Banana Crisis

My sister told me that lately my niece has been repeating things she hears on the TV and radio. Sometimes she gets it right, sometimes she doesn't. They were watching the news while eating dinner the other night and they referred to the financial crisis. Taylor tells my sister, "Hey Mommy, there is a banana crisis." HAHAHA I laughed so hard at this story.

Travis and I went shopping at South Park Mall this weekend and I'd like to say...banana crisis? What banana crisis? We were among the suckers lined up at the Apple store to get the new 3G iPhone. I don't even know what 3G means! I just know that if Apple comes out with something new that people are waiting in line for, my husband wants to be in that line. :) His new phone is pretty cool, I will admit that. The store was PACKED. The whole mall was actually. I certainly didn't see a "banana crisis" at South Park! We had a great day shopping. I ended up with a new bathing suit too which is a HUGE accomplishment for a new mommy.

We've had our own banana crisis this weekend, literally. We have been trying to unravel the mystery of some potential food allergies in Campbell for a couple of weeks now. We thought we had narrowed it down to milk protein...until this morning. We fed her banana peach oatmeal. She had this yesterday morning with no issues. This morning we let her play for a while after breakfast. Then we took her upstairs to change her and at that time noticed the hives that were popping up all over her body. In the past, her reactions had been limited to a splotchy rash on her face and neck, and a few hives on her back on only one occasion. Today she had bright red spots popping up all over. It was pretty alarming and we didn't want to let it get out of control so we took her to the urgent care. There was a waiting room full of people, but you when walk in with a six and a half month old and say she's having an allergic reaction, you get to skip the line! In fact, you don't even have to sign in! We were pretty nervous but remained calm because Campbell was being her normal, smiley self and obviously wasn't uncomfortable or having any trouble breathing. They whisked us back and checked her oxygen levels, her heart rate, her temperature, her breathing, etc. She showed no signs of distress at all and lucky for us, the only reaction was on her skin. We walked away with a prescription for a steroid, the correct Benadryl dosage for a 20-pound baby, instructions to call her pediatrician this week and look into allergy testing, and little comfort. We are still pretty worried about her. The label of her banana peach oatmeal has nothing in it but bananas, peaches and oatmeal. So the milk protein theory kinda went out the door! :( Whatever food or foods she is allergic to, we just want to identify so we can eliminate them from her diet and move on. If it's not a food allergy, we need to know that too so we can get to the root of these hives! I'm just pretty nervous because I know allergies that aren't serious can quickly take a turn for the worst. I'm sure she'll be fine, but I'll feel a lot better when we get some answers. Banana crisis!!!!

Other than that, we've had a fantastic weekend. We had a great time shopping, had a yummy and fun dinner with Drew and Holly, went to the pool, hosted an open house at one of my listings, and even got new glasses for the first time in nine years! Might not sound too exciting to most, but it was a good weekend for our little family.