On hold again

We are putting food trials on hold again.  First, he has a cold he just can't shake and it is making him super grumpy and not eating well.  So he's not eating enough of anything to call it a trial.  Second, his first birthday is this week and I don't want to do anything that might cause him to not be able to enjoy himself.  So, we will try again soon!

Baking Soda and pancakes

Our next trial will be baking soda.  I was going to do yogurt, but he doesn't seem to like him.  He hasn't had a reaction in the 2 days we tried, but he really isn't eating much of it either.  So we're moving on!

I used regular baking soda that contains cornstarch, because I'm not certain he failed corn.  He started teething at the same time which for him is very similar to a chronic FPIES reaction.

The Pancakes:
I had cooked a big bowl of quinoa the other day, so I ground up enough of that to get about 1/2 cup.  Then I added 1/4 tsp baking powder and enough water to get a pancake batter consistency.  I sprayed the pan very lightly with canola oil (we haven't done an actual trial but he's been ok the few times he's had a little of it.)

I'll warn you that flipping them is next to impossible!!  They seem to take longer than normal pancakes to cook and when you try to flip them, they fall apart.  But once you get a "crust" on both sides, they much easier to work with. Also, make sure to make them kind of flat so the insides cook well too before the outside burns.

Update:  I made the again with leftover batter.  This time I dumped it in and stirred it around like I was making scrambled eggs.  Eventually it started to form a crust on one side and then I could flip it.

Quinoa

We started quinoa trials in January. Everything was going great and we decided to take a break after about two weeks and then try again to make sure it was definitely a pass.   But as soon We took a break, he started getting a new tooth on the bottom, then an ear infection, then another tooth on the top!   So we decided to take even longer break than had been planned to try to get over everything else that might mask the symptoms of a reaction. So we just got back to trialing quinoa yesterday and so far everything is great!   Now I can start figuring out what kind of first birthday cake to make him!

We will probably start our next trial on Sunday while we have nothing going on and can stay home. I'm not sure yet what it's going to be but it'll probably be something like baking soda or canola oil, things that I can use with the quinoa and his fruits to make him other snacks.  We won't be trialing eggs until he's at least 15 months due to an allergy in the family. With my other kids we started milk almost as soon as they turned one but I think this time we're going to hold off a little longer.

Mangoes and pork chops

We're removing mangoes from our 'safe' list.  Thankfully it only causes lots of diaper changes and not a full FPIES reaction.  He's had mangoes previously without an issue.  But last week he had pear/mango/squash and I could hear his little belly rumbling. This week I've been trying to figure out which of those foods wasn't working anymore. So we started with pears and he was fine.  After today's mangoes, I think we found our culprit. But we will also try squash alone just to be sure that isn't causing issues too.

But the good news is we tried pork chops and they passed!

Update: It may be pears also!  He had pears twice yesterday and we ended up with some very yucky diaper changes in the afternoon.  This FPIES thing is getting harder and harder!