Search Results for 'breast feeding'

[Anonymous]

Claire,

This isn’t related to the UTI, but I wanted to tell you that I literally could have written your post about the diet/feeding issues when Caden was Kate’s age. As a matter of fact, I did write a post very similar to yours.

The only thing I can say is that for ME, TED did nothing to help Caden. I starved for 3 weeks and NO improvement! He always had mucous in his stools no matter what I ate. The weirdest part is when I went back to eating regular food again, he had the most normal, mustardy (no mucous) bm ever! So, I really don’t believe anything I’m eating is causing his mucous.

That’s not to say that your case is the same, BUT for some of us TED doesn’t solve any problems. Just FYI. Also, all 3 of my boys have had these types of bms and were all breastfed, so I do feel that something about the breastfeeding contributed to it, but I don’t know that it was my diet. I do have OALD, and I have to be conscious of it and work on it to keep it under control. I fixed that this time around, and Caden no longer seems to have any mucous in his bms.

Now, I eat whatever I want (ice cream, milk, beef, chicken, you name it), and Caden doesn’t seem to react any differently from day to day. He does have occasional fussy days, but I have never been able to attribute them to a specific food in my diet, so I’m thinking it’s something else causing it.

Time was the biggest help in our case. Caden had to get older and more mature before his bms got better. Also, his reflux subsided once he turned about 6 months old. He does have occasional days where I wonder if he is having some reflux, but it doesn’t seem to bother him like it did in the beginning.

I hope Kate feels better really soon – especially with her UTI. I know that must be SO uncomfortable. My mom used to get those a lot. I’m lucky to be one of those who doesn’t get them. And, I hope her meds work better for her than they did for Caden. Prevacid never did a thing for him, bless his heart, so he just suffered through it. Every time I thought he was improving on Prevacid, he would be just as fussy as ever the next day, so I really don’t think it ever helped him I REALLY wanted to try Zegerid, but our ped was totally against it (uneducated about it), so we never got it. I think I would have felt better if I had given it a try just to see if it worked better than the Prevacid.

Good luck!

[hellbennt]

Mary,

my thoughts:

try feeding her on her schedule, rather than what the doctor tells you…as they grow, their eating patterns change…she might not want/need to eat as often…if she’s happy and distracted/playing then just let her be- she’ll eventually realize “hey! I’m hungry!” and let you know, lol.

now, if weight gain or feeding aversions are issues, that’s entirely different.

as for feeding at night- I was able w/ both babies to go to them before I go to bed, about 11:00pm & take them out of their crib, lie down w/ them (there’s a bed in the nursery) & nurse them & put them back in the crib, w/o them waking up- I tried this as a way to tank them up so I could get a stretch of sleep from 11-4. it worked better with jonah I think, but my memory fails me…it worked ok with Ari- I mean he doesn’t wake up when i feed him but it wasn’t always a sure thing that he’d go a full ‘stretch’

what I have found is what works best for me & them is to just follow them…crossing fingers & toes here not to jinx things but just in the past 2 weeks Ari has been sleeping from 7:30 to 4 or 4:30 or even 5(!)…he’s just about 11months old though, and no reflux, so I’m just using this as an example…I don’t have the heart to have him CIO bcse well, I’m a softie, I’m home with him, I think he’s my last baby and well I go to work in 2 months so we’ll see how soft I am then, LOL ( but I think he’s done it on his own, yay!)

not sure my rambling helped you…

oh & I’ve never heard of vitamin D or anything? maybe bcse we’re in the sunshine state?

[Anonymous]

ok…my opinion, the bit about the vitamin d….total bs….Breast milk is complete and the best thing for your babe.

breastmilk does contain vit d, however a baby is meant to get some vit d from mom and some from sunlight. all baby needs is a few minutes of sunlight 2-3 days a week. also…There have been studies done that have shown that it is possible to increase a breastfed baby’s vit d level by supplementing the mom. The link below has some good info on vit d and the breastfed baby:

http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/vi…vitamin-d.html

good threads about vitamin d:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=652465 &highlight=vitamin+d

http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=667964 &highlight=vitamin+d

as for your babe….i would not try to change anything up with her feeding schedule in hopes to help the reflux….in my experience, i have found that it makes little difference whether i feed my son every 2,3,or 4 hours. i would also not wake her to eat….cherish the time you get some sleep!!

its so hard to even get reflux babies to sleep!

[Anonymous]

Hi All!

I am currently still feeding Amelia every 3 hours, and have done so since birth. It is really getting exhausting! I decided to continue feeding so often because her Ped Gastro said that it would help her reflux (she would eat less, but more often). He also recommended that I wake her in the middle of the night to feed her to help her reflux (can you believe that??? She has a hard enough time getting enough sleep!) Needless to say, I didn’t take that advice!

Just wondering any thoughts on frequent feeding vs. spacing every 3.5 to 4 hours. I know she can go that long without feeding, I just want to do what’s best for her reflux.

Also, I just read in a book by The American Academy of Pediatrics that if a baby is exclusively breastfed, that they should get a vitamin D supplement. Are any of you doing that? My Ped never mentioned it!

[Anonymous]

As always, thank you so much Laura!!! What would everyone do without you???

