Dairy Free for Me

It's official - Little Miss is allergic to dairy. After being dairy free for two weeks, I had some cheese Monday and the next day, Little Miss had tons of mucous and specks of blood in her stool. She was also more fussy during nursing. I really would like to keep breastfeeding until her first birthday so I'm saying goodbye to all milk products. I will miss my cheese and my ice cream but it is well worth it to keep Little Miss healthy. Most children outgrow dairy allergy by two or three years old though so hopefully it won't be an issue for her forever.

Amazingly, I too have had a major change since going off of dairy. My insulin needs have dropped by about 40%. I'm not quite sure what to make of that but obviously my body has issues with milk protein as well. Within 48 hours of stopping dairy, I kept going low over and over again. After about two days of stuffing my face to keep up with the lows, my genius husband suggested I change my basal rates on my insulin pump. Duh? Why didn't I think of that? The only thing that changed was the dairy.

I'm kind of hoping that maybe God will use this to heal my diabetes. Medically/scientifically it makes no sense but I know God can use whatever means he desires to heal people and I'll take it. Healing from diabetes is something I have always prayed for but honestly most of the time I don't really think it will happen in this lifetime. I know I should have more faith but it is one of those, "God, I believe. Forgive my unbelief" type things. I want to believe and I know he can heal me; I just don't always think he will. For now though, I know that Little Miss needs me off of dairy and if that is the case, then so be it. If it helps my health, all the better.