Naturopath

Yesterday we went to see a naturopath about Benjamin's skin. She was great. She said she thinks it's a food allergy to the formula and something Tracie's eating. She has recommended we buy a goat's milk formula for Benji, and that Tracie go on an elimination diet to avoid wheat, dairy, soy, peanuts and chocolate. She should also try to minimise citrus and eggs. Poor girl, what will she eat! She has also given Tracie a nasty herbal liquid mix to take, and suggested she take fish oil, evening primrose oil, efamol, zinc and probiotics. She wants us to give Benji a very small dose of fish oil and probiotics too. We are going to try this diet and supplement plan for 3 months. We hope it will work.

Poor Benji's skin is so bad some times, and he gets a lot of indigestion and his milk seems to just trickle up out of his mouth for about an hour after he eats sometimes.... even if he hasn't eaten a lot. He gets very irritable about not feeling well and having itchy skin.

We often don't upload pictures of him when his skin is bad, so you're probably wondering what we're talking about.... here's a few pics of his poor sore skin.

It's usually only on his face, but for some reason it started to break out on his body the other day. It's not as bad on his body, and it's gone now.... but it's come back on his knee's badly this week. I don't have a pic of his knees because it's not red, only rough and itchy (he tries to scratch it, but doesn't have the co-ordination yet.)