[hellbennt]

claire,

when you see the ped GI, I would make it very clear what kate’s symptoms are & how they have improved with prevacid (ie: sandifer’s symptoms have lessened, but haven’t disappeared all together- you know there’s room for improvement, etc)- if they have not improved w/ 2wks on prevacid I would of course mention that, too…

I would inquire about zegerid bcse of breastfeeding & how its hard to time the meds around feeding/empty stomach- perhaps just tell how you have ‘a friend’ whose baby uses zegerid & then give the research/marci-kids info- not to lie per se, but sometimes a dr might get upset about info you ‘get off the internet…’

good luck!

[hellbennt]

newmomofone wrote: Amelia is 6 months (the end of this month).

I do want to know if she has normal bowel movements if that means she does not have MSPI/MFPIES? I am trying to figure out why she has some really bad reflux days??? I really don’t want to do TED if her reflux is only LES related.

It is my educated guess that if her reflux was controlled then her Sandifer’s would lessen/go away…so if you are giving the 15mgs ‘properly’ and after 2wks of taking it, she still exibits Sandifer’s then I would think about requestinga dose increase, using the Sandifer’s as your basis for the request…it is also my educated guess, that if her stools are normal & she doesn’t have excema, then perhaps it is not mspi…I’m not 100% sure, but i don’t think I’ve read about normal stools (from a breastfed baby who is not eating solids) having mspi- but I really cannot say this definitively…so, what I might do is see if an increased dose helps & if timing the meds helps, and, if it doesn’t, then perhaps try the TED…you also just might want to start a food journal and see if what you are eating is affecting her- so if you eat tomato sauce at lunch at 12:00 and then after the feed(s) that is 3-5 hours later she is really refluxing or irritable, etc then you can think it’s the tomato…it’s a lot of trial & error…

hellbennt2007-6-13 9:25:37

[Anonymous]

Thanks Laura — it’s updated now!

[hellbennt]

mary,

you dont have in your signature what meds & what doese of meds amelia is taking (love the name!)…we can help you with that & try & figure out more about her reflux (when she does it more, etc)

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone! I am going to wait to start solids again until Amelia is 6 months (the end of this month).

I do want to know if she has normal bowel movements if that means she does not have MSPI/MFPIES? I am trying to figure out why she has some really bad reflux days??? I really don’t want to do TED if her reflux is only LES related.

I would love feedback!

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Alana reacted to grains when we started them so we went straight to fruit and veg with no probs. I still can’t give her too many grains (she gets gassy, painfully so) so I try to limit them.

Alana is reflux free (Yah) except if I give her dairy. We tried some yoghurt again on the weekend (only about 5 teasponns but of adult type) and she had a horrible horrible 24 hours which involved lots of gas, moaning and groaning and yuk reflux. So to cut a long story short, in my experience dairy intolerance can result in reflux.

Don’t beat yourself up either, this stuff is not easy.

[Anonymous]

Okay,

I, as most of you who have read my posts have gathered, am one of the most neurotic mothers you will ever meet. Worrying is my favorite past time. Now that I have a baby, it’s my fulltime job which is normal to an extent, but I worry myself sick over Kate.

I’ve been weighing her at the ped every week her whole life because I was so unprepared with the uncertainty of breastfeeding(not knowing how much she’s getting), that that was my saving grace in knowing she was getting enough. I’ve always been paranoid that if I didn’t, she would be losing unbeknownst to me and I would continue bf her like all was fine and dandy. Well, I was so excited to weigh her today because she LOOKED like she had been chunking up prettygood but when I put her on the scale she had only gained two ounces in a week. Ugh, this stinks. I know I should be grateful b/c she’s gaining period and I don’t want to seem pouty(sp?) b/c so many babes on this site have had issues with losing but is this the beginning of the end? Has anyone experienced these low dips with their los? I’m a new mom and very impressionable and the nurse today was horrified when she weighed her saying she HAS to be gaining 7 ounces a week at least. I started inwardly freaking out.Anyway, I’ve been on TED for almost three weeks and the menu, as most of you know, is a tad limited. Could that be it? I TRY and eat as often as I can but this stuff gets old real fast after awhile so I’m not in a hurry sometimes to run for another potatoe Will someone just tell me to stop worrying or something because I just don’t want to miss a red flag just because I was too stubborn to stop bf. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Hi Mary,

I agree with Laura about the solids and not necessarily starting with grains. I tried rice cereal and then oatmeal with Caden at about 5 1/2 months, and he did NOT react well to either one. He also got a rash on his little mouth and chin, and he had mucousy stools (which he has had before). So, I decided to instead hold off until 6 months and then start with pears or avocado since they are both mild. He didn’t have a reaction to either. Then, I introduced carrots, sweet potatoes, and some of the other common veggies and fruits. He did NOT do well with applesauce or bananas, so those are out for now.

It’s just trial and error at first, I know. At this point, Caden is able to tolerate oatmeal, pears, carrots, sweet potatoes, avocado, and that’s about it. That’s fine though, as he is only 7 months old. Breastmilk is still his main diet.

Good luck with TED (elimination diet). I think you’re right to read, read, and read some more about anything and everything regarding reflux and milk/soy protein intolerance. I am still reading and still thinking about what may be effecting Caden, because we still have days where I wonder what in the world was different that day to make him so cranky.

You’ll find lots of great info here on this site from these ladies.

Have a great day!

[Anonymous]

Thanks again Laura! I have a lot of reading to do!

[hellbennt]

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…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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/)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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…

hellbennt2007-6-11 19:36:32