So here we go

You know how you say you want to eat better but you keep putting it off. You say you want to switch organic, eat out less, switch from white to whole wheat but then something comes up. You get busy, life happens as it always does. Well that was me til now. I have been wanting to start eating healthier but things kept happening. Then God blessed me with the sweetest little boy ever. One very happy, adorable, bundle of joy. When DJ was about 2 months I noticed he had eczema really bad. My doctor kept telling me to get thick lotions. I got them all. I wanted to stick to natural so I tried vitamin e, coconut, and everything else I could find for skin and nothing happened. I even got myself on a million multi vitamins since he was breastfeeding and my moms swore my poor health was the cause of DJ eczema. Dj's skin just got worst. It was oozing, swollen, red all the time. IT was horrible. It wasn't until I was staying up with him all night crying and scratching(him not me all thought I wanted to) that I just took him to the ER. I didn't know what else to do. My doctor would not tell me more than keep putting lotion on him. Which I was doing but I guess to her since he was always dry when I came to see him she assumed I was not. His skin would eat the oil and I was putting it on with every diaper change. I had bathed him, stopped bathing him, oiled him, steroided him. I had even considered rubbing his body down with pee lol Someone said it would work and I was desperate and I figured It was working for his butt, (the only place on him with no eczema). Finally a doctor mentioned changing my diet. Since he was breastfeeding only. She told me to cut out all dairy, eggs, soy, tomatoes, wheat, nuts, corn, and other stuff out my diet. I was desperate so I did it. I cut it all out for about 3 weeks. His pooh went from green to yellow and for the first time he was happy. It was crazy my son was finally acting like he was suppose to. After I saw the change in him I knew what I would have to do. I had went to see an allergist and he tested and said DJ was allergic to eggs and milk but when I stopped eating those things DJ still itched. SO it was more than that and I didn't find out until the blood test that he was allergic to wheat,rye, barley, dairy, eggs, and nuts. So I did away with that stuff and almost instantly I noticed his skin was weeping less, and he was happier. I also learned it could take up to a month for me to really see the difference but already his bowls were turning yellow again. I was so happy finally improvement. So now I know what I have to do and this is the story of my adventure of finding things to eat, and figuring out this allergy. SO now I am forced to eat healthy because its the only way I can help DJ. I have to know whats in everything I eat and be careful about what I am eating. The only way for me to really do that is to eat organic so that is what we are doing.