Bad Breastfeeding Foods?

babyfeik · March 2013

I was discussing breastfeeding the other night with another new mom, and she suggested a few foods to avoid while breastfeeding. Are you to avoid whole milk and nuts? Anything else to avoid?

CelticWife · March 2013

Unless baby is showing signs of an intolerance, you do not have to avoid foods. They do recommend not eating a lot of peanuts, but that is all.

DS used to have a problem with reflux and gas. If I ate broccoli, tomatoes, or chocolate he would

Jomojack2 · March 2013

somebodysmama21:
I have read that some cultures start out only eating chicken and rice and then slowly add things in. However it is

Ladydianna · March 2013

I ate a pretty regular diet but did have some issues. With dd1 I couldn't eat beans, cabbage, or too many gassy vegetables. They made her gassy and very uncomfortable. After a couple months she was fine. Also fast food made her

treehugginbride · March 2013

I've read that some babies dont like spicy foods and wont BF for as long if you've had something spicy.. I'll find this out pretty quickly as we put cayenne in most everything we eat.. Other than that I'm hoping that PPs are right and that I can just eat

BrideMay2005 · March 2013

I didn't avoid anything, but over time I noticed certain things I are seemed to make DS gassy, so I tried to eat less of them.

PrimRoseMama · March 2013

Nope

Edit: I thought I was on July?

DosChicas1417 · March 2013

somebodysmama21:
I have read that some cultures start out only eating chicken and rice and then slowly add things in. However

BlueJewelM · March 2013

Ladydianna:
With dd2 I avoided the same things in the beginning. nbsp;Every once in a while when I would nurse her she would break

laabeja · March 2013

treehugginmama:
I've read that some babies dont like spicy foods and wont BF for as long if you've had something spicy.. I'll

treehugginbride · March 2013

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BlueJewelM · March 2013

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magdalina.h · March 2013

It depends on the baby. Lucas didn't have any problems so I could eat whatever I wanted to.

lialakacz · March 2013

My sister mentioned that she avoided califlower b/c her baby had horrible gas, and it made it worse.

SarahinMD · March 2013

Breastfeeding is actually one of the best ways to introduce foods, ESP. Ones that kids are often allergic to. I've seen some recent studies that actually say that kids may be more likely to develop allergies to things they are not exposed to during breast

Ladydianna · March 2013

SarahinMD:
Breastfeeding is actually one of the best ways to introduce foods, ESP. Ones that kids are often allergic to. I've

ScarletOflaherty · March 2013

2 of my kids had no problems with anything I ate, one I had to give up dairy as it was causing a lot of fussiness and gassiness and he had eczema, and it got better once the dairy was out of my diet. He still has a mild milk allergy.