Bison - Day Six

If Asher has a reaction to a food, we usually see it on day five. I hate day five of a food trial. The days leading up to it are nerve-wracking because I tear myself apart with worry that I'm giving my child something which hurts him. On day five, I'm super-sensitive all day, looking for any and all signs of food failure.

Today is day six of the bison food trial. And the verdict is.......the jury is still out. There are some signs of food failure, but the evidence is not enough to pull the food just yet. Sometimes it is very difficult to tell if he is having a food failure.

Yesterday, Asher couldn't wake himself up in the morning. He needed help waking up and getting started in the day. When he's feeling good, he gets up and out of bed by himself. Thing is, Leila kept all of us up the night before, so perhaps he was tired because he didn't get enough sleep.

When he's feeling good, he is a medium to high-energy kid. Yesterday, he was a medium energy kid. He had a lot of fun and worked really hard in gymnastics. If he was having a food failure, he would not be able to work as hard in gymnastics class.

This morning, even with a good nine hours of sleep (with a three hour nap on Wednesday), he couldn't get himself out of bed. Although he needed help getting up, he had medium energy while getting ready.

Have I mentioned how much I hate food trials? I can't begin to tell you just how much I'd like to stop these food trials and just let Asher feel good for a long while. But stopping the food trials means that Asher can only eat four foods and drink his nasty-tasting elemental formula. Either way, it's a mean thing to do to the kid.