Wheat, part 2

Experiment #2 was a success. On Monday, I loaded Anya up with wheat for a day to see what would happen. She got crackers during a snack, toast strips during lunch, and lots of couscous with dinner. It has now been almost 72 hours with no reaction.

This means normal birthday cake! And crackers, and baked goods, and decent pasta, and, and, and, stuff! Doooood, you have no idea how pretty much everything has wheat in it until you have to start reading labels or restaurant menus. It was so limiting.

I spoke to a mom in Anya's "school", who happens to have a wheat allergy and knows all about it. She said that it's somewhat common for babies to not be able to handle wheat until their digestive system has matured a little, generally around a year. I haven't come across this in my reading on the subject, but I guess that's why Anya's pediatrician wanted us to wait until 1 year to reintroduce it.

Anyway, hooray!