My youngest is going to be three months old tomorrow and is definitely growing fast. Our journey started off amazing and had absolutely no problems. Until we hit 6 weeks old. I started noticing green mucous poops, extreme eczema flare ups, congestion, struggling at the breast, lots of gas and pain, and huge projectile vomiting. Turns out little dude has CMPA ( Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy). Which is basically an immune response to cows milk. With him being breastfed he was getting it all through my breast milk. When I first found out I felt terrible. I should have known something wasn’t right but I kept pushing it off as normal. He’s 6 weeks old he’s going to react to stuff because he’s brand new. Right? Wrong. Boy was I wrong. I started doing research on it and found out there really isn’t a whole lot of information out there on CMPA especially for breastfeeding moms. What I’ve found is a lot of moms are told to stop breastfeeding. That’s not the case at all. It just took a change in diet. We cut out all dairy completely on June 5th and it has been the best thing I could’ve ever done for myself and my son. We are still breastfeeding and he is doing fantastic. He is almost 15 pounds now from his 8 pound 9 ounce birth weight. He no longer has any symptoms and is thriving. I am so excited to be able to help other moms who may suspect their little one has CMPA. It can be super overwhelming at first but I can promise that with a little time and knowledge it gets so much easier. I am going to be posting a few of my favorite recipes along with a couple of my favorite “substitute” products that I absolutely love.