Blessings

A few little positive tid bits to share…..

·    Peyton’s tummy issues are getting better.  After speaking with her dietitian we think she may be lactose intolerant.  If you recall, when she was in infant she had a dairy allergy and when started the keto diet, we still had her off of dairy.  We weaned her back on to dairy about six months ago and most of her meals consist of butter and heavy cream.  We have cut out the butter and cream and are using oils, avocado, and other non-dairy fats and we are already seeing a huge difference after just 2 days.  She was having screaming fits from the tummy pain and although she is still fussy at times, the screaming fits are starting to subside. 

·        Since Peyton started having seizures at 10 weeks old, we rarely, if ever, let her out of our sight.  This means she has slept in our bed since the beginning and yeah yeah yeah, I know how bad a habit this can be but we were truly terrified to leave her alone at all and especially at night.  Just recently, we have realized that she is more than ready for her own ‘space’ and a more scheduled routine at night.  So now she has her very own toddler bed in our room in my line of vision and she has slept in it for almost a week and is doing GREAT.  She rarely if ever has seizures at night so this is not really a concern.  We purchased a video monitor and we can watch her after we put her to bed.  It’s a good feeling to do something as ‘normal’ as getting her adjusted to sleeping in her own bed.   Before she was born, I had picked out the cutest bedding and was so excited about using it.  After the seizures started, I had a hard time even looking at that bedding because it represented a loss of the ‘normal’ baby girl we had expected and planned for.  I actually boxed it up and put it in the attic (couldn’t quite bring myself to give it away).  Well, I have pulled that bedding back out again and looked it straight in the eye and put it on her sweet little toddler bed.  It is just as cute as it was when I picked it out and being able to use that bedding again healed something inside of me.  Kind of like looking the seizure monster in the face, sticking my tongue out and being thankful for the little girl that God chose to bless us with.