April Nienhuis Photography – Birth Newborn Baby and Senior Photographer – Oklahoma

Many of you know that we did some additional blood tests because Finley’s eczema was still bad.  First of all, he did wonderfully with the blood draw and didn’t cry at all.  Secondly, we got the results back on Monday and they told us he tested positive to being allergic to tomatoes, bananas and avocados.  Between the two tests we’ve done that brings his food allergies to a total of 6:  peanuts, dairy, egg, tomatoes, bananas and avocados.  As hard as it is to prepare a meal the improvement on his skin is astounding and completely worth it.  His personality and speech keeps getting better and better too.  I wanted to thank all of you who have been praying for us.  Praying for answers, Finley’s improvement, stress levels, the ability to find meals, etc.  With every ounce of me I thank you!

The adventure has started.  Has anyone else had the joy of experimenting with foods to find out what your child is allergic to?  Due to him getting sick a few weeks ago and being unable to keep any foods in his body which resulted in his eczema completely clearing up, we know that food allergies are the culprit.  We’ll have confirmation from the blood draw in a couple weeks but I’m almost positive he’s allergic to nuts.  Also, we’ve been off dairy for a couple days now and his face has cleared up rapidly and the rest of his body is coming along slowly but surely.  I would love it if anyone has any great dairy and nut free recipes they would like to share and I will do the same if/when I find any.