I'm eating fairly standard foods. Lots of fruit and veges, a fair amount of carbs. I do still eat small amounts of dairy, chocolate etc, could that be enough? What foods cause wind? I haven't been farting.
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I'm eating fairly standard foods. Lots of fruit and veges, a fair amount of carbs. I do still eat small amounts of dairy, chocolate etc, could that be enough? What foods cause wind? I haven't been farting
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citrus, tomato, onion, leek etc can all cause tummy problems. Caffeine too
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OK I don't eat any of those, except the caffeine. I have one cup of tea a day (immediately after I express) and one cup of coffee a week. Plus a few squares of chocolate a day. Are babies that sensitive? I never got this far with DD1 so I have no idea about BF friendly diets.
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I wouldn't have thought that would be anywhere near enough to bother her.
Could it just be that her little digestive system isn't strong enough yet? DDs 1 and 2 almost never burped. DD3 has only just started burping but most of her wind still works its way out the bottom end. I'm being really careful with what I'm eating given issues in the past, but DD3 is still a windy bub. Maybe its just an individual baby thing? Have the nurses suggested anything you can do?
Sorry - none of that is helpful.
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Any of the brassica family cause alot of wind and digestive problems. Cauliflower, broccoli, leek, onion, garlic, cabbage, kale turnips. Also chocolate and caffeine will affect them.
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And some babies are just really windy. Does she have a dummy? Sucking on things can help dispel wind - though there may be other good reasons not to introduce one.
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There are no meds we can give her, she is too young. And she has a dummy but only for very select times, because she is so low on energy we don't want her expending energy for non nutritive sucking unless it is associated with an ng tube feed. Oh well, I guess I'll just clamp down the diet even more and give it time. Nothing else I can do!
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http://www.koraorganics.com/blog/liv...ding-mums-eat/
What on Earth can Breastfeeding Mums Eat
The other day I saw a list of foods a breastfeeding mother ‘should’ avoid. The list was long, a whole page. Mums were passing it onto each other willy nilly and drastically adapting their diets in a quest to conjure up the perfect no-cry baby. No spinach, peas, cabbage or gassy foods, they might give baby wind (impossible, breastmilk is made from what passes into the mum’s blood, not what’s in her tummy). Caffeine and dairy, nope, can’t have those either: ‘Just a soy decaf latte please, I’m breastfeeding’. Others wondered whether they should be breastfeeding at all if it meant cutting out simple pleasures like chocolate and coffee, or their pizza and beer ritual on Friday nights. It really isn’t meant to be that hard.
Babies in India whose mothers eat spicy curries every day do just fine. Babies in Germany where sauerkraut is a staple also do just fine. Women who eat greasy chips for breakfast, hamburgers for lunch, Chinese takeaway for dinner and snack on lollies and soft drinks all day will still be meeting their babies’ nutritional needs (even though they may feel crap because of all the junk they’ve put in their mouths, but that’s not my point). Exclusively breastfed babies in developing countries where the mum is malnourished also do very well while they are still nurslings. Get where I’m going here? And have you noticed the latest marketing trick in formula ads? They LOVE pointing out all the supposed dietary restrictions you have to endure when breastfeeding — and so perpetuating the myth that to successfully breastfeed, you have to miss out on all the foods you love and enjoy.
What about if you want to lose weight? Mums are told not to diet while breastfeeding, but think about it, if a starving woman in a third world country can make enough milk for her baby, then cutting a few calories isn’t going to greatly affect your supply. If you wanted to stick to healthy guidelines, aiming to lose about half a kilo a week is a sensible diet option, with no drastic side-effects to the energy levels of a new mum.
Just a few more food myths to bust. Avoiding common allergens like peanuts, wheat or dairy when you are breastfeeding doesn’t mean your child won’t develop allergies to these foods when they start eating themselves. And banned foods in pregnancy — soft cheeses, sushi and alcohol — if you’re breastfeeding, go for it! If you do pick up a food poisoning bug, you are not passing it to your baby directly via blood like you would if still attached via the umbilical cord, and the alcohol level from the odd ****tail is so diluted in the breastmilk, it’s hardly detectible.
Now I do have to put my little disclaimer here at the end. Yes, there ARE some babies who have food sensitivities, and since everything you eat and drink passes through to your baby via your milk, it is possible they can cause bubs to be unsettled. But this is unlikely and not the norm. If you do have a baby who is crying A LOT, it’s worth exploring this option, but remember, it’s normal for babies and children to have one unsettled period every 24 hours (often called the witching hour) and changing your whole diet in these instances isn’t going to magically fix that. So be sensible people. Don’t blame breastfeeding for everything and have a chocky biscuit for me.
If you think your child IS sensitive to foods through your breastmilk, check out the Australian Breastfeeding Association website: http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/restless.html
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Wow... thanks!
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I was abit slow, and others beat me to it. i would consider other things before your diet. prematurity, individuality...
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It could take DD an hour to burp once she started on oral feeds. She was terrible. She did get better after a few months. She's now 19mos and thinks burping is hilarious. Silly munchkin.
It is cheating, but if you are given a syringe you can actually get the air out of her belly by drawing it up the NGT.
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OK phew maybe it is just a premmie thing.
I might ask them to draw gas up her ng tube half way through a suck feed. One nurse has done it but I'm not sure if they are all keen.
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In my experience the foods I mentioned above has changed the outcome for their baby for every single client I have worked with. I agree that some people can find it a little over the top. But most women in countries all over the world (including India) adapt their diets in the first six weeks of life, some things are not broken down well by the mother (listed foods) I know it is very difficult to do it when you are tired and have anew baby, but if it makes a difference to how they settle why not give it a go if it changes the outcome it's totally worth it, then keeping eating what can possibly be causing the disturbance. It won't be long and you can eat all of those things again, the first 6 -12 weeks are the most sensitive period on their gut.
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I always wonder if it's the immature gut, and not the mother's diet, and that's why it sorts itself out in that time frame?
Lots of good suggestions for helping her feel more comfortable here - hope it eases as she grows
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She shouldn't even be born yet. She should still be inside you, but that wasn't working. That little digestive system is so brand new and sensitive. Even though the 2 weeks you've had her seem "long" things will change on a daily basis. As she gets some muscle tone she will be able to expel air more easily. She's prem - your milk is not defective. (and it's not right for anyone to suggest it is! You are feeding her the best thing possible.I doubt that it is wind that means she doesn't suck. She needs a little of 'tincture of time" - that's all!
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