Paxton is 15 months old. Since he was 3 months old, he’s had a really difficult time going “number two”. He doesn’t actually have a hard time “going”, per se… but whenever he’s ABOUT to “go”, he starts to cry.

If you know Pax, you know he actually RARELY cries. He’s a pretty chill kid. But when he’s ABOUT to “go”, he cries… as if someone is REALLY hurting him. Here’s the weird thing: WHILE he’s “going” and after… he’s totally fine. No tears. No whining. Nothing. In fact… while he’s “going”, he’s usually just babbling something cute. When he’s done, he runs about his merry way as if nothing ever happened.

And if you really care, when we change his diaper, everything is normal. No constipation. No diarrhea. NORMAL.

Our family eats mostly organic, so we knew it wasn’t because of an unhealthy diet. We obviously knew something was up.

Pax’s pediatrician recommended we go to see the Pediatric Gastroenterologists (G.I. doctors) at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital up at OHSU. So, for the past year, we’ve been checking in and out at OHSU to monitor Paxton. First, they said that once he’s eating solids, he’d most likely be able to have more substance to help with the “pressure”. Once, we figured out that wasn’t it, they said once he was walking and used his core muscles more, it would help give “muscle” to the pressure release. Nope… that wasn’t it either.

A month ago, they finally said it was time to go in… surgically. They scheduled my baby for a “Flex Sig” (Flexible Sigmoidoscopy). It’s basically a babies version of a colonoscopy (they just go into the lower intestines). The biggest problem I had with this is THEY PUT THEM UNDER. Not only that, but there are a million pages of paperwork we have to sign in case of “the worst” happening. Yeah… not ready for that.

This is when I began my quest to find an alternative solution. Last week, my friend, Coral, told me that her Naturopath could find out what was going “wrong” and if they were induced by allergies, Paxton could be treated through me as his surrogate. She could treat the allergies using NAET. I not only strong suspicion that Paxton had MULTIPLE allergies (I was pretty certain he’s allergic to dairy and probably gluten), but I had also been treated via NAET myself in the past. I knew it worked… so I made the appointment.

TODAY… Pax and I went in to see our Naturopath. She was AMAZING!!! Pax had a lot of fun holding all the different viles of “allergies” and no blood was drawn! YAY! However… as we kept on testing, I was BLOWN away by how many things we were finding he was allergic to.

He had a weak response to 10 to 15 viles. The most important ones we can work on right now are:

1. Dairy
2. Gluten
3. Egg Whites (but not the yolk)
4. Vitamin C (group – citrus)
5. Iron (red meat)

I know… how do you avoid the last two, right?

Well… the good news is our Naturopath CAN treat these allergies and hopefully lessen, if not eliminate, his negative responses to these allergens. Obviously, he NEEDS to have Vitamin C & Iron in his diet… but right now, his body is rejecting them. It’s causing more harm than good. If we can remedy these issues, then we can go back to giving him his vitamins.

Our first treatment is in two weeks from today. Until then, we are completely changing Paxton’s diet. I’ve also canceled the surgery for now. We’ll resort to that only if this doesn’t work first.

It’s so good to finally know that I’m not CRAZY and something REALLY was wrong with Paxton. It’s even better knowing there’s something I can do about it to make his life a little easier.

Please keep praying for our little boy.

To all the parents out there: YOUR INSTINCT IS USUALLY RIGHT. Doctors are great and know SO much more than we do… but YOU know your child. Go with your gut and don’t ever stop researching and learning about what’s best for them.