An FPIES Birthday

 

Celebrations and holidays can be very hard on FPIES families and GAPS families because they are often filled with high fructose corn syrup, sugar, grains, and many of the common FPIES trigger foods. Our culture tends to place the focus on food as opposed to the actual event. Although I did have food at Daniel's birthday party for the adults, there were only grandparents and an uncle in attendance, so it was very low key. We focused on watching Daniel open presents, he had a present cake, and blew out a candle after we sang "Happy Birthday."

He seemed to have an amazing time and slept so well that night from all of the extra attention and excitement! He'll never know that his party was "not normal" and he didn't even realize that he was "missing out" on the smashing of the cake experience. He loves his Mama milk and still doesn't show a major interest in food. It saddens me when I hear mama's saying their doctors told them that their babies NEED more than just breastmilk to grow and develop. I'm not a doctor of course, but I have a healthy, smart, energetic little boy who is thriving at the age of 12 months on breastmilk alone! What more could I ask for?!