What Melanie and I generally refer to "Super-Fun Happy Time" (the long stretches of crankiness and non-stop crying from Miles) has recently been replaced by "Actual Super-Fun Happy Time" (general pleasantness and smiling from Miles) for the past couple days. I can't even remember the last time we had "9:30 Cranky Time." Needless to say, Miles' new outlook on life. We're guessing some of it has to do with his continued development and acclimation to the "outside world," but it may also be attributed to Melanie cutting out dairy. We had noticed that Miles was getting REALLY fussy at night after we'd eaten dinners with cheese or other dairy and he had recently started getting rash-like bumps on his face and head which seemed like a sort of allergic reaction or intolerance. So this past weekend, Melanie started eliminating dairy from everything she eats. Monday night we had pizza with non-dairy cheese. Melanie's usual breakfast of a bagel with cream cheese and coffee with creamer has been replaced by a bagel with tofu cheese and coffee with rice-based creamer. Mile chocolate is gone.... Cheeseburgers are now hamburgers.... you get the idea. So far the results have been good (knock on wood, cross your fingers). He's been happier, less gassy, the bumps are disappearing, and he's been sleeping longer.
See for yourself below - when Miles is in a good mood, he's really happy and alert! Here are some great shots we got of him smiling!
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