Lilani was screaming for the past two hours or so. It wasn’t her normal, I am a bit grumpy, a little over tired, I am just being a baby cry.
It was the : Mama, my tummy HURTS cry. The kind of cry that no amount of consoling, rocking, kissing or nursing will solve. Since cutting out dairy, she cries like this very rarely, but if she does, we are always able to pair her pain with something that I ate. Today I ate nothing unusual. Or anything that contained milk.
For breakfast I had mangoes and coffee with Soy Milk. For lunch I had beefies, rice, and broccoli. At dinner time, I had a peice of chicken and leftover rice. I prepared all these foods so I knew that there weren’t any dairy ingredients added.
So why all the crying?
As long as I am cooking from scratch, at home, the no dairy thing isn’t an issue. But going out is a bit more complicated.
As a special treat today Michael took us to McDonald’s to get ice-cream cones, and for your’s truly some hot salty french fries. They were delicious. I can easily pass up ice cream for fries!
Mmmmm….
But guess what.
With that salty greasy goodness, I also consumed milk.
You say what?
On a whim I googled McFries and milk. And sure enough I found the culprit. I am shocked. My poor baby. McDonald’s fries taste SO good because they add milk ( and wheat for those allergic to gluten) to the oil they fry them in.
I am sad. Sad for Lili. Sad for the fry lover in me.
She is sleeping now, but my little treat has caused her atleast 24 hours of tummy trouble. It’s going to be a long night…
Hopefully as she gets older the lactose intolerance will change.. I went through it when I was like 8-11, I would cramp real bad.. my parents thought I was getting bullied at school as I always wanted to stay home… until the figured out the lactose issue…
Now I drink lots of milk etc… but if I have a glass of milk… even a sip of milk in the morning on an empty stomach… GUT ACHES..
Keep trusting that God will heal all the infirmaries (word??) ha ha
Hey Cari.
Sad for poor Lili…and you.
When I read that you ate broccoli, I just thought you should know that when Johan was younger he got that “my tummy hurts” inconsolable cry when I ate broccoli…and bananas. I guess coniferous veggies can do that to kids too. Thankfully I can still have about a serving of milk a day and it doesn’t affect Johan. More than that and he is hurting.
Good luck with Lil this week! It will be good to see you in a couple months!