Week 3 & 4

Well, it was sort of a whirlwind of events these last two weeks (and honestly these last 4 months). First, we discovered my son has a wheat, egg, and dairy about 2 weeks ago. We knew about the dairy allergy, as he pukes for days after he consumes it, but we had no idea about the wheat allergy and egg allergy. So, I've been trying to adjust his eating habits this last week and it's been a trial. He wants what he can't have. It's hard telling a 3 year old certain foods are off the menu right now. Especially graham crackers and goldfish crackers. He also has been caught sneaking food with wheat in it. Mainly graham crackers and bread. So, I've been trying hard to find recipes with alertnative flours, i.e. rice flour, oat flour, almond flour, etc. The food I've made tastes good, just not the same. Anyway, so with his adjustment in his diet, I've been sort of off the Dukan Diet. Bad me, I know.

Secondly, my 3 month old baby stopped gaining weight. She was born a stealthy 11lbs 5oz and as of 3 months and 1 week old, she was 11lbs 11oz. Not much weight gain at all. She should be at least 14lbs by now. Anyway, in talking with the doctor, it was decided to to add formula to my milk and try and get her to gain weight. In doing this, I had to pump. I quickly learned I wasn't producing nearly enough milk. She was eating only about 15oz of milk a day and thus starving as she should've been consuming 30oz+ a day. I had no idea! She's such a content baby I didn't have a clue she was starving! Believe me, I feel terrible. Anyway, because of the lack thereof, I had to mix up just formula to feed her. Now she won't eat from me and only wants formula. She has issues with dairy, too--I previously posted this discovery a few weeks ago. So, I have to give her the ubber expensive formula. But, not starving my baby is worth any amount of money out there. Trust me when I tell you I feel so guilty and terrible for not being able to give her enough food. She would sleep through the night (8pm-6am) and everything. Her personality is so mild I didn't recognize the signs of a hungry baby, besides the usual feedings about every 3-4 hours throughout the day. Poor babe! I do feel better now knowing she's getting the nutrition she needs.

So, having announced to the world all that personal stuff going on--I now am no longer nursing and will be doing the original Dukan Diet. I suppose, if I am to find a positive to all of this, it is I can get myself healthy again by doing the full-fledged Dukan Diet and not the modified version for nursing moms. It's a very selfish positive, but I'm grasping at straws to find something good about everything going on.

In the end, I didn't lose anything this week and last week I lost 3.6lbs. Which is good, except for the fact I gained back 3 of those lbs this week with everything going on. So between this week and last, I'm down a total of .6lbs. Still, better than nothing.