A short (but significant) health update

Just wanted to stop here to announce that for the first time since she was about four months old Annabelle's eczema is completely gone! Even the tough, chronic spots have disappeared. I'm amazed.

What's changed? I'm not sure. Right now we're drinking local municipal water from the tap... because we haven't gotten our filter yet. I changed laundry detergents too. I've stopped using any type of anti-bacterial soap or wipe, though I had cut WAY down on those before the move. She ate a lot of my chapstick on the drive up, maybe that was it. Or maybe it's because she's become addicted to soup and asks for it by name (Whoopa! Whoooop!) every night at dinner time. Or maybe my goat theory (having farm animals can help an allergic child heal and become less allergic) is proving itself to be true already!

She's just doing so well, it's a big relief for me.