We kind of went crazy this boy and I

But of course, I am the only one that can be blamed.  My visiting teacher brought by a dozen of those big, delicious cookies from Paradise Bakery today.  Just out of the blue she stopped and dropped them off, it was a very nice thing for her to do.  She mentioned that the lemon ones on the bottom of the bag were especially delicious.  I thanked her and she left and I was thinking how much my family would enjoy these cookies that I would not get to eat because like 98% of desserts and treats I am  certain there is some type of dairy in these: butter the most obvious.  But the thought of a delicious lemon cookie was more than I could take.  I pulled one out of the bag and stared at it.  I have been thinking that Owen might have grown out of his milk allergy and I gave him a cube of cheese and a couple bites of yogurt a couple of weeks ago and hadn't noticed any problems.  But then the ear infection came so I figured it was a bad time to test for a milk allergy.  He finished his antibiotics for the ear infection yesterday.  And man, I have been really missing sweets and baked goods.  All of that reasoning was enough to send me over the edge.  It felt like sinning, and I really enjoyed that lemon cookie.  I was in the mood of throwing caution to the wind so I declared to the boys that we were eating cookies and milk for lunch.  And while I was at it, I might as well test Owen directly.  I gave him a good serving of yogurt, enough I figured so I could be totally sure if he was allergic.  After he ate he promptly went to bed without a fuss.  He actuall slept a good two plus hours, the longest nap he's had in several days. 

I haven't noticed a reaction yet, and cross-my-fingers we may be over this dairy allergy.  Most babies do outgrow a dairy allergy, so fortunately Owen has too.  Tonight we had paninis for dinner.  I had pesto sauce on mine (contains parm cheese) with some big slices of monterey jack.  I haven't had cheese for seven months.  Oh how I have missed cheese.  We'll see how Owen sleeps tonight and in the next coule of days hopefully he doesn't have any eczema break outs.  There are so many things I look forward to eating!

{A hesitant hooray!}

Just to be clear, he doesn't get a severe reaction to dairy.  He use to get eczema, but hasn't lately when I've slipped and had dairy on accident.  Sometimes it seemed like it bothered his tummy, but never a terrible amount.  That's why it's been difficult to tell if he's still got a dairy issue.  And that's why I felt warranted in going so far with this allergy test.  I wanted to be sure.  Well, and those cookies of course, definitely played a part.