I have never seen two kids so happy to eat eggs as mine were this morning. Yesterday we were GI symptom free, so we decided to move forward from stage 1 of the intro diet to stage 2 (meaning we can have poached or soft boiled eggs on top of soup). The kids did great today: Grendel had no tummy aches, burping, or regurgitation. I, however, did not. As soon as I ate my eggs this morning, I could feel a fullness in the top of my stomach and into my throat. The best way I know to explain this, as it is not reflux but is a feeling I get that lets me know that reflux is coming, is that I have a reflux aura (like some people get auras before getting a migraine). I thought I had dodged a bullet when I made it through the entire morning asymptomatic, but then had reflux randomly in the afternoon. I had more eggs at dinner and had reflux again after dinner. All that being said, I only had reflux for a total of 2 minutes today and it went away on its own. That's a major improvement. Unfortunately, it also means that I'm being bumped back to stage 1 for another day or two.
We entered this diet with a motto of "no man left behind," and while no one will be progressing to stage 3 without me they've tasted the goodness of eggs and I won't shake their world again by forcing them to go back to stage 1 with me. I do enjoy soup and have been doing okay eating soup for every meal for several days, but there was something satisfying about eating off of a plate with a fork.
As for Dr. Dad? Thankfully he has me to guide his way. Last night I caught him getting a glass of wine. I told him to put it away because wine is not allowed right now. He told me that it's liquid and that wine should be allowed on a liquid diet.
Me: It's not a liquid diet. Am I feeding you broth alone or is there stuff in your soup.
Dr. Dad: There are meat and vegetable chunks.
Me: Are those liquid?
Dr. Dad: No.
Me: Why would you think that with everything that we've had to cut out that wine would be the one weird thing that's okay?
Dr. Dad: Because you didn't specifically tell me that I couldn't have it.
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