Homeopath suggested i stop bf dd

[Spod]

I visited a homeopath today, for my dd 11.5months. My dd has sever trapped wind at night, which I am trying to find some kind of cure for... see here for our history with this... dd's wind problem . We talked through what has been happening and she asked loads of questions... generally seemed baffled by dd's prob. Has given us some remedies to try but also suggested that I stop feeding dd, especially before bed. She says that babies her age dont actually need the milk and that it could be the bf that is causing the wind probs. I am reluctant to stop and actually cant understand why bf would cause her wind at night and not during the day as dd is also bf in the mornings. Your opinions/advice would be useful... i feel a bit baffled... I thougt bf does have benefits at this age, and I have always been told that babies do need a certain amount of milk each day....

spod, homeopath is talking tosh, imo. carry on feeding...(babies don't actually need the milk - bah!)

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she's talking PANTS!!!

Keep feeding. It may be that feeding gives your dd wind, and that it doesn't bother her during the day simply because she is more upright and active. But that's certainly not a reason to stop feeding her! Of course bf still has many benefits even at this age (for you as well as for your dd! ), though it's true babies don't actually need 'milk' as long as they get enough calcium and fat etc from other sources.

You might want to try changing your bedtime routine, so that feeding is not the last thing she does before going to sleep (you may have mentioned this in your other thread - if so, sorry). For example, we generally have bedtime drinks (boob, bottle, beaker, whatever) in the living room, before going through to the bedroom for sleeping bags and stories. That way they have an opportunity to get the wind up before the lie down.

if it is a lying down problem, lift dd up under armpits and joggle gently, maybe as you change sides to feed, to lift her diaphragm. i was crap at winding my babies and often found them when they were tiny covered in milk eeek.

my hv recommended that i take colosynth as well as giving it to dd when she had terrible wind. double wammy if she gets it through her milk as well as on her tongue.

I agree, Homeopath is talking through her bottom. Makes me fume when people say older babies don't 'need' the milk.

Just had another thought: fennel tea. Drink it yourself and give it to her to drink as well. As much as she wants, it can't harm her. Very very effective at preventing wind that is generated inside, IYSWIM, rather than swallowed down.

thanks ladies... even in my currently sleep deprived state i knew that bf my dd does still have health benefits for her and me. Also, given how distressing bedtimes are, I'm certainly not going to stop feeding and add more distress, she cries enough. I have tried fennel tea, and she drinks that and chamomile everyday as she likes it, but it doesnt seem to help that much. What baffled me was that she was recommended by my cranial osteopath, who is great (her treatments for dd do help), and she was surprised that stopping bf'ing was mentioned too. The remedies the homeopath gave were chamomilla and a one off treatment of sulpher...anyone know if these are appropriate?
mumofelise: what is colosynth?

Not trying to be provocative here, but how could a homeopathic remedy "get into'' the milk, given that the substance is diluted a gazillion trillion times, anyway?

tiktok

tiktok... i think she actually meant that the milk/sucking/feeding (whatever) was the cause of dd's wind, rather than stopping because of remedies... actually it is dd taking the remedy, not me (its her wind!). I was just shocked because she said dd doesnt need milk anymore, and that it no longer has many benefits (try telling my dd!). am continuing to bf.

hurrah for spod and spodlet

Does your dd eat tomatoes? My dd loves them, but I find that in large quantities they go through her at the speed of light, give viley messy nappies and a lot of wind. I daren't give dd any combinations of tomatoes, peppers, onions and mushrooms because the results are quite literally explosive! Before she could walk it would make her very uncomfortable, once she was walking I think the posture and movement made it easier for the wind to move around, so it didn't bother her so much.

I know, spod....my musing wasn't directed at you, but at mumofelise or rather her midwife.....

i see tiktok.... actually, you may be able to advise me... i avoid giving dd wheat and i have been avoiding it too as she is still bf. How much of what i eat actually gets through to her? any links to websites about it? tia tiktok.

sounds like tosh

There's loads on diet and bf in archives, spod....some parts of some foods get into the milk, but it is not true that 'everything' does. I don't know about wheat....I have heard of extremely allergic babies with symptoms improving when their mothers go on a wheat-free diet, but I don't think there are any studies. I don't think there is any justification for you avoiding wheat unless you are very worried there is some allergic tendency in her.