This is a picture from yesterday morning, when everything was right in our little world. Josie is wearing my favorite romper, she’s happy and well-rested and cooing at her two favorite images — a black-and-white heart drawing and a picture of her new cousin Will.

During her morning nap, I made up a big batch of pasta salad, leaving out the chunks of cheese that I would have normally included. Around noon, Josie finished nursing, I ate a bowl of the salad, and we headed out to the grocery store. By the time we got back, she was hungry again, so we sat down to nurse. And that’s when everything went very wrong.

Almost immediately, the squealing and back-arching and crying were back. She would take a few sips, scream and push away, while at the same time rooting around and crying out hungrily. This is the same sort of thing that I’d been hoping to cure. She followed up this stressful feeding by throwing up more than I’ve ever seen before.

When she eventually calmed down, my eye drifted over to the coffee table and settled on the bowl from lunch. The lightbulb went off and I went to check the label of the bottled vinegarette that I had used. Contains romano cheese. I totally didn’t realize. So I guess that pretty much puts to rest any lingering doubts I had about whether or not Josie is sensitive to dairy.

The rest of the evening was also pretty rough, but things are looking up this morning. She’s still spitty, but not in distress like yesterday. I just feel so awful about it — thank goodness she doesn’t hold a grudge.

Thank you to those of you who have sent tips and encouragement. This first week has been kinda tough, but it helps to be reminded that there are still lots of things that I can eat.

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