Maybe a little bit of happiness

Because I have no willpower, I haven't been able to completely give up dairy. I am drinking almond milk instead of regular milk and I haven't had any yogurt or cheese. But I have had a few bites of ice cream and some cheesecake. And Luke has handled it fairly well. So now I'm trying this thing where I limit my dairy significantly, but don't freak out if I happen to have some cream sauce or cookies with butter in it. As long as Luke is doing okay, then I'm eating some dairy.

And because these are adorable and in response to something besides gastrointestinal comfort (i.e. being played with):

And No More Happiness...

Luke is a good baby. He really is. But he every day he was being really fussy when he tried to eat. He was definitely hungry, but he just screamed and screamed when he tried to latch on. I decided he had some serious gas. We've given him gas drops when he gets like that, but he still had a 4 hour ordeal once a day. A few people have suggested to me that it must be something I'm eating that his tummy can't handle. I knew some of the culprits, but I didn't eat any of them consistently - except one.

Skip to 2'47'' and watch until 3'40''.

That's right folks. No more happiness for me. Since foregoing dairy 2 days ago, Luke hasn't had a fussy eating episode. And his poop is a much more normal consistency.

I think I'll starve for the next few months until his tummy can handle dairy. What will I eat for breakfast? Normally I'd have cold cereal or something with yogurt. What can I have for lunch? Typically I'd eat something with cheese. What about my snacks? I have a whole Costco sized package of string cheese that I like to eat. What can I have for dessert? I am seriously craving a milkshake right now. I'm going to finish eating the pumpkin cheesecake sitting in my fridge though. I'll take whatever punishment comes from eating that deliciousness.

First Bites Bash

Jason currently has an internship with the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau. Because of this, he sometimes gets free tickets to stuff going on around town. Last Thursday, he got free tickets (originally $125 each) to the First Bites Bash at Union Station downtown. We couldn't pass up the opportunity. We got ourselves a babysitter and went! It was so fun! I have pictures, but am too lazy to upload them onto my computer right now. You get the idea of what it looked like from the Union Station link above. It was cocktail party attire, open bar (of course, we drank soda), waiters picking up your drinks/trash, and all sorts of gourmet samples from restaurants around town. Think of a glorified Costco with foodie food. We were surprisingly full from our sampling. The place was packed! I felt very cool, like I was at one of the hottest parties in town.

Does it make me a bad mom that I didn't have any problems leaving Luke for a couple hours? It was our first time leaving him with a babysitter. Jason said it means I'm just well adjusted. If I was nervous at all, it was that he would be a pill for our friends, because he had been fussy earlier that day. It turned out he was only fussy until he ate and then he slept the rest of the night, so my fears were unfounded.