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valancystirlingWHY does every fucking food-related item in this fucking country have some corn product in it? WHY? It is not necessary.
I am feeling so insane/antisocial/anxious that I am not going to the spinning group or mommies group tonight, even though they are both once-a-month meetings. Screw it all. I don't fucking care. And, after accidentally ingesting corn just now, I'm not taking Topaz anywhere in case she has a fit. This also screws up my plan to go a few days with no suspected allergen and then have a glass of soy milk to see if that's a bad food for her. So now I have to wait another day for that.
I'm making vegan banana bread. I love that it's totally safe to eat the batter raw. There are no eggs in it.
I finally got to go inside Jake's office building today. It's so top-security that I've never been allowed, but apparently if you carry a baby inside, it means you're not a terrorist/spy.
Topaz has been especially clingy the last few days. If I set her down while I try to cook or do chores, she immediately throws a fit until I pick her back up.
Jake said something the other day like, I hope we're not spoiling her, giving her so much attention.
But really, this is exactly why firstborns are the way they are. We're literally seeing how it happens. Do you really think it's remotely possible to pay this much attention to a second baby? Maybe if your kids are widely spaced, like you have a ten-year-old and then have another baby. But two years apart? Not a chance. Topie and I will relate to each other.
AND, just got an email that Blue October's new album release date has been pushed back AGAIN. I give up. I look forward to things, and it just blows up in my face. I know this is a tiny example, but really. It's always like this.
I am feeling so insane/antisocial/anxious that I am not going to the spinning group or mommies group tonight, even though they are both once-a-month meetings. Screw it all. I don't fucking care. And, after accidentally ingesting corn just now, I'm not taking Topaz anywhere in case she has a fit. This also screws up my plan to go a few days with no suspected allergen and then have a glass of soy milk to see if that's a bad food for her. So now I have to wait another day for that.
I'm making vegan banana bread. I love that it's totally safe to eat the batter raw. There are no eggs in it.
I finally got to go inside Jake's office building today. It's so top-security that I've never been allowed, but apparently if you carry a baby inside, it means you're not a terrorist/spy.
Topaz has been especially clingy the last few days. If I set her down while I try to cook or do chores, she immediately throws a fit until I pick her back up.
Jake said something the other day like, I hope we're not spoiling her, giving her so much attention.
But really, this is exactly why firstborns are the way they are. We're literally seeing how it happens. Do you really think it's remotely possible to pay this much attention to a second baby? Maybe if your kids are widely spaced, like you have a ten-year-old and then have another baby. But two years apart? Not a chance. Topie and I will relate to each other.
AND, just got an email that Blue October's new album release date has been pushed back AGAIN. I give up. I look forward to things, and it just blows up in my face. I know this is a tiny example, but really. It's always like this.
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Date: 2006-02-22 09:34 pm (UTC)Corn is difficult to avoid. These days, they use it to make just about everything. I try to avoid a lot of wheat, but that's in everything, too. I find myself liking the health food brands that list which allergens they do or do not contain more and more all the time. I'm starting to not even care about it being overpriced.
Miss Bit didn't get a lot of the usual firstborn stuff. My mother didn't really do all that with me, and I was around so many children with my family that I didn't really do it with Bit. We're weird that way. It is probably a good thing, she's extremely Leo as it is.
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Date: 2006-02-23 02:14 pm (UTC)I'm at the point that I'm really just buying single-ingredient foods: eggs, water, carrots, etc. I just cook everything from scratch. But still, sometimes it's just a pain and I want to cut corners, and suddenly there's corn everywhere. I shop almost exclusively in the organic section of the grocery store, even though it is way more expensive.
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Date: 2006-02-23 06:51 am (UTC)and out of curiosity what are all of the foods you're trying to avoid besides chocolate, coffee, dairy and corn? and what makes you think any of those are the culprit?
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Date: 2006-02-23 02:12 pm (UTC)When Topaz was about a month old, she started having these screaming fits. So I took her to the pediatrician, who told me it was gas, and based on a rash she had at the same time, the ped guessed it was something in my diet. So I went to my midwife, who also does dietary analysis, and she did this electroacupressure thing that tells what your food sensitivities are. The ones that came up for Topaz were chocolate, dairy, corn. Based on THOSE ideas, I started really paying attention whenever I had any of those things. And honestly, I think it was accurate. Only now, I'm thinking soy should have been on that list. I'm going to wait till tomorrow and have some soy milk and just see. But it would make sense, because I only have soy rarely, and it seems to always be a problem after.
But what's really annoying is that there's corn in everything. I really have to scrutinize every label. I don't know why I didn't think to look at a couple of labels yesterday when I was grocery shopping.