goodbye Neocate

Hello Whole Milk.

And yogurt, REAL cheese, dairy and soy.

What a journey we’ve been on!

Bella was diagnosed with MSPI (milk soy protein intolerance) and reflux when she was 6 weeks old. She had been struggling to gain weight and was loosing weight at one point. She cried (and cried … and cried), was a gassy little lady, made some incredible noises while trying to nurse and was visibly uncomfortable.  Her intestines were irritated from trying to break down milk/soy proteins she was getting from my breast milk & from the formula we used to supplement. Once she started having some blood in her diapers we were sent to a fabulous GI doctor and things have been looking up ever since!!

Flash forward one year and she’s our healthy, HAPPY, beautiful little girl.

80% of babies grow out of MSPI by the time they are one so we did our “trial” over the last week and all signs point to “go”.

Today will be the first day without Neocate.

I’m nervous (especially after last night! She was hysterical for a while and I had visions from a year ago when her belly hurt!) but I’m hoping for the best!

We started introducing yogurt and will continue to add foods with milk & soy.

The thought of not having to read labels anymore is simply wonderful.  And the money we’ll save from being able to purchase “regular” food and no more pricey Neocate is a blessing!!

So everyone cross their fingers today and say a little prayer.

Here are a few BEFORE photos:

A few AFTER photos.

I think the medicine and Neocate worked!!  

Here’s a good comparison.  We have her baby doll in both photos.