Going Gluten-Free and various other things...

We're on day 10 of going gluten-free amongst a few other things...no corn, dairy, peanuts, and soy. I'm not really seeing any behavior changes in Josiah at all, but I know it hasn't been a long enough time. The only thing that I've really seen in the kids is that their stools are more firm...not so mushy or liquidy. Sorry if that sounds gross or is tmi. But, that's all I've noticed so far. Yet, I know that I need to do it for a longer time as it can take longer for some things to rid the body. I'm also thinking about putting them on some fish oil and some probiotics to see if that helps to make a difference in their moods/attention spans as well.

Josiah's allergy testing...

We took Josiah in for allergy testing yesterday. They tested him for various things and we found out that he's got a little allergy to ragweed (grade 1), little allergy to elm, sycamore (grade 2 on those), and house dust (grade 1). He had a huge allergy to dust mites (grade 5). Then, they did all of his mold allergies and he's REALLY allergic to most of those..pencillium notatum and candida albicans he was just grade 2 and grade 3 allergies and then with alternia and helmin. haiddes he was very allergic too with a grade 5+. And he's a little allergic to cats (grade 3). We tried to take him for his blood test to find out what his food allergies were, but even though we got there at 3:45 and they closed at 4, they were already closed. So, I got to take him back for that this morning. Guess he does need to go back on his daily dose of Zyrtec. The doctor has him on Nasonex right now as well and he wanted us to see if he got relief from that before we decided to do allergy shots.

My allergies are bothering me...

Things are starting to green up around here which is a great thing...don't get me wrong....this time of the year always brings a smile to my face when I'm outside. However, I went to bed with a runny nose, my throat feels a bit on the raw side and my ears are feeling the same way. Now, it's 4 am and I woke up sneezing, I have a headache, and my ears hurt. I just got up to take some sinus and allergy pills and am sipping on some ice water to help my throat. Gotta love seasonal allergies...