Does anyone keep track of what they're eating day-to-day along with what their babies' poop/other symptoms are to see what their LO may be allergic to?
I had previously read all these warnings about babies' allergies due to mom's bm from what the mom eats, but never paid too much attention to them since I figured it can't be that bad. But I started to notice on certain days, LO has green liquid-y poop that's not seedy like it usually is and is more frequent than usual , which according to BabyCenter may be diarrhea due to allergies (and he'll spit up a lot & sometimes have a small rash on his face). I'm still trying to figure out exactly what is causing it, although I think it's most likely corn since I notice it happening usually a feeding or two after I eat corn and will last for the rest of the day.
Was I supposed to avoid all potentially allergic foods (dairy, corn, eggs, shellfish, etc) when bfing and introduce them one at a time every 2 weeks? I'm already avoiding broccoli since I heard it gives babies gas. I didn't realize/know our diets needed to be that strict while bfing. It's almost stricter than being pg!
Re: BFing Mamas: Baby Allergies
Malia & Dave & Alexa
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A has had that typical yellow seedy poop, but his is often watery and orange (sometimes green). I don't watch my diet and, in fact, I try to eat a variety of foods so that he develops the taste for them. But I haven't suspected anything weird going on because he is rarely really gassy or fussy and his growth is on target.
Hmm...now that you mention it I've read about people having issues on TB Breastfeeding board. I wonder how that works. For instance, you're not supposed to feed honey to babies under 1 year because of the posibility of botulism but it's not like we can't eat it when we're BF. Wonder how allergenic things are different?
yeah i don't avoid anything just b/c i am BFing. i eat everything like i normally would
we do avoid certain foods when we are giving her solids, but that is different of course. as an aside - i gave her broccoflower and she did not get bad gas
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
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