Days 1 & 2

NOT EASY!

Ok - so this is NOT as easy as I thought. When I was told that all I had to do was cut out dairy, I thought..ok that's easy, cheese, milk, yogurt, sour cream, cream cheese...you know the things you normally eat that have cow's milk. Well...as I spoke with the nutritionist in the hospital I learned I was really wrong on that idea.

So day 1 - in hospital!
My last "dairy" meal was on Monday night around 6:30pm - it was AMAZING! My sister had made several meals for us to freeze and cook as needed! It was awesome all the good meals she made for us...lots of Mexican dishes....which consequently means CHEESE, CHEESE and more CHEESE! Well, Monday we had a beef mex and noodle casserole. The topping was (ready)...CHEESE and SOUR CREAM (16 oz of sour cream)...this was followed by several days of cheesy dishes.

So, I wake up Tuesday morning and am told I can order breakfast, but it is a lactose free breakfast. Now this is hospital food we are talking about, so it's already limited to what they have. So I have 2 pieces of bacon, 2 pieces of white toast with jelly only (NO BUTTER!), and a banana - with a glass of OJ. I will admit, this was not as bad as I thought, I survived my first meal with ease!

Lunch - well that was a little more tricky - went with a grilled chicken sandwich, with pickle and french fries. Again - not so bad!

Dinner - at home - now this is where it gets hard on momma....
I fixed macaroni noodles with tomato sauce (I normally add butter, but didn't this time). Not too bad tasting - but could tell it was missing the butter!! So as I ate, I kept saying over and over...mmm this has butter on it...lol. While the food was cooking, I was pretty hungry, so I thought I would eat a few crackers, just plain saltine crackers. Well that was not happening! The ingredients read "may contain traces of MILK" - really a saltine...that's when I realized that I was in for a long year!

Avery day 1 on Nutramagin:
She did ok with the bottle, against what I thought at first. She was only spitting up a little when finished bottle feeding. To where the day before she would throw up as soon as she was done nursing. This made me happy to know she was keeping down some food!

She's such a strong little princess!

Day 2 - at home
OMG...breakfast didn't happen - woke up late and had to get our older, Cydney, out the door, and then myself and Avery to her 2 week check-up (which went REALLY WELL!).  So on the way home, I decide to stop by Target (my 2nd home lol). I was looking for something to eat for lunch...I passed by our normal suspects - chicken taquitos, mini tacos, etc (I have a love for Mexican food). Most of these had MILK or TRACES of MILK. Found some Tyson boneless chicken bites, honey bbq! NO MILK..I felt like I scored 1000 points in a basketball game lol.

I couldn't wait to get home and have some boneless wings, potato chips....and ranch dressing to dip my wings in! OH WAIT! I can't have RANCH DRESSING...aw man - I felt defeated, those 1000 points were withdrawn - I felt like a little kid in a candy store being told...no candy! So I need to find a ranch dressing replacement (watch for a recipe as I will find one!!) So I ate my wings, and chips and called it a successful lunch.

Dinner - well it's Wednesday and we do things easy peasy on Wednesdays due to football..Normally cook hamburger helper meal of some sort with a veggie. Well, can't have ANY hamburger helper meal (I am not too upset by this!). So, I ordered everyone else a pizza and had more chicken wings and smiley potatoes. Was still a little hungry, so I poured a bowl of cheerios - just plain and snacked on them. While I was snacking that's when it hit me! I need to writing this all down...what can I have, not have etc...so I started blogging!

Day 2 Avery - OMG! She is doing great...right back to where she was prior to Monday, Oct 6! She is sleeping normal again and back to her happy go lucky little bitty self! Makes me happy to know that by removing my cow's milk filled milk should work! 

So, for one more day I am pumping my milk and waiting patiently to start nursing again! I am hoping she will latch correctly and do ok...my biggest fear of not nursing right now.