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LUTHER'S FIRST SNOW!! we woke up this morning to several inches of snow. luther enjoyed a lap around the yard on the sled, with mom holding him and dad pulling. My handsome boys!! luther's new bear coat VALENTINE'S DAY Barry & Mendi watched luther so james and i could go out on a date! we got to each dinner and watch a movie. i had pumped for several days to make a bottle. that was the first time i have ever been away from luther during a feeding. Mendi said he did great with the bottle. we went to smokey bones and each had a rack of ribs. then we saw The Painted Veil . it was a pretty interesting movie. when we got back luther was sound alseep in Mendi's arms. It had been 4 hrs since i had dropped him off. that was the longest we had ever been apart!! James got me a dozen roses and luther got me a single pink rose. my boys are so sweet!! mommy & daddy all dressed up for their date luther in his valentines day outfit. i decided that in his case "love" ...

Hooray for this cool chair (Bumbo) that helps me learn to sit up on my own See, i love this chair Luther now loves to hold and suck on blankets. isn't it cute?? Mommy's little angel When i grow up, i want to be a doctor, just like my dad!! Can you believe that James will be a doctor in just a little over a year?!?! Luther has been doing pretty well with my no milk no soy diet. We are still going to go see a GI specialist, but the appointment is not until February 19th. I am hoping he will not have any more bloody stools between now and then. He has had 2 since I cut out the soy, but neither was very bad. It can take 10 days for all of the soy/milk to get out of my system and then it can take up to 3 weeks for his intestines to completely heal. It has been about 2 weeks since I cut out the soy, so by the time we see the GI specialist we should have a pretty good idea if the diet changes are working. I have found lots of things I can make that I really enjoy. I think it really...

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Luther started having bloody stools again. We are not sure if this is due to another allergy (most likely soy) or something that I ate that had milk in it. The GI doctor wanted him to go on a special kind of formula for babies with milk/soy allergies for two weeks. I did not want to try this and wanted to continue breastfeeding, so I will now be doing a no dairy and no soy diet. Many babies with milk allergy are also allergic to soy because the proteins in them are similar. Soy is in basically everything, so I have had to be extra careful. In being so careful, I found 2 things I had been eating that did contain milk. The first being the smart balance margarine I had been using. The light kind I usually get doesn’t have milk because I had checked before I ever used it. Well, I bought the regular version because it came in a bigger tub. I guess I forgot to check it and guess what!? It has milk in it. Now I am reading label before I eat anything, even if I know I read it befor...

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Luther started having bloody stools over the holidays and was diagnosed with a Milk allergy. I have had to cut all dairy products out of my diet for now. I have been dairy free for 10 days now. It has made quite a difference in Luther’s behavior. He is now much less fussy. He has been napping much more and he is just more content. He is smiling all of the time and much more interested in toys. I really miss my cheese, but it has definitely been worth it. He is still has some blood, but we have been told it could take up to 3 week for his digestive tract to heal. Poor Luther!! I sure wish I would have know sooner. He little belly has probably been killing him all of these weeks. I always thought his belly hurt, but I thought it was gas or colic. Well, below is some information about his diagnosis and treatment for anyone who is interested. Colitis(Rectal Bleeding) in the Breastfed Infant Occasionally, babies will react to food proteins from their mother’s milk. If an exc...

NEW YEARS Luther's first big outting!! we went to gatlinburg to spent new years with our dear friends from college- Davie & Eryn and Chad & Liz The Layton's first family picture of the year!! (thanks for the picture eryn) celebrating new years with a mountian hike luther was very comfy in his front carrier The boys playing RISK, awaiting the new year Girls in the hot tub, awaiting the new year Eryn and Luther hanging out MORE CHRISTMAS PICTURES my mom sent me more pictures and i just could not resist posting these sunday afternoon nap and look who has the remote daddy & luther Luther and Abigail in there Christmas outfits with their proud mommies annual snow skiing trip to Sugar Mountain luther went too, my parents babysat him in the lodge while i skiied Luther & Mommy Luther in the blue jeans his grandpa gave him for Christmas

luther in the chair grandaddy pat made him for christmas Our little family after church on Christmas Eve we met james' dad at perkins for breakfast on christmas eve morning 4 generations of layton men we celebrated grandpa layton's 85th birthday over the holidays luther and bryce's christmas together mommy and luther i love this baby!! daddy and luther Wow, have we been busy!! Today is the first day in 12 days that I have been at home all day. That is very unusual for this stay-at-home mom and new baby! Needless to say, we are all exhausted. With all my family in town over Christmas, we where at my grandparents and aunt jenny’s house most of last week. We spent this past weekend in the Gatlinburg area with james’ family and college friends. There will be more on all of our activities later. I just wanted to get some of our Christmas pictures up for everyone to enjoy.

abigail & luther luther in his first 0-3 months outfit!! my sleeping boys!! Luther had his 2 month check-up and shots today. Poor thing, he got 3 shots in his legs. He has been screaming in pain off and on. James and I have been passing him back and forth and trying to keep Tylenol in him. I hope he feels better soon, because it break my heart to see him in pain like this. He weighed 11 lbs & 1 oz !! He had gained 1 lb & 7 oz in just 2 weeks!! I knew he had really been growing because he grew out of newborn diapers last week and I had to move him up to size 1’s. Also, he is finally fitting into some of his 0-3 months clothes. He was 22 ½ inches long, so he has also grown ½ inch in 2 weeks. Our pediatrician was proud to tell us that he is now in the 50th percentile. Because of all of his feeding problems, he was only in the 3rd percentile when we took him to see her the very first time. We are getting really excited about Christmas. We had our community gro...

aren't i cute!! Luther's tummy time My Bundle of Joy Luther and Bryce Luther is really getting expressive. Now he actually has several different smiles, along with all kinds of other cute faces. I have been taking Christmas pictures, but I will have to save those to post closer to Christmas. I have been doing lots of Christmas shopping this week, but most of it has been on-line. I have found that it is hard to get much done out of the house, before he needs to eat again. I usually end up feeding him in the car after a trip to the grocery store. I really worked on a schedule last week and made some progress. He is going down at night much better, but I am still having a hard time with naps during the day. He will only nap for 20-30 minutes at a time. As the day go on, he get more and more cranky because he is so tired. Any suggestions?? He is so sweet in the mornings when he is well rested. We sing, read books and play. I know if he could just take good long naps...