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foods to avoid with 'windy' baby (poss reflux)

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heartinthecountry · 26/07/2006 12:53

dd2 is 2 weeks old and is a much windier sickier baby than dd1 (who wasn't at all). After I've fed her it seems like about half an hour later she is really uncomfortable but won't always burp. Or if she does then often she sicks up aswell.

I ate tomatoes yesterday evening and she seemed worse last night. I remember reading stuff about foods you should avoid but can't find it now. Can anyone advise?
thanks

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booge · 26/07/2006 13:01

Orange Juice and grapes seemed to be the worst things I could eat with DS.

docket · 26/07/2006 13:04

i have this problem too with my 5 week old. my HV told me that green veg (esp broccoli and cabbage) can cause problems. as well as too much citrus fruit. i find that white wine (!) causes major issues too.

foxinsocks · 26/07/2006 13:05

tomatoes, onions, garlic

tiktok · 26/07/2006 14:05

Oh dear.....by the time you hear from everyone what they couldn't eat and from your HV what you shouldn't eat, you'll be left with zero on your plate bar a few grains of white rice.

Babies take in wind when they feed.

Mostly, they deal with it without a song and dance. They don't even need our efforts to pat them/jiggle them/rub their backs....lo and behold, their little systems do it all for them

There is no sensible reason why broccoli or white wine or onions or whatever can go through your digestive tract, into your blood stream and thence to your milk in anything other than the minutest quantities (and I am talking minute) - certainly not enough to make the gaseous qualities of (say) onions act in the same way on a baby.

However, people are convinced that certain foods do cause wind, and maybe they are right in individual cases - they are not right 'enough' for their experience to be generalised for other mothers, though.

Watching what you eat is bloody hard work, and only to be done if you are absolutely driven to it.

A baby of 2 weeks has a very new digestive tract. It takes time for the baby to get used to taking her food in with this new method, and she'll burp and fart and wriggle and posset and squeak.....but there is nothing really wrong with babies who do this.

My opinion only: life's too short to mess about with changing your diet on top of all the other stuff you have to do as a mother.

CADS · 26/07/2006 14:15

Here is a couple of links that have loads of information.

Kellymom

LaLeche

Only you can figure out what your dd is reacting to (if anything) as every baby is different. And only you can decide how severe your dd discomfort is and whether you want to do the 'hard work' involved in figuring it out.

Take care

liquidclocks · 26/07/2006 14:52

If you really think she might have reflux then I'd suggest a couple of things that might help her be a bit more comfortable:

  • Infant gaviscon - discuss with you HV first of course though and you can get it on prescription so it's free
  • Hold your baby upright after feeds - a baby sling can help with this especially as you have another one.
  • Prop her cot/crib at a slight angle using books/bricks to help gravity keep the food down.

We also found with DS he'd be sick in his sleep or whenever he lay flat (change mat, playmat etc)which wasn't a problem for him but resulted in endless washing for us. The best absorbers we found were large reusable nappies - we used cotton bottoms. We just got used to laying one down underneath his head whenever we put him down and kept one in the cot and on the change mat.

heartinthecountry · 26/07/2006 16:36

Thanks all for advice.

I know what you are saying tiktok - I cut out all dairy from my diet when bf dd1 and that was hard enough! My concern I guess is that dd2 doesn't seem to be settling after her feeds at night which is exhausting for me. I'm just thinking of anything I can do to alleviate that.

Thanks for reflux advice liquidclocks - I do think she may have reflux as she has definitely brought up large amounts of her feed quite a few times - much more than posseting - and its not curdled but just as it went in. She is keeping down enough for me not to worry about it too much but am going to mention it to HV. Am still hoping it is just because she is so young,

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CADS · 26/07/2006 17:12

\link{http://www.infantrefluxdisease.com/Reflux Info}

Click on 'living with reflux' for some more tips on managing it.

CADS · 26/07/2006 17:12

oops

Reflux Info

CADS · 26/07/2006 17:15

BTW Breastmilk is a natural antacid.

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