Whole Foods Adventure

Sunday night we headed to Whole Foods to pick up some additive-free and salicylate-free goodies. Our Feingold buying guide listed several brands that Whole Foods carries, so we thought it would be a good all-in-one place to go.

Ian did pretty well at the store. We had a little resistance initially, but then he behaved just like a regular two-year old! He put his carrots (which he won't eat ha!) in his bag and bounced them along.

He played "duck, duck, goose" with the milk cartons. :-)

And he enjoyed trying out the new gummies and cookies that we got. I've seen several mentions of Whole Foods' 365 cookies and I am thrilled to have a new cookie that doesn't turn my child into a monster! They are actually really, really good cookies! They taste better than regular oreos and vanilla creme cookies.

We didn't get everything we needed, but that may have been because we didn't know where to look. Knowing specific brands makes a big difference in being able to locate items. I still have more research to do. Ian loves cheese, but is allergic to dairy. He has been allowed to keep cheese in his diet, but we have noticed a constant rash under his chin and more drooling (same signs he had before we took him off dairy). So we need to find a good cheese substitute for him. I'm not thrilled with the soy substitutes. With all of Ian's allergies, there is a high chance he is allergic to that as well. Also James has done quite a bit of research on soy and has found it contains high amounts of estrogen. We don't particularly want to up Ian's hormonal intake on anything, so I need to do some more research!