the birthday party
Tristan enjoyed himself at Luke's birthday party yesterday. I took lots of photos, and am now going to get them off my camera to send to Luke's mum. Her camera was crapping itself, so I offered to take some.
During the week I'd tried to call her to sort out options regarding food. I couldn't get through, so I left a message on their home phone. It turned out they were on holiday in Merimbula (sp?) and clearly the phone reception was dodgey for 3 users up there. Anyway, she got back to me Friday night, right after they got back, which was good of her. I found out it was basically a choice of Happy Meal, so I looked up the ingredients listing and printed it off. I found out that the chicken nuggets are mostly ok for us, if we ignore the wheat (there was no way we were going to be able to avoid wheat and actually eat anything more than chips) and even a couple of the dipping sauces were mostly ok. Of course they didn't have my first OR second choice of sauce there, so Tristan had to go without. He had water with his chicken nuggets and chips, and he had icecream cake. There was no way I could not let him have cake, but it was SO colourful. It was only a tiny piece, though.
After the party he was pretty hyped, and excited about his party bags (there were two!) and I stopped at the noodle place to get some food for me. Natasha was with Nigel as she was overtired, and Nigel didn't want to come along. As it turned out, she probably could have come, but never mind. Nigel got her into pjs and into the car, and drove her to sleep. He arrived back just as we got home, and I moved her into the car. Did I mention that Nigel has stuffed his back? He can hardly move :(
Anyway, Tristan wound down ok, and got into the bath and ready for bed without too much drama. We're reading Charlotte's Web at the moment, and that motivates him a bit for bedtime. He's LOVING it! (Thanks Catherine!) I started reading and he suddenly complained that his penis was hurting. This was a regular occurence before we did the diet change, and I now recognise that it's an indication he's reacting to something. I knew it wasn't salicylates that did it, but I thought it was glutamates. He didn't have any glutamates yesterday, except for a small amount of avocado. I think it was either caused by the antioxidants or the colourings. Investigations will continue.
I gave him some Zyrtec and he settled down within 10 minutes, and then slept fine, thankfully. So far he's ok this morning, so fingers crossed everything's worked out!
Nigel saved my butt yesterday, because he buys stuff for the kids when he sees a good deal, so we had a present in the cupboard that was appropriate. I had completely forgotten to go shopping for a present for Luke! Not surprising, but annoying. I told Nigel to continue the habit, as it's great to have stuff there for just such an occasion!
During the week I'd tried to call her to sort out options regarding food. I couldn't get through, so I left a message on their home phone. It turned out they were on holiday in Merimbula (sp?) and clearly the phone reception was dodgey for 3 users up there. Anyway, she got back to me Friday night, right after they got back, which was good of her. I found out it was basically a choice of Happy Meal, so I looked up the ingredients listing and printed it off. I found out that the chicken nuggets are mostly ok for us, if we ignore the wheat (there was no way we were going to be able to avoid wheat and actually eat anything more than chips) and even a couple of the dipping sauces were mostly ok. Of course they didn't have my first OR second choice of sauce there, so Tristan had to go without. He had water with his chicken nuggets and chips, and he had icecream cake. There was no way I could not let him have cake, but it was SO colourful. It was only a tiny piece, though.
After the party he was pretty hyped, and excited about his party bags (there were two!) and I stopped at the noodle place to get some food for me. Natasha was with Nigel as she was overtired, and Nigel didn't want to come along. As it turned out, she probably could have come, but never mind. Nigel got her into pjs and into the car, and drove her to sleep. He arrived back just as we got home, and I moved her into the car. Did I mention that Nigel has stuffed his back? He can hardly move :(
Anyway, Tristan wound down ok, and got into the bath and ready for bed without too much drama. We're reading Charlotte's Web at the moment, and that motivates him a bit for bedtime. He's LOVING it! (Thanks Catherine!) I started reading and he suddenly complained that his penis was hurting. This was a regular occurence before we did the diet change, and I now recognise that it's an indication he's reacting to something. I knew it wasn't salicylates that did it, but I thought it was glutamates. He didn't have any glutamates yesterday, except for a small amount of avocado. I think it was either caused by the antioxidants or the colourings. Investigations will continue.
I gave him some Zyrtec and he settled down within 10 minutes, and then slept fine, thankfully. So far he's ok this morning, so fingers crossed everything's worked out!
Nigel saved my butt yesterday, because he buys stuff for the kids when he sees a good deal, so we had a present in the cupboard that was appropriate. I had completely forgotten to go shopping for a present for Luke! Not surprising, but annoying. I told Nigel to continue the habit, as it's great to have stuff there for just such an occasion!