Okay. So, it started out as a bet. My husband and I were watching a documentary on veganism and he bet me I couldn't go vegan for a month. I bet him I could.
Anyways, we agreed it would start on January 1st and last the entire month of January. To prepare myself, I started reading and watching videos, and I found out a lot of stuff that really scared me! And now, I find myself wanting to make the switch permanent.
However, I need help. The thing is, I'm breastfeeding. My son started having issues around 5 or 6 months into exclusively breastfeeding, and so I cut most dairy out of my diet. It seemed to help, but then it got worse again (I'll admit, I wasn't watching the dairy as closely...) and so we started him on solids in conjunction with breastfeeding. He seemed okay at first, but then he started getting worse. And he screams and screams and screams. I put him back to exclusive breastfeeding with no solids, just breastmilk yesterday.
I'm suspecting he has a gluten allergy. I'm not sure. But I'm worried that if I have to cut gluten out AND go vegan, then I won't have anything left that I CAN eat. And that worries me! I have to keep my nutrition up because of breastfeeding, and I still have to have decent fat intake for the breastmilk... I'm 5'6" and 125 pounds, so I don't have much on me, you know?
I need some help and some guidance. I don't really know what I'm doing, but I know that I really want to do this. I appreciate any help you can give me!
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