Why The Dairy Free Recipe Page???

As I entered into the new year we had learned that our oldest daughter may have some sort of food allergy. Possibly dairy or gluten. Though we do not have confirmation yet. She have been battling stomach aches and pains for just over a year now. They have become more frequent. This past month she had become very sick. We brought her in to her pediatrician and thought we had some sort of answers. Things did not clear up and she ended up in the ER via her Pediatrician's orders over winter break. Or should I say on New Years Eve. While she was in the ER they ran some tests on her and told us if the test were to come back negative from bacteria it would most likely be she is dealing with some sort of food allergy. The reason being,

• It's been on going and progressing for over a year now.
• She had a milk allergy as a baby.
• She never had a fever while this was all going on.
• Other symptoms that were occurring were possible clues pointing towards an allergy.
• I had an dairy allergy as a child. I was able to grow out of it and now have a dairy intolerance. 

All the tests came back negative. It was great knowing there were no other serious cause. Yet the possibility of our daughter having a major food allergy, and if this is what it is doing to her, it is still a serious topic. 

So here we are today, she has been completely off dairy since the beginning of the new year. This is the longest she has gone without a stomach ache or stomach pain in over a year. Her appetite is back and she is sleeping a lot better. 

We have to keep a food and bowel diary for her follow up which is tomorrow with her pediatrician. Then an appointment will be made with a GI specialist. We are in hopes to hear the final answers from the GI specialist. Of course we do not want our daughter to have any sort of food allergy, but we want answers so she is healthy and no longer sick. 

This is where I choose to start a dairy free page to share with all of you my recipe's I  make for my daughter and family. Since I have kept her off dairy it has been a whole new world for our family, myself as a mother and our daughter. I thank God she is old enough to understand. I think it helps that she knows not eating dairy makes her feel so much better as well. It is a learning curve for sure. For instance pizza with no cheese. researching a new butter and milk to buy. What snacks to keep in the house. What dinners to cook from now on. Finding desserts that are still delicious and dairy free. 

So stay tuned to the blog and dairy free page where you can always go back and find the information. 

Does anyone on your family have a food allergy?