Day 3

First day of the diet at school. We spent an hour last night packing food for Ryan to take to day care and to nursery school. We purchased yet another type of "milk", a soy-based almond milk and sent that to one of his schools with him. We were able to get his theraputic nursery school to make a GF diet for him so that will help out a lot. Now we'll just have to worry about his daycare. They are not at all equipped to provide Ryan with a special diet. And it seems like every other day they are having a party for something. They use a lot of carbs for snacks with the kids and we're worried how Ryan will handle having to eat different foods than everyone else.

We did get him a little excited about his "special" foods. We put things that he can eat on a separate shelf in the pantry and we let him pick out what he wants to eat. He really enjoys Glutino pretzels. My husband tried them and said he likes them better than regular pretzels. Yes, the pretzels have salt on them and are probably not the best thing for him to eat, but that is not the battle we are fighting right now. In an effort to get him used to the taste of GF/CF foods we may need to bend in other areas until we get better at this.

I shared the "you're welcome" and "scissor" story from yesterday with a colleague at my job. She is one of the people who gave us the push to start this diet and has been very helpful sharing her knowledge and own experiences with us.

Two positives to share...Ryan's skin was smoother/softer and noticeably less irritated, and his teacher wrote us a note that he didn't drink the almond milk, but that he was calm in school today! Yay!

DC