Food & Body Parts :)

Soooooooooo It's been awhile since I've posted, ALOT has happened. :) I'll try to fill you in as best I can. We started Jackson on the GFCF diet. (Gluten Free Casein Free) For those of you who do not know what that is, here's the short version, NO wheat, barley, rye, oats, NO dairy, butter, soy, cheese etc.I know your looking at me going what? Is she crazy? Whats this poor kid going to eat? lol, and actually before I read and read and read I thought the same thing. There's sooooooo much out there, things we were already eating that are Gluten Free, and Dairy Free. Like Lays potato chips! How great is that! Look next time your in the store on the back of the bag, the regular kind, not sour cream and onion, just the wavy kind or the plain ones, its says right there Gluten Free! So yeah, there's so much that was already in our daily routine he could still have. I of course didn't realize this until AFTER I went to Mamma Jeans and spent 46.00 on Nitrate Free Bacon, Hot Dogs, and 2 things of Bread, and Gluten Free cereal bars... Got them home, we cooked him a hot dog, and OMG... the dogs wouldn't even touch them. They are awful, I couldn't do it. I couldn't force this horrible food down my child... What was I gonna do?! I panicked and turned to Facebook, which I've been hesitant to do, because up until recently FB had been alot of Drama, that I wont go into. But anyways. I've "met" a lot of nice people on FB that are going through the same thing I am, and are either brand new, or way further in the game than we are, so they have wonderful tips, and ideas. Sidetrack, lol I tend to do that, Ok, I panicked, not knowing what the heck I'm gonna feed my kid, horrible hot dogs, gluten free bread (that didn't look to appealing either, ;) and fruits and veggies.. I go to my friend who's daughter has been on GFCF for 3 yrs I beleive... she leads me to the "Bible" of GFCF eating.Hallelujah!!!!!! I'm so thankful for her, because wow! He can have so much more! Ball Park Franks! Regular hot dogs are Gluten and Casein Free!! The Beef kind anyways, And lots of other stuff, that he loves already that I didn't have to take away, the only thing was the bread, mainly is his biggest gripe. And to tell you the truth, the bread after being toasted, is pretty darn tasty. Or with Peanut Butter! Peter Pan by the way ;) So yeah, it's been challenging in my house the past few weeks with having one child going GFCF, while keeping the others on normal food, and honestly I'd love to do them all on it, and they eat pretty much everything Jackson does, except the stuff that has to come from Mamma Jeans or the Price Cutter Organic section, because it's just so expensive right now. Hopefully one day we'll all be Gluten & Casein Free. Ahhh I can dream. :) Oh yeah, and I had sugery. lol, I had a TT, Total Thyroidectomy. They removed my thyroid. That's a whole other post because let me tell ya, the hospital stay, was less than desirable, especially when they tried to take out another body part, mistakenly! Anyways, like I said a whoooooooole other post, I'll try to post that soon. :)

Brooks