I was going to put this in the allergy and intolerance forum.......but there isn't one, I must have imagined that
LOL!
I just need to whinge and vent, probably because I'm sick, tired and hormonal. I wish my
DS could eat 'normal' foods. I know things could be HEAPS worse, so I feel a bit of a heel complaining, but it's really getting to me ATM. Probably because summer is coming, and that just means MORE things that he can't eat
.
He can't have dairy, soy or nuts. TBH, this is the 'easy' part. He is (I think) able to tolerate small amounts of dairy these days (by that I mean a little bit of cheese is okay, still no milk or ice cream etc). Avoiding soy is a PITA, especially as it's his worst trigger, but still, we manage.
The thing that's really hard is the salicylate sensitivity. It rules out MOST fruits, especially summer ones, and this drives me nuts (no pun intended!). He LOVES fruit, but really can only tolerate banana, certain apples, and pear. No strawbs, no grapes, no watermelon, no pineapple, no mandarin, you get the picture. Lots of other things are ruled out too, but the fruit thing bugs me the most. I mean, these are HEALTHY foods that he enjoys eating! When you're already avoiding dairy, soy, nuts, colours and preservatives, it makes it pretty bl00dy hard to feed a toddler if he can't eat most fruit
. But it's sooooo not worth it, the tummy pains he gets from these things are obviously so excruciatingly painful for him, I'm scared to let him have anything that *might* upset his system. Salad foods are also out, especially raw tomato, which is such a shame because he LOVES that too ( so do I!). Tomato is actually the worst offender. He can't have avocado, and he can't have butter. That leaves Nuttlex for his sandwiches, which is just crap in my eyes, but I don't know of any alternative???? I hate buying margarine-type products.
I worry that he doesn't get enough healthy food to eat, particularly as I'm so hopeless and slack ATM. I worry that he will grow up a fussy eater, simply because he hasn't been exposed to these foods as a young child (well he was, up until this year). Oh, and I'm sick of *people* obviously thinking I'm being an overprotective mother, who just turns it all into a drama. People who try to give him this stuff behind our backs. I'm tellin' ya, it's a drama we could all live without!!!!
Oh gosh, I know it's not all that bad, he's a healthy kid, whose system is just obviously sensitive to many things (like medications as well!). And I know that he will grow out of alot of it to some extent. But some days it just feels so frustrating. I think particularly because we are such foodies, and I enjoy cooking so much. Sometimes I really struggle to adapt all these things into our family diet, if that makes sense. It shouldn't be hard, because I can't have the dairy, soy or nuts either. Which is another thing that's bugging me, all I want during this
pg is really cold chocolate milkshakes, but if I go near dairy ATM it makes me so violently ill, 20 times worse than when I'm not
pg . I just want a magnum for goodness sake!!!!
Anyway, that's for another thread.
If you have read through all of that rambling, THANK YOU
. No need to respond, I just needed to get it out there.
Just a whinge really, I need to vent about the food DS CAN"T eat! 
Wow, I reckon you are doing an AMAZING job! I hope things get better as your DS gets older. More hugs 
DH(33) DS October 2006 DD November 2008
since 8/7/08
. Because he doesn't actually have an anaphylactic reaction, we don't have to worry about really severe side effects (which I am so grateful for). But that means that sometimes I just say yes (only to minor things, which don't cause big problems) which isn't great. I need to be more consistent with it I think. I also end up feeling very conflicted and usually guilty if I cave 
DD 17 DS 5 
DD 3 
, but as far as I know the foods that have naturally occurring very high amounts are just that - there's nothing you can do about it. 
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