hi mary,
your doctor is not all together wrong- he’s half right
. one main ’cause’ of reflux can be an immature LES, but there are many babies who are affected by proteins, with milk and soy being the ‘main’ ones (there are more, then it’s called MFPIES, but that’s a whole ‘nother story,lol)
and when they ingest them it causes and/or exacerbates/aggrevates, etc their reflux…
If I were you (and I’m not
) I would hold off on solids until she’s at least into her 6th month, as these little refluxers tend to have very sensitive systems…
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also, there’s no need to start with cereals
(here are some great links, but I’m sure you’re on information overload, so just store them away for later
: I waited until into my babies’ 6th month to start solids.
I waited for all the signs: able to sit up fully upright without toppling over, didn’t push foods back out (no tongue thrusting reflex), was able to bring objects with hands into mouth…
I read this article which states, as I believe, there is no reason to start foods in any particular order: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9646449/
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on Breastfeeding
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediat rics;115/2/496
I am very interested in this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby-led_weaning
http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voeds…
http://www.babyledweaning.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/B-LW/
http://blwbaby.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_blwbaby_archive.html
http://www.myblwexperiences.blogspot.com/)
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as for whether or not your diet is affecting your baby, the only way is to cut things out and see what happens- I write about what I did in my welcome/intro & what affected my baby…
