Maddy is trying at the moment…. trying everything. The once mess-hysterical girl has taken to gravy, stuffing, tomato sauces, cottage pie – you name it. I am proud of her, messy food has been a big deal for so long. Hurrah for Maddy.
Amelie has finally got over her reaction to another milk product – finally sussed that the horrendous rash, and probably the subsequent behaviour, on Wednesday was probably due to milk powder in bakery bread. Poor girl, she looked awful for days. So much to learn. Tonight, we narrowly avoided gravy powder. She is being so good about it, she is so desperate to stop itching. She doesn’t moan about ANYTHING she can’t have. So very proud of her too. The reactions seem to actually be getting more extreme; even a little milk powder seems to set her off now, initially she tolerated that. She handled butterfat in dark chocolate though, another one we spotted too late, so i think that must not have lactose in it? Oh, this is so not me, i hate being like this. I positively cringed at myself reading labels in Tescos the other day. 🙁
Josie has a sore bum again, poor little soul. She communicated a new word very effectively today – she handed me a juice bottle with a squashed down (closed) nozzle and said “broken” – very clever girl.
Fran has spent the day swathed in scarves and looking very appealing – i did point out that making yourself look ravishing with them was perhaps not quite the idea, but she informed me she was a persian princess, rather than Muslim. (Think girl from Kingdom of heaven!) Fair do’s. We decided to start on Islam when we get back from our jolly. She is also finally asking for “bigger girl” films as she is bored of Disney (hurrah) so i must have a think about that. In a fit of paranoia today, i bought some practice SATs papers for her to try; she is the age now that the eldest kids in year 2 would be when they did them and i’m curious to know how she compares. On brief look, she’ll easily do everything but the level 3 English and even then she’ll be able to read enough to answer the questions. Amazing really, considering she was barely literate in April 2005, when she would have sat them in school. Pointless bloody things though; when i think what i was doing in school at that age, recounting to a friendly parent the doings of greeks, norsemen and fine artists… well, i ask you…
Paranoia over. Amelie and i had a long snuggle up in bed this morning. She asked me LOADS of questions – where does wee come from, where do babies come from, how do you make a boy or a girl. Always amazes me how much i still have to learn about children, even now. It is becoming so clear why nursery didn’t suit her; she is doing the now familiar “waking up” thing, a whole year or more earlier than the big two did. No wonder she thought it was crappy. Oh well, you live and learn; there i thought she’d enjoy playing and all she wants is biology lessons… i’ll send her to granny 🙂 She’s also used her Dora Laptop lots too and seems more clued up to it now she’s had a good whirl at Cbeebies.
Signing off now – see you all soon.
yeah, i def found that with my three – the body seems to cope better with a total overload, but once you remove the onslaught it goes *woah* to a trace of anything. and i found it so hard to work out which component of milk was the problem – never did decide.
not to mention the odd flare up where you CANNOT understand what could possibly be the cause.
it is wonderful to hear how she is getting on though – and when they don’t complain about the change in diet, you know that they are as relieved as you are.
i found vegan refs really helpful. i’ve got an ingredient list book you can browse if you like.
fancy any woodland walks?
yes please and yes please!
Must get a look at your waldorfy stuff soon too.
Very pointless things, SATS, i’m sure, of course Abbie will have to do them next term 🙄
I have had to download the soundtrack for LSoH with all your post titles this week!
oooh – is it on iTunes?
sorry Sarah – forgot to be polite about them 😉
Naomi is dairy allergic too Merry , just to say cheap aldi bourbon biscuits are milk free and most cheap bourbons are too, it was a big help for naomi when no treats suited her. She’s turned into a fruit bat now but still craves dairy products just because she can’t have them i think. good luck with it 🙂
Bourbons and Sainsbury’s jaffas are a current lifesaver here!