BF: Do you think what you eat causes wind in baby?

[Jellybellyrbest]

Just wondering... Had a bottle of lucozade yesterday & Dd pretty windy/sicky last night. Coincidence methinks.. I'm reckoning I'd have to eat/drink any potential irritants to excess for them to be a problem but.....

Yes, you are spot on- it's just a coincidence :) There is no evidence that any food or drink will cause wind, unless your baby has a food allergy, but it is quite rare. So go ahead with the onions, garlic, spicy food, lucozade, chocolate etc etc.

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Don't know about wind but on the few occasions I have drunk some champagne, with both DC's, an explosive nappy has followed a few hours later. Also DS1 used to fuss and complain at the boob whenever I ate curly kale.

In my understanding, for something to have an affect on breastmilk, it has to enter the bloodstream, so with the exception of alcohol and caffeine, nothing you eat or drink should have any impact. They don't have to alter their diets significantly in cultures where heavily spiced food is eaten every day.

It's true that things have to enter the bloodstream so foods that normally cause gas when you eat them- beans, cabbage etc- are fine to eat because the stuff that causes gas does not go into your blood stream.

Every culture has got different ideas about what a BF mother should and shouldn't eat, but as you say it's only alcohol and caffeine that you need to consider and those are fine in moderation.

Yup, coincidence. What you eat can alter the taste of milk slightly I believe, so some strongly flavoured foods like curry might seem to affect your child if you only eat them occasionally.It won't make them windy though. It's not as if the bubbles end up in the milk .

Thanks for all the replies!