Are you kidding me?

For quite a while, I have suspected that Jack has a secondary allergy or food issue due to some gastrointestinal problems I won't detail on the blog : ) During our family vacation to New Mexico in May, he had none of the issues and since then we've been trying to figure out what the difference was in his diet. Different brand of soymilk, different tap water? Those were theories that we couldn't check very well once we were back home, but we started week after week of trying to eliminate certain foods to see if they might be the trigger. We went through corn - no, wheat - no, pork - no, and I think there were a few others in there. In addition, he's been off eggs for about a year because of suspected issues with them too (and there is a high correlation between soy and egg allergies). Well, this weekend, we finally figured it out....and I can't believe it!

Turkey!

The Christmas day turkey sparked a reaction and I have had him off turkey since then. Kinda forgot about it and gave him a turkey sandwich on Saturday, and by Sunday, issues were back.

I am so glad we've figured this out. This is such an easy thing to remove from his diet and we're lucky that he loves his protein so we can easily substitute with another meat. We do eat quite a bit of turkey in our house, but I don't think he'll really notice if we make a change for him.

So, now we try eggs again when we're feeling brave (I think we'll wait a few weeks at least). And, then hope that he outgrows it all!