Well, things are improving. I finally broke down and went on the evil elimination diet (nothing but turkey, lamb, rice, potatoes, millet (yuck), zucchini, summer squash and pears, sigh). It made a difference – a big difference. The reflux is essentially gone, although she is still pretty gassy. In addition to the diet, we are doing chiro, CST, homeopathy and NAET. NAET uses acupressure to tell the body on an energetic level that it does not need to react to a food (or other irritant, like pollen, etc.). A friend has had very good luck using it to treat her son’s allergies, so I thought I would give it a try. The practitioner simply puts a few drops of my breastmilk (expressed after one hellish day where I ate a little of everything I could find in my house) on Sophie’s skin, then does the acupressure. She is also treating her for common candida problems – inability to absorb minerals, B vitamins, etc. We go back next week to see if she has “cleared” for that milk, which theoretically means I could go back to eating anything I ate that day. I am hoping like hell it works. In the meantime, the weight is falling off, which is about the only good thing about that fucking diet.

I want like hell to do a monthly update for my girls, but M discovered today that she can climb out of her crib. I’ve figured that she was physically capable of doing this for quite some time, but it only just dawned on her to try it today. She only naps once every week or two, but we’ve been doing quiet time in the crib for mama’s sanity. I’ve got her in there now, but I don’t think it’s going to last for long. Thankfully Sophie is a good sleeper, but I’m not sure if I’ll ever find the time to do regular updates again.

In the meantime, here are a few recent pictures at least …

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