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Elimination Diet and Breastfeeding
The Art of the Elimination Diet for Nursing Moms
By Kelly Burgess
Are you walking the floor because you ate broccoli for dinner, or is it just a coincidence? Are the two glasses of milk you drank today responsible for your baby's loose stools, or does he just have loose stools? An elimination diet may help answer these questions.
Elimination diets are not new. They have been used for years to isolate food allergies in both adults and children. However, they may help to soothe bouts of fussiness and other symptoms in breastfed babies.
"It was never confirmed by my pediatrician that she had a milk allergy, but I suspected a sensitivity to milk, although other dairy products seemed to be OK," says Coffey. "I cut back on my milk consumption and that definitely helped."
A sensitivity to dairy products consumed by mothers seems to be relatively common, according to Diana Matthies, an IBCLC from Newton, N.J. However, in her experience, often the mother just has too much of a usually good thing.
"I once had a girl who knew yogurt was good for her so she figured if one was good, 10 was better," says Matthies. "She just had too much dairy. In my own experience, I ate brussel sprouts one night with my son and walked the floor. With my youngest, I couldn't drink colas. One good indication that it's a food sensitivity is if your baby is fussy and you've eaten something you don't normally eat."
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Re: Elimination Diet and Breastfeeding by anonymous on 06/08/2010 04:46PM
this article is not very helpful. my son has blood in his stool and that is a sign of allergy to something i am eating. this article gives no practical advice on what TO eat.
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Re: Elimination Diet and Breastfeeding by anonymous on 07/06/2010 07:54PM
I agree. This is a bit one-sided, if that's possible. There are no useful facts about all the different allergy symptoms, besides fussiness and gas.