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tak2002

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words! I feel so lucky that I have a place like this that I can come and vent without being flamed or given 'bad' advice!

I'm thinking that his allergy is chocolate. I have eliminated all major forms of dairy from my diet (not going crazy reading labels). But the other day, without thinking I ate the ears off my dark chocolate Easter bunny Whoops. I noticed a difference in his eczema and poop within a few hours. All that after it was actually FINALLY about 99% cleared up! We haven't seen an allergist because it's really only been a month or two and I wanted to try elimination first. Also, he doesn't have bloody stool and up until last night it didn't really appear to be bothering him.

Last night after I wrote this, H slept for almost 4 hours (I'm crediting the Benadryl) and I did get some good shut-eye. Dh really can't help me because he gets up for work around 5:30am and H would just scream anyway...not worth that-KWIM?

Anyway...just wanted to say thank you

Quazel

I am glad you are feeling better!  Hopefully it is just chocolate and cutting that out will help.  I get what you mean about DH and nighttime help.  I am the one who gets up at 5:30am but I also do night duty, DS either cries or thinks it is play time if DH tries.  It is just easier for me to do it.  It can be really rough.  I hope your day continues to be better!

MrsAmers

FYI - It could also be a soy allergy.  Pretty much all chocolate has soy in it.  And a friend's daughter has eczema because of her soy allergy.  Just wanted to mention it in case he has a flare up when you haven't had any chocolate.

Hugs - I hope it gets better soon.  We're in teething hell, so I'm a fellow walking zombie today!

webMistress0609

Oh, I feel really bad for you if it's chocolate. At least if you can have dairy again, that will give you some more snacking options than if you have to eliminate both.

We started keeping a mommy/baby food log while waiting to see the allergist & it really helped shed light on what was going on. I still had the testing done b/c since he has so many intolerances I still couldn't make heads or tails of what was going on, but I was able to definitely determine soy was an issue, whereas it hadn't been before. 

Anyway, I understand DH not being able to pitch in at night. My DH is more than willing, but once Ari hit about 7/8 months & separation anxiety kicked in, all bets were off on that. 

I hope it gets better for you. Allergies can definitely affect sleep, so maybe if you solve that you'll solve (some) sleep issues. 

cubits

Chocolate was the key to us figuring out quite a bit about Becca's allergies.  It was Christmas and chocolate made things way worse.  As the PP mentioned, it was the soy.