13 Teeth and Counting

Hi Everybody,

It's me, Beau Capri! Mommy says she's been delinquent and hasn't posted the pictures of me walking yet. I don't know what delinquent means but I wish she would hurry and put them up! I know you want to see them. She says she hasn't forgotten and will put them up soon.

In the meantime, here's what's been happening with me. I have 13 teeth now! And in the next few days I'll have 16. That makes it a lot easier to chew my food. I really only eat ground turkey and rice still, though because I'm allergic to most all foods. We've been going to see skin and allergy specialists at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles for a few months now, and the medicines they have Mommy and Daddy get me help smooth out my skin, and keep the itch down a little bit. The nutritionist there said to start introducing other foods we cut out and use the rotation diet, but we've found out that I'm still pretty allergic to most of those foods. I took a blood test (which was NOT fun at all, I screamed when the needle went in, but then Mommy says I was a brave boy afterwards, and that it was probably worse for her watching me get the shot than it was for me). It showed that I was allergic to everything they tested for: wheat, corn, soy, dairy, eggs, and other foods). Mommy says she's always known I was allergic to all those things, because she could see my reaction to them even when she ate those foods and I was nursing, but the blood test confirmed that.

But Mommy says I'm having more good days than bad days and I notice that too. I don't itch as often now, and when I do it's because of my teeth coming in or some dyes in the clothes I wear.

Mommy and Daddy and my baby doctor say I'm really bow-legged now since I have been walking. I say well, of course, I am, how else would you expect Beau to walk? But the grownups say it's not healthy, so I'll be going to see another special doctor. I can't spell that one, but it has to do with taking care of my legs so they go grow tall and straight. I'll be glad when I don't have to go so see doctors anymore, and I know Mommy and Daddy will be too!

Even though I have eczema and "Beau" legs, I'm still a very happy baby, at least that's what Mommy and Daddy say to me. I just know that I love learning my alphabet, colors, animal sounds, and how to count. I don't know everything about those things, yet, but I'm getting there! Go ahead, ask me what a sheep says!

That's it for now. See you next time!