Visit to Grandmas

My mom wanted to see the boys before she left for Oregon earlier this week, and also she finished a quilt that she's been working on for Andrew, so we headed up for a visit.

The boys had fun blowing bubbles and playing with their cat.












Andrew rubbed his face all over my shirt awhile after I'd picked Jax up and pet him, and got all puffy and red so we had to leave to get him home to his allergy medicine - I need to get that back in my purse!


He fell asleep on the way home and was just fine. I hope he outgrows this allergy soon, he loves animals so much and it's so sad to see him get so sick after being around them.

Andrew's allergies

Andrew had an allergy appointment today, and the results weren't great, but I really, really like the new allergist we saw. Hopefully we can see him from now on.

We re-tested him for eggs, soy, and peanuts - and he still reacted to all three.

His peanut reaction got worse, much worse than last time. It was about 7 centimeters in diameter, with small welts, while last time it was smaller with one big welt.

The egg and soy reactions were less than last time, but still enough that we are going to avoid them for another year and re-test again at that time.

His skin is looking much better, and since our kitty went to live with my parents his eyes and nose are 100% clear, so that's definitely an improvement from where we were at a year ago.

It was kind of scary seeing that peanut reaction, it concerns me that it got worse. We're lucky his preschool is supportive of being peanut free. There's no way we can expect them to be soy-free, it's just in too much stuff, so we'll provide his snack every day.

Here are pictures of his back during the allergy testing.

The top left is egg, top right is soy, middle is peanut, and bottom is the control.