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[Anonymous]

OK…I hope this isn’t too personal, but Brianna was weaned from her night time feeding around Christmas…i pumped for a few more nights and stopped that around new years eve. My breasts are still rock hard and one of them is sore to the touch…it reminds me of how I would feel in the AM after Brianna started sleeping through the night. is there anything I can do? Does it sound like I have a pluged milk duct? I have expressed a little bit to relieve the pressure, but then my body produces more and the rocks are back. HELP!!!

[Anonymous]

I can give you a lot of “bad” type of foods (if that is what you are looking for) that are dairy free…some do have soy oil in them, but Brianna was OK with the oils:

Duncan Hines brownie mixes; Pillsbury sugar cookies (the one in the tube ONLY), Lindt Chocolate (made on shared equipement but again, Brianna did fine with that); graham crackers; hunts lemon meringue pie pudding (Only that variety); Rice Dream Ice Cream (really, this is not that bad); Flishemans unsalted margarine is MSPI free…I made cookies and whatever and substiuted that margarine…just add about a 1/4 tsp of salt to the food to make up for it being unsalted..(can you tell I ate plenty of desserts while breastfeeding)

I feel bad posting this though…if you are looking for healthy things…I can give you tons of those things too (you wouldn’t know it from my post but I am really into fitness and nutrition…I just also indulge in sweets. )

b’s mom2007-1-5 13:39:58

[Anonymous]

That is great news!! I know the fear of walking on egg shells waiting for the roof to come crashing in! Hopefully she’ll be wonderful from here on out!

I’m not sure what to tell you about her stools, other than maybe every baby is just a little different? Sarah has always had softer stools, even long after breastfeeding (although no seeds). I did find that bananas make her constipated (or at least have harder stools).

I agree not to stress about counting ounces. Some babies just need more/less than others and it is normal for them. I think a pound a month, give or take, is pretty good and doesn’t sound like anything to be too concerned about at this point.

Again, congrats and I hope she continues to be soooo happy!

[Anonymous]

Schmitty,

I completely understand how you feel about your little guy and his silent

reflux. I have a 15 wk old and we’ve been working on his reflux since he

was 5 wks old. He’s been on Zantac, Axid, and now Prevacid. He also has

intolerances to milk and soy so he’s on a hypoallergenic formula by

Similac called Alimentum. That mixed with 2tsp rice cereal (Beechnut

brand) seems to help out a lot.

For my little guy it took exactly 2 wks for the Prevacid to work and that

was a terrible time. He would cry at every feeding and I could barely get

food into him. We couldn’t really leave the house…and still have a hard

time now feeding him in public. The meds have helped but sometimes he

has good days and sometimes he has bad days. Sometimes naps are long

and sometimes he barely naps.

I’ve struggled with the same things you have about not wanting more

children and I’m 31. Lots of my friends have perfect little babies who love

to eat and are doing all the things that baby books say that they should

be doing at this point in their lives. And now that my maternity leave is

ending, I’m finding that I’m looking forward to going back to work.

Then I think to myself…what kind of mother am I. I want to go back to

work and leave my precious little boy in the hands of someone else? How

selfish of me. But at the same time, reflux is really, really hard on you. I

think that when we can finally figure out the right mix of formula/

breastmilk and meds that life truly will get easier. Then we can really

really enjoy our little babies and lead the lives that we thought we’d lead

when we got pregnant.

Having said that, we need to realize that just because our babies have

reflux and it’s hard for them that they are precious and we need to enjoy

EVERY moment. Even the hard ones. I know things will get better for your

little one, mine, and all of our sanities.

Hang in there. We’re lucky to be mommies…reflux or no reflux.

Take care,

Janet

[hellbennt]

posted on yahoobreastfeedingreflux Message #13258

However I am on an elimination diet and ordered
both my prenatal vitamin and calcium supplement from Kirkmann Labs
online. I ordered the perry prenatal vitamin and the hypoallergenic
calcium powder with vitamin D. Both are free of dairy and soy as
well as other major allergens.

[Anonymous]

ndrose wrote: Good luck. I hope full time breast feeding works well for both of you!

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Good luck. I hope full time breast feeding works well for both of you!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all of the advice ladies!

Shane’sMom–the Enfamil Gentlease has 1/4 the lactose, and he seems to be doing pretty well with it now. I didn’t want to go to soy without being certain because that is what I have been advised to do. But I am wondering about some of the other brands you ladies have mentioned!

Most of all, I just want to get rid of the formula all together. And I am happy to say that the advice of my LC matched everyone’s advice here–I am giving fulltime breastfeeding another shot!

I haven’t switched over completely yet but I am trying…..

[hellbennt]

I did the dr sears thing. http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T041800.asp

rice, potatoes, sweet potatos, squash…I also ate onions for flavor mixed in w/ my starch, lol…

i used rice milk, rice noodles, rice crackers- I think that’s what I had for breakfast…rice crackers…

I scoured posts to read what to do (there are a bunch to read through)…

links: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2852

here’re others’ posts about the elimination diet:

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/search.asp?KW=elimination+ diet&SM=1&SI=TC&FM=0&OB=2

https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3266&a mp;a mp;a mp;PN=1&TPN=1

breastfeeding diet for reflux: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1175&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;KW=oil

http://www.users.qwest.net/~fsdebra1/wweintro.html all about elimination diet-what to eat & more!

article to help figure out how to reintroduce food from elim diet:

http://allergyadvisor.com/Educational/December_2.htm scroll down to ‘C’ orange/mustard box-it’s the SECOND orange/mustard box

hellbennt2006-12-28 16:29:53

[Anonymous]

I’m hoping someone can give me a jumping off point. Dominic is 9

months old. We delayed solids until 6 months due to a family allergy

history. We started off with the basics, and he seemed only mildly

interested, but would open his mouth at least a few times per feeding.

