I love my new cook book. I love that it backs up all that I know and love about good, healthy food. I love that I will not have to cut out a food group to be happy or content. I love that it has recipes and fun trivia and so much reaffirming information!
In this cook book is a recipe for baby formula! If you read my posts at all, you know how much work nursing has been for me. Finding this recipe is a little bitter sweet - if I had known how to make formula 8 years ago, I could have saved my sons from all the soy commercial formula. Then again, I might not have fought so hard to nurse, nor have the resolve to master it the next time around.
My littlest one has tried the milk based formula that I made, and lo and behold, he is allergic to milk! Just like all his brothers and his momma. This isn't an anaphylactic allergy, more like having hay fever congestion, and eventually the mucus works its way into the lungs. Not fun. So we will try one of the meat stock based formulas. It seems like the only offensive taste is from the coconut oil, which is in all the recipes. I'm going to start by freezing the formula into cubes and adding it to his food, hoping that he will get used to the taste and eventually take it in a sippy cup. At 8 months old, he refuses to hold his own bottle. I may not nurse, but he insists on having his time with me!
Other news: I get to take a trip to the big city this weekend, without any of my children in tow! I'm a little bit nervous, leaving the youngest one behind for such a long amount of time. It's just one day, but it will be the first time I've left him for this length. I also don't care for traveling without my kids, and never fully trust our vehicles to make the trip, so pray for me this weekend! I get to spend time with a special friend for her birthday and if I have time, I might stop by to say happy birthday to a very special little lady :)
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Hope the new formula worked out well!
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