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Question for BFing moms
What are some things that i shouldn't eat or drink???
Jake seems to always get gas at night and have an upset tummy.... he doesn't vomit, but i can feel his little tummy rumble.
what did you learn to stay away from?
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Re: Question for BFing moms
cows' milk is the #1 culprit. check www.kellymom.com
We didn't seem to have problems with dairy, of course I don't drink milk but I ate plenty of ice cream!
I couldn't eat corn at all! Mexican food was also out of the question in the early months.
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Every baby is different but I was off all cows milk dairy for 8 months. He also seemed to have sensitivities to caffeine, wheat, nuts and chocolate. You'll have to eliminate dairy for 2 weeks to know for sure since I believe it takes 10-14 days or so for the body to rid itself of the protein in cow's milk. Kellymom is a great resource for all things breastfeeding.
DS had horrible gas and tummy pain for months that woke him hourly at night
Eliminating the above foods helped somewhat but bio gaia probiotic drops recommended by the pedi when he was still miserable stopped the gas altogether. I started up with dairy again in the form of yogurt at 8 months and slowly introduced other things back into my diet until it was clear he was not reacting. Now he even eats tiny bits of yogurt on his own without a reaction.
Good Luck!
Dairy could be the problem. I also had to give up: broccoli, cucumbers, mexican foods, anything with a ton of "spice", caffeine, and chocolate with Mia.
Every kid is different, though... didn't have to give up anything with Micah. Hooray! Just saying that in case you are feeling like... dude, never doing this again. I can't eat anything! Cause I totally went through that.
Is he particularly fussy after eating certain foods? Or just gassy/fussy all the time?
For me, Presley was a fussy, hot mess the few times I had BBQ Sausage so I put 2 and 2 together and cut it out. No issues since.
well, i think the lactose allergy is a different issue than just food. trust me- i would be eating the shyt outta some cheese and ice cream if i could.
it takes up to a couple weeks for the lactose to leave your system, so if you do eliminate you need to give it a little time. with both my kids this has been a tremendous help. with truitt i was back on dairy at 7 mos (so only 5 mos off) and at that point my weight loss came to a screeeeeching halt
Eggs made P spit up, so I had to cut that out.