Preservative 282 in bread is by far the worst,' she wrote later. 'Within 3 hours, Chris is screaming in agony and has chronic diarrhoea. When I was breastfeeding and ate 282 he would react within 12 hours. Colours make him really hyperactive'. As well, Chris was affected by some natural chemicals called salicylates.
Like Dani, most mothers have never heard of salicylates, yet doctors have reported since the 1960s and1970s that some children's behaviour can be affected while 'under the influence' of these natural pesticides in some medications, most fruit and some vegetables. Food processing has led to an increase not only in additives but also in our daily intake of salicylates because, for example, there are many more salicylates in a serve of juice that contains the equivalent of ten oranges plus peel than in one orange.
The things we poor mamas do, eh?
Ryley is on my boob for up to an hour or over at a time, I dont know why this long, but he does go to sleep and then wakes up then goes to sleep... once he goes to sleep on my boob I cannot wake him - he just doesnt wake then when i take him off the boob hes still screaming like hes starving all the time, been topping him up with formula and he settled so much, went to the docs about thrush got medication for both of us, but my breasts are that sore and Im so fed up with all of it, and it breaks my ehart to see Ryley screaming all of the time after my breast milk even after I express and he gets 120ml out of a bottle or more he still screams, so I tested giving him more formula yesterday and expressed and refrigerated my milk, he was perfect! Like a different baby I dunno if its coz he was 10 lbs 13 oz and just a big hungry bub or what it is my 1st was the same. So seriously thinking about just switching him to formula for good so the both of us are happy, but I feel sooooo guilty and like Ive failed as a mum if I do that and I should put up with the pain and persist in the hourly feeds to keep him from bein hungry for the sake of him. Its twice I couldnt stick with it cause of the same problems, he is just so unsettled on my milk its like it doesnt fill him up I dont know. I also feel like Ive failed a bit as a mum cause I had to have c sect's twice, now I cant breastfeed again! God what can my body do really? And my 3 yr old daughter is soooo sick this arvy crying like ive never heard her cry before and I feel useless cause I cant really help her but give her medicines and comfort her, and Ryley is unsettled with wind pain I am goin nuts - who knew it would be this hard goin from 1 to 2, its just been 1 thing after the other lately....
I better get back to it perhaps get some shut eye before one of them wake again.
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