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Yes, other than the reflux (and all that goes with it for her), she’s such a happy little thing now.
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Aww.. how sweet.
Hailey as your inspiration.
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Jill, I agree. This is an amazing group!
Christine, yes, it’s my new way of looking at things… unfortunately, I’m still in the learning stages but trying hard. Hailey has been my inspiration…
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Lori, I like your new life philosophy…forgive yourself and move on…I wish I was better at it.
Jill, you’re right. We’re all great moms!
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ty lori! and I agree, I was just pointing out that for some they don’t have a choice…but that said, I would have made the same choice even if I had been able to choose! I think we’re all awesome moms, otherwise all our kids would still be screaming, and we’d just be taking what every doc said and not be here!!!! I have never met a group of moms who are more proactive about getting their kids help than you guys!!!!!
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Jill, funny b/c it did the opposite for me… it made me feel like even though I didn’t do it as long as I wanted, what I did was good in itself. It’s a mother’s choice… you do what you can and what you want. Either way, my new life philosophy is that it doesn’t help to focus on the past. We need to accept the choices we make and move forward. You are a great mom to your kids.
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“almost always the best choice” are the key words for me. It IS a good article, but brought back all the old feelings of severe guilt that I have over the fact that I was unable to nurse Aidan at all, while I nursed his brother for so long….
andrea,
I’d do the complete elimination diet to see if you can pin point what, if anything there is in your diet that’s affecting her- I’d do the diet for 2 weeks and then have her stool tested. then, if it comes back with blood, I’d eliminate wheat and rice and add back in other stuff like veggies and fruits, etc, just to get you through another 2 weeks. then I’d test again…
in the meantime:
1) There’s an article at Dr Jack Newman’s site about the use of Pancrease (digestive enzymes) to resolve blood in the stools.
info here
http://www.drjacknewman.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&itemid=120
article from Journal Human Lactation
http://www.drjacknewman.com/images/stories/Articles_pdf/schachjhumlact2002.pdf
2) post over on the yahoo breastfeeding group (link is from places given below for you to look)
3) read through links regarding the elimination diet- links are from ‘Groupie Intro’ and also from the stickied post in MSPI forum (if it’s not there, there’s the same post linked to from the Groupie Intro- it’s the ‘main’ MSPI info page)
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I really liked that article Laura. Thanks for sharing.
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This is my all time favorite:
I’m the first in my family to breastfeed. The past 8 months, I have got nothing but “she probably wouldn’t have these reflux issues if she was on formula.” 
amandabarugh2006-11-8 23:36:1
Hi & welcome!
I literally have to run!
I don’t know about feugreek affecting reflux
as for formula, if the baby has a problem with milk proteins than it’s likely s/he will have problems with soy
not all reflux babies have problems with these (milk & soy) proteins
Groupie Intro: my welcome/intro
: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=853&am p;am p;am p;am p;am p;PN=1&TPN=1
please please read/skim/bookmark this
because many many issues are addressed! there’s even a ‘section’ about breastfeeding your reflux baby
glad you found us!
~laura
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Hey all,
This is an issue for us, too. It’s taken a long time to address it but I’ve found some great info at kellymom.com and especially the La Leche League website. The forum for “too much milk” which includes something about OALD is here, I think: http://forums.llli.org/forumdisplay.php?f=32
There’s apparently a great podcast posted on the website about OALD. Haven’t had a chance to listen to it myself but when I do, I can post the link to it. Maybe there’s a transcript, too.
I think the general suggestion is to block feed — that is, only offer one breast per feeding, and if the baby is hungry again within 2 (or more, depending on the severity of the problem) hours, offer that same breast again. By letting the other breast stay full, you send a message to your body to start producing a little bit less from that side. If baby pulls off and fusses / screams as you have letdown, keep a burp cloth handy and let some of the spray (if there is any) come into the cloth.
Alternate nursing positions are also suggested: tummy to tummy sitting up (never mastered that), or side-lying with the baby’s head resting on your bicep. The latter has really worked for us.
Can’t say we’ve “mastered” either the OALD or the reflux problems, but things are a bit better here thanks to a bit of management of the OALD.
Good luck! Karen
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I literally put up a sign on the door of my hospital room when I had Aidan that said “I’m not breastfeeding him, don’t ask me about it leave it alone”. Needless to say I didn’t hear a peep out of anyone!
That said, I DID nurse my older son for 2 1/2 years, (just at night after age one, or if he was sick, kind of like a human paci).
Aidansmom792006-11-5 19:20:56
katie,
quick thought- if you don’t want to give up breastfeeding it may not be too late (not all reflux is from mspi…)
but whatever it is that you decide, we are all here for you!
a lot of times switching formulas gives you a ‘honeymoon’ period, so it can take up to 2wks to see if the formula is good for the baby
…
unfortunately there’s a lot of trial & error involved in this reflux stuff
as for getting in sooner, can YOU call the ped GI every day??? ask if there are any cancellations; just call every day
as for your ped: SWITCH. sounds like your ped is an arrogant *&%$#!!
in the meantime, FAX over the info from http://www.marci-kids.com
HTH!
~laura
group hug 