Jake has overcome some amazing milestones with his FPIES. While in Oklahoma, a dear friend told me about a holistic doctor (chiropractor) who tests for allergies using a method called N.E.A.T. (Natural Energy Allergy Testing) on her kids. In a nut shell, the chiropractor tests your muscles and how they react to certain energies in food. If your chi (natural energy) from you body reacts poorly to the force field of certain foods, your muscles have no strength. Sounds crazy, but I swear by it! Before you get all, oh whatever on me, just wait...
I held Jake on my stomach while we tested several foods. Let me tell you, if there was a food that is not considered safe for Jake, I had ZERO strength in my arm as the chiropractor asked me to pull against his arm with mine. Some people call it voodoo, I call it magic. If the food is considered a "pass" then we wrote it down to trial. If it is a "fail" we will stay away from it for some time. I had nothing to loose, considering the copious amounts of food that I was trying to figure out if we should trial or not. Foods such as wheat, eggs, soy, nuts, tomatoes that I try my best to rule out of my diet, were considered fails. It confirmed what I already suspected as for nursing goes. Although, a food is a "pass" we still have to trial it with caution, but have been lucky so far.
Jake now has a small list of safe foods we can work from! So far, so great!
The chiropractor said that millet was a go, so I decided to start millet first. I had already read many success stories from other FPIES mammas. Millet is very versatile. It can be cooked like pasta, eaten in a puffed cereal form, or served as a baby cereal to name a few. I knew it would help Jake with textures and be easy on his tummy. It has amazing properties that help many people who have gluten intolerance and helps regulate and calm inflammation of the gut. It has been heaven sent. After three days of trialing millet, Jake started sleeping better and acting so much happier. We had not one single side effect. Wonderful!!
We just finished a banana trial and Jake did beautifully!!! He LOVES them and has done well with them.
Today, we started sweet potatoes. We had no projectile vomiting, and so far no side effects. Each food trial is two weeks. Lets hope this continues!!
We are grateful our little boy is eating even if his menu is small. It has been such a blessing. It is nice to now have a list to work off of, and a list to stay away from. Holistic medicine follows a lot of what the Chinese have been doing in their culture for centuries, and Chinese people generally live long and healthy lives and are very good to their bodies, so there's got to be something to it!! Right now, I am so happy that my boy is getting some nutrition and that things are looking up for him! He has a long way to go, and has had some other health challenges, but for right now, we couldn't be more thankful.
I'm so happy that Jake is getting better one food at a time,
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. What a great blessing. So glad to hear Jake's safe-food list is growing!
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo!!! As for the Holistic allergy test, I think it is totally legit. Cameron's family had an allergist up in San Fran who did the same thing and I've heard of a TON of other allergists who are now doing the same test. And yeah, it seems a million times better than just giving him foods and then ending up in the emergency room. Congrats Turners! Very exciting
ReplyDeleteYey for having some foods to try! That is so exciting... Good luck with the rest of the trials.
ReplyDeletethat is so amazing and wonderful! i'm so happy that you are finding more foods that he is reacting well to. i hope the trials continue to go as smoothly as possible!
ReplyDeleteThank you guys! My heart is full!
ReplyDeleteI've done that muscle testing thing before and totally believe in it! Glad it helped you get a short list of foods to try. Sweet potatoes.....yum :)
ReplyDeleteYay for millet!! :) So great! I KNOW those little tiny millet puffs helped Sam develop his oral motor skills - and keep them- on his limited diet! You're well on your way to some Merry Muffins! Banana's as the egg sub, millet flour (oh, check out Big River Grains company), baking soda, and a safe oil- viola! Add sweet potatoes to that and you will have more magic!
ReplyDeleteJoy thank you so much for the recommendation! I will try them!!!!
ReplyDeleteMuscle testing is not voo doo :) It's just amazing proven ways of your body responding naturally. Another name for it is Kinesiology. No big deal, & people who think it's weird... Who cares! It's awesome! I'm TOTALLY converted to natural healing now. I'd be interested in knowing if a Naturopathic Physician, Homeopathic Physician, or Holistic Whole Foods Nutritionist could get down to the CAUSE of FPIES & fix the underlying condition. His body has *symptoms* showing that something is wrong. If the underlying problem can be fixed, then the symptoms go away. I'd do lots more research & see if you can get any further! Good luck! :)
ReplyDeleteI so wish that I had known earlier about Jake's food allergies. I have known about NAET for years; my old college roommate swears by NAET (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimation Techniques). It's the same thing you're talking about here. She said that it sounded like voodoo too but that it worked. Her son was borderline IBS and now there are so many things he can eat. I've told my sister-in-law about this too and she's working to find a practitioner for her two sons with allergies. Good for you Stacey! I'm so happy he's able to eat; it's such a worry for moms, I know.
ReplyDeleteWould you mind sharing the name of the NAET practitioner in Oklahoma? Thank you.
ReplyDeletehello. i am a mother of a 9 month boy with fpies. i live in southern california. would you mind emailing me. do you have a naet provider here? would you be able to reccommend anything. i am scared to give him food.
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