New glasses and Itchy Skin

So Kaitlyn went to Dr. Young on Thursday and he fit her for a new pair of glasses. Her prescription hasn't changed much but her frames were definitely too small for her face and she needed a new pair. While we were ordering the new pair the lens popped out of her current frame and they had to glue and bolt it back together. Needless to say we ordered a new pair just in time. I hope that insurance will reimburse us though because they were not in the budget and yet she had to have them. Dr. Young also said he wanted to see her back again in 4 months. If her prescription changes for the worse by then she will have to start patching her good eye and wearing the contact lens again. Please join us in prayer that this will not occur. She can't stand wearing the patch over her good eye because she says, "I can't see", "It's too dark". Plus the contact lens sometimes irritates her eye the same way contacts irritate my eyes. We just don't want to have to go through this again.

Kyleigh went to the allergy doctor today and she had skin testing for milk, egg, soy, and dust mites. She was positive for milk and negative for others. They won't test nuts, berries, fish and other foods until she is 2. This means she can have Soy based formula and switch to Soy milk at her 1st birthday but no milk or milk based products. She gave me a list of the milk based items. It is a list of about 30 items that are milk related and must be avoided including butter, margerine, certain oils, and lots of others I can't pronounce and others that are obvious such as cheese. This just means we have to check and recheck labels of premade foods. We have to ask questions of prepared food that we personally didn't cook before she eats as she increases her ability to eat more than just purees. It also means I have a freezer full of food with butter that she can't eat because our nutritionist had me add butter for calories but that is a milk item. So frustrating! Good thing is she can outgrow this allergy by age 5.

Her first birthday is right around the corner. We are planning a small gathering at our house on her birthday for cake and ice cream, both of which she can't eat. However, I am bound and determined to get a cupcake or something that is milk/dairy free for Kyleigh to attempt to eat. She still struggles tolerating eating Stage 2 solids and puffs so this may be a disaster but I can't see celebrating her birthday without a cake she can eat. Several friends and family have suggested a few ideas that I'm looking into. I hope to have a simple solution by the 19th .