Kady Update

We have finally weened Kadence IN to her formula.  It's been a long week to get here but we are here.  Dominic is still not sure we should go through with this but I'm determined to at least give it a try.  For the past 6 days I've given her less and less rice milk in her formula and she's only been eating dinner and a banana and fries here and there =o)  Yesterday, she actually drank 4 whole cups of the formula with no rice milk and slept through the night without dinner, so today will be day 1 with no food at all.  I feel better about it now and not like I'm starving or depriving her...too much.  Kady does still ask for food and snacks but I'm confident within another week that will fade.  We still feel uncomfortable eating in front of her but that too shall pass.  Hopefully her diarrhea will completely go away within 3weeks.  If it's not gone by the end of 4weeks, I will most likely discontinue the process and tell the doctors it's not working and to find another way. 

At the end of 6-8weeks her diet will consist of mostly formula.  At that time we will re-introduce 1 food at a time back into her diet and see if her symptoms return.  I imagine it will be about 6 months before she has enough variety back in her diet and we can completely ditch the formula.  That day will be a HUGE relief on our pocketbook.  Hopefully there will be enough variety by the time her 2nd birthday comes around January 31st that I'll be able to give her a banana or PB&J (her favorites) with a candle in it =o)

Current Weight: 24lbs....this will be interesting.

Thank goodness she was a puffy baby and could afford to loose some weight.