wheat and Gluten!

So we've officially cut out wheat and gluten from Adia's diet. She hasn't had wheat since early Friday morning and it's already making a difference. Her eczema is slowly disappearing. It's now only in the places where it first appeared, her legs and lower back. She does still have a few spots on her arms and neck, but no longer on her face. It's such a relief. At least it was never an itchy rash.

Her three poopy diapers today were normal Adia diapers. The poop didn't cause her skin to react either, which was very reassuring. She normally doesn't go that often though, but that could be the grapes. I will have to start making her bread to eat though. I bought a loaf of rice bread for her and it's disgusting. There's no way she'll ever want to eat that. We'll be heading to Borders today to find a gluten free cookbook.

Adia's been really silly lately, now that she's feeling better. DiDi gave her her birthday trike early because DiDi had been carrying it around in her trunk. Adia loves it, but we need her to stop eating the streamers. She occasionally tries to flip it over too, but mostly fills the back up with toys.


Adia really likes to investigate her dresser. Her favorite drawer is her shoe drawer and I'm fine with that. She likes to pull out her shoes, put them back in and sometimes leave them laying on the floor. They're much easier to clean up then the clothes from the other drawers. I hate having to refold everything.


Adia's been taking baking soda baths every morning. She seems to enjoy them. Now if only I could get her to stop trying to drink the water. It can't taste very good. She was being silly before her bath though. I was on the other side of the gate and she wanted to play peek-a-boo with me.


Dinner last night was interesting. Adia suddenly started screaming in her high chair. We still have no idea what happened, but we think she bit her tongue. I held her in my lap for a little while and she ate whatever I gave her, but she soon saw her high chair tray was sitting on the floor. She lunged for it so I set her down. She started eating off of it like nothing had ever happened.


She slept well again last night. She's been going to sleep by 8:30 every night and sleeping until 6 or 7. She did pee out both sides of her diaper though. She managed to get a diaper wedgie sometime in the night. She probably would have slept longer if she hadn't been all wet. Now we're getting ready for breakfast. Adia's giving Scott lots of hugs and kisses... and bites. She keeps biting and it HURTS!