Now he never opens his mouth, and the Cheerios he was previously

accepting are starting to get ejected almost instantly. He has the

dexterity to finger feed, but the only thing he seems willing to gnaw on

are the teething cookies we’ve tried, and then only briefly.

Is this cause for concern? It is certainly frustrating to prepare food for

him, and then have him totally refuse. I think he is gaining fine, but will

know for sure at his 9-month appt, which is on the 8th. He is lean, but

also tall for his age, as my dd is and was. He has been exclusively

breastfed, and never had feeding problems before from the reflux,

despite OALD (although I had some problems with him clamping down to

slow the flow). I’ve been trying to time his feedings so that he is actually

hungry, but find that it is a fine line.

[Anonymous]

i dont know much about breastfeeding. but if you think he might have an allergy to milk, and you are cutting it out of your diet, you might want to cut it out of the formula feeds as well?? soo,you know if the diet with out milk helps? you might want to try a hypoallergenic formula …. if you like to stick with the enfamil brand, they have nutramigen…

[Anonymous]

Hello Mommies

I have two questions for you regarding my son who was recently diagnosed with reflux and seems to have had a flare-up with it getting worse in the last week. He is eight weeks old.

1) Emmett is breastfed and supplemented with formula. The first day that his symptoms appeared to be getting worse (more coughing, more puke, distress) I decided to switch his formula from Enfamil Lipil to Enfamil Gentlease. I kind of suspected a milk allergy because he keeps getting a rash along with other reflux symptoms. Anyhow, the first feeding of the new formula seemed to bring on the worst episode of reflux so far! As far as his discomfort level anyway. And I found myself wondering, is this formula making things even worse? Or was it just the natural progression of the reflux being bad that day? So, to make my question more clear–no matter what, doesn’t it seem that Enfamil Gentlease with the partially broken down proteins would be easier on his system than Enfamil Lipil? It’s only been two days and I don’t want to be too rash in switching him back. Maybe it will take a week or so for me to notice improvement with that formula. Does that seem correct?

2) Is there anyone else struggling with breastfeeding and supplementing? Unfortunately due to nursing problems (his poor nursing and now my lower supply) I can’t exclusively breastfeed at the moment–although I wish like heck I could. I have a hard time gauging if I am overfeeding him when I supplement with a bottle after nursing. He seems to have more spitting up episodes after those feeding sessions. (Rather than when I add pumped breastmilk to his formula and just bottle feed.) I’m thinking of going back to my lactation consultant to have him weighed before and after a nursing session to see just how much he is really taking in. He can’t afford to be missing any calories, but I don’t want to over feed him. Strictly pumping is such a hassle! And I know they say it is hard to gauge what the baby really gets at the breast by your pumping output, so I’m confused! Any advice?

Thanks for taking the time to read and respond! I feel like all of my threads so far have been novellas, LOL!

Channy2006-12-24 11:28:18

[Anonymous]

MFPI is indeed “Multiple Food Protein Intolerance”.

One of the VERY BEST explanations of MSPI and MFPI is the DISA article that is the very first link in Laura’s sticky post in the MSPI section of this forum. (I was ever so glad to read that post when we first learned of my son’s MSPI/MFPI. Thanks, Laura, for keeping that link as a sticky!)

Another good explanation (although completely in medical terminology) is http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1908.htm. It might be a good reference to provide to a doctor.

MFPI babies are intolerant of more than just milk/soy. Some have extensive intolerances – the worst including corn (which make formula out of the question since Neocate and Elecare contain corn while being milk/soy free). Like MSPI, some MFPI babies exhibit “colic” symptoms, rashes, sleeplessness, while others have blood/mucous in their stool. Many MFPI moms have to do the strict TED diet to either determine their child’s intolerances or simply find a level of foods that they (the breastfeeding moms) can live with until the child gets older.

Quite a number of MFPI moms regularly post on this MSPI/MFPI discussion board ( http://www.quicktopic.com/23/H/aSxbbAkUULVMX ) and have good information about coping with the limited diet, getting enough calories and fat, dealing with the limited menu choices, etc.

I know this reply is about a month late, but I thought I would post a reply in case others might benefit from the info too.

Dianne

[Anonymous]

Ok, I’m starting to feel better-I’m so glad I posted to you all!

I do wonder if age has to do with it. Just the increase of allergies/reflux in general-perhaps because women are having them older? Who knows -guessing game.

Thanks Laura! I totally needed to hear it was possible. I guess our situation is a little different as I think you said Jonah had an immature spincter whereas Ian had that as well as a super immature digestive tract-he had mspi and couldn’t tolerate one solid until 7 months. Maybe the next one will be born with an intact digestive system. I’m glad you also posted the breastfeeding link. I tried to breastfeed Ian for a month. Tried taking foods out of diet, but he kept having issues and falling asleep everytime. After paying for expensive pump, many breastfeeding seminars, and a lactation specialist, we decided to surrender to formula. I’m sure that made things worse, but honestly I was so tired at the time and emotionally drained, I just couldn’t hang in there any longer. I’m going to try again and will do the ED probably about a month prior to delivery. If it doesn’t work out, I promise not to beat myself up like last time.

I’ve started taking the probiotics! I also did some research and it does appear to be beneficial so can’t hurt right??

[hellbennt]

jonah didn’t drink any significant amt of milk until 18 months

I kept offering every day but he wasn’t interested- this was at 12 months & I was breastfeeding 2x a day

from 12-15 months we went from 2x a day to once to weaned

he ate lots of ypgurt, cheese, broccoli & blackstrap molasses (rich in calcium & iron)

dr told me not to worry about the milk