Our toddler has FPIES related to over a dozen different types of foods, including wheat and soy.  For 2 1/2 years we’ve been managing his diet by cooking completely allergy free.  While on vacation it is always more difficult to eat safe foods.

Today’s Symptoms

Unlike the last several days, he woke up disinterested in leaving the bedroom to play with his cousins.  He preferred to nurse and nurse for almost an hour and a half before agreeing to move on to some playtime.  After some indoor playtime, the cousins became excited about going outside to play on the swing set, trampoline, and children’s pool.  My son had no interest.

While everyone headed for the backyard, my toddler repeated his preference to remain inside to play trains and trucks with dad.  Not much interest in mom…at least, not until the next request for nursing.

Second Morning Nursing

It is atypical for our toddler to want to nurse a second time in the morning; however, at around 10:15 AM his little cousin told me that my boy said he was sleepy.  At first, I thought he was pretending, but after a few minutes noticing him just lying on the floor with a toy car in each hand doing nothing, it was pretty clear that he wasn’t playing any sort of sleep game.

I picked him up and took him to bed where he proceeded to nurse in a drowsy state for about 90 minutes.  He drifted in and out of sleep.  Each time I snapped him off he grabbed at me and went right back to nursing.  It was a draining morning.

Later that day, a lot more cousins and family stopped over and our boy remained just as disinterested in playing outside, and didn’t really want to play with other kids either.

This is typical behavior of a toddler who has some sort of FPIES issue going on.  He may have ingested either wheat or soy that touched one of his safe foods somehow, and it was making him feel drained and/or uncomfortable.  We’re heading back home shortly, so his system will get back on track soon.  It’s just a bummer that it happened during a large family get together and prevented him from socializing as much.  It may also be partly that young toddlers sometimes get shy when the house gets crowded with adults and bigger kids.  We had a great time and are hopeful that his stomach doesn’t present any discomfort for him during our drive back home.