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Our Diagnosis

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 E ....(I choose to keep her name private for now So I will call her "E")  ....E....ever since I can remember,  has always had issues with gas. Thinking back, when she was a newborn I had such a hard time with her because she was very fussy and was always making her little grunting noises. It was almost as if she had gas and couldn't pass it. Of course, we all believed she had the usual infants colic. However, now that I look back I can see how she may have had lactose intolerance since birth perhaps. As for the fructose malabsorption, I can only speculate that she had it at birth as well or just developed it as she grew. It is of course her stomach's inability to break down a specific kind of sugar (fructose) and I believe lactose is a  type of sugar. So just understanding that part of her diagnosis, I can kinda of see that maybe she was just born with this condition. I had also breastfed E for the entire 2 years of her infancy and into toddlerhood and cut out dairy...
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School Lunches

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 Hello, I'm still learning how to navigate through the Blogger website. It's been a while since I've used it. I want to make this place as easy and as functional as possible to you all so please bare with me as I learn to us it. My idea is that I can post all school related packed lunches here along with photos and a small description of what my daughter is eating. Not sure how my plan will work but here we go! So here we have a Pizza Alternative for those days when your child really wants some pizza. I know my daughter has her days when she's craving a pizza. It also makes it a little easier for her to enjoy what everyone else at school is eating because we do have pizza days at her school as well. I want her to feel comfortable with the thought that she is eating pizza like everyone else. Now, I do want to mention that my daughter can tolerate tomato sauce every once in a while. However, for others it can trigger some symptoms. Please keep this in mind for yourself wh...
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Our Journey starts here!

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  Hello Friends! My name is Steph, and I’m a happily married, busy working mom of three kiddos. I’m here to document and share meals that I make on the daily for my youngest daughter who was recently diagnosed with Fructose Malabsorption, and Lactose intolerance. (more on that story later) Basically, my daughter’s body lacks an enzyme that allows her to properly break down and digest the natural sugar found in most fruits and vegetables. To make matters worse, add lactose intolerance and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. Or in our case, a very tricky diet change to incorporate into our lifestyle. Nevertheless, I decided to make the most of this new journey ahead of us by creating this website, to not only help me keep track of meals my daughter can safely eat, but to also help other moms who may be looking for a little more support with Fructose Malabsorption. That being said, welcome to my site! I hope this blog brings you some relief in knowing you’re not a lone in this and that ...